A clínica gestáltica e os ajustamentos do tipo psicótico

Abstract

This paper explores the Gestalt therapy meanings to psychopathological phenomena, especially those known as “psychotic”. It shows the emphasis given by Perls, Goodman and Hefferline - first Gestalt authors - to the peculiar manner of existence produced by the subjects, which are the adjustment and the ongoing process of maintaining self-regulation, the neurotic and psychotic adjustments, and the characterization of the psychotic one according to the epistemological foundations of Gestalt-therapy. Finally, this work discusses the concept of serious psychic suffering, as an opportunity to understand and to keep the phenomenon and the subjective condition intrinsic to it.