Meditation as a support for the clinical practice of psychotherapists
Meditation, Psychoterapists, Gestalt-therapy
This work was created from the questioning about the possibility of support that the
practice of meditation can offer to health professionals so called psychotherapists.
Current studies and research have been pointed out the benefits that meditation offers to
practitioners. These surveys demonstrate how meditation can benefit the physical and
psychological health of practitioners as well as skills in developing emotional
intelligence, empathy, concentration, among others. Semi-structured research was
carried out with five psychotherapists using the gestalt approach and the
phenomenological qualitative research method was used to understand the experiences
of these professionals. This work also has an alliance with Gestalt therapy as a
psychological approach and a basic paradigm for the dialogue between psychology and
meditation practices. The research results indicate that benefits such as the development
of greater presence in the field, the feeling of emotional availability for assistance, care
for the other in not projecting personal content. These are some of the elements
presented by the participants. It is demonstrated, therefore, how meditation can help to
support these professionals.