Use of the Temperament and Character Inventory to describe the effectiveness of Gestalt therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gestalt therapy (GT) is a dynamic, integrative, embodied approach that addresses human existence as a fundamentally relational modality, in which the experience of the self is situated in a dynamic organism-environment field. Assessments of GT are scarce, often avoided, and generally qualitative. The Therapy Gestalt TCI (THEGETCI) study aimed to show that the modifiable character dimensions of the 125-item Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI-125), as well as other personality temperament dimensions and emotional measures, change after a GT program.

Methods

A psychotherapeutic program consisting of 33 one-hour sessions (minimum of 12 sessions), spaced over several months, was offered to 319 subjects with mood and/or anxiety disorders. The TCI-125, Hospital Anx

SUBMITTER: Calvet B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12512043 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature