How and why do we find the flavor of our lives, our relationships with the world, with others, and with ourselves so unsatisfying? How can we remedy this? What solutions can Gestalt therapy offer? This book attempts to answer these fundamental questions for anyone who wants to understand and change what isn't working in their life. At the same time, it is a concise and instructive guide to familiarizing ourselves with this therapy.

Developed by the psychiatrist Fritz Perls, Gestalt is one of the so-called "humanistic therapies," and its objective is self-understanding and the development of creative potential through personal expression. By seeking an authentic relationship with ourselves and the world, the therapy focuses on the here and now rather than on hypothetical childhood traumas. Present effects matter; and more relevant than the why is the how. Gestalt (a word meaning "wholeness, form") encourages each person to be themselves and accept themselves as such, instead of conforming to what others expect of them.

Gestalt therapy explains the theoretical and practical foundations of this therapeutic approach, offers a view of what happens during a Gestalt therapy session, and addresses its multiple fields of application: psychiatry, business, couple and family therapy, encounter groups, among others.