GESTALT THERAPY AS PREVENTIVE MEASURE IN EVERYDAY WORK IN PAEDIATRICIANS PRACTICE

Gestalt therapy as a humanistic therapy with holistic approach uses techniques that focuses on gaining an awareness of emotions and behaviors in the present rather than in the past, here rather that there. Due to etiology of most commonly health disturbance in everyday paediatrician’s practice psychological reasons is one of commonly mentioned risk factors. This article shows how gestalt therapy can be used as preventive measures and support to everyday paediatrician’s practice. Aim of this work was to implement gestalt therapy in paediatrician’s practice due to achieving completely holistic health care and prevent possible episode of asthma attack, eczema or vomiting or diarrhea as most common symptoms in practice. Beside medical treatment, we practice gestalt therapy together with children and parents. Number of asthma attack episodes decreased same as intensity. This was really considerable in ordinary “stressful” situations that were earlier very significant detail in anamnesis. Same was with vomiting or diarrhea. Picture of gestalt therapy in named situations was one based on a horizontal relationship. Exactly that provided me a holistic approach as paediatrician and therapist. Together with children and parents we explored nuances within relationships (paying careful attention to present experience). Through different cases we realized that important (support) factor for children with asthma, eczema and some gastrointestinal disorders and their recovery is one of parents, mostly mother.