Gestalt therapy emphasizes the here and now and aims to bring together the parts of the personality that are not integrated. It also focuses on the what and how of behavior.

• A. Psychoanalysis
• B. Gestalt Therapy
• C. Humanistic Therapy
• D. Behavioral Therapy

Answer: (B)

The main idea is present-moment awareness and unifying the self. Gestalt therapy centers on what a person is experiencing in the here and now, focusing on awareness of thoughts, feelings, and actions as they occur. It views the personality as a whole that can become fragmented when parts are denied or ignored, and the goal is to bring those parts into awareness so they can be integrated. Therapists explore the actual experience of the moment—the what of behavior (what is happening) and the how (how it feels and is being experienced)—often through experiential techniques that emphasize living in the present. This distinguishes it from psychoanalysis, which emphasizes uncovering unconscious conflicts from the past; from behavioral therapy, which concentrates on observable actions and learned responses; and from humanistic therapy, which emphasizes growth and self-fulfillment without the same emphasis on present-mexperience and integration.