Neutralidade na relação terapêutica - reflexões a partir da abordagem gestáltica

Abstract

This paper intends to contemplate the theme of psychologist neutrality in clinician practice, discussing its feasibility and necessity. Its objective is to reflect about psychologist's action as a therapist and as human being in the psycotherapic practice. If the neutrality seams to be too distant and unattainable, on the other hand, a psychologist that talks about his or her life, using the therapy setting with his or her own problems, feelings and opinions would be inopportune as well. Gestalt-therapy uses phenomenology as human seeing and as a method, taking its concepts to clinician practice. This way, it establishes some concepts, founded on phenomenology, humanism and existentialism that give a direction to the psychologist’s practice.

Keywords

• Therapeutic relationship; Neutrality; Phenomenology; Gestalt-therapy.