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E u r o S c i C o n C o n f e r e n c e o n
PEDIATRICS
2017
Pediatrics 2017
Volume:3 Issue:4(Suppl)
Journal of Pediatric Care
ISSN 2471-805X
N o v e m b e r 1 3 - 1 4 , 2 0 1 7
L o n d o n , U K
Page 44
Gestalt therapy has holistic approach and uses techniques
that focuses on gaining an awareness of emotions and
behaviours in the present rather than in the past, here rather
than there. Due to history of most commonly psycho-physical
disturbance in paediatrician’s practice, psychological reasons
are one of commonlymentioned risk factors (beside life style).
This paper shows how gestalt therapy could be used both
as preventive measure and measure of support to different
medical treatments in everyday paediatrician’s practice.
Through different case studies, I will also present which
gestalt techniques might be used in work with children that
blocked emotions and interrupted contact on several levels,
children from family with extremely complex problems and
relationships, beside medical treatment support. Individual
counselling work, through play, with children (patients), and
counselling and educating the parents were main methods
of implementation of gestalt therapy in everyday activities of
paediatrician. Besides regular medical treatment, I practice
gestalt therapy together with children and parents (mostly
mothers). Constantly empowerment of children provides the
potential good base for children to face the daily problems
(due to medical procedure) and cope with same. A significant
step for healthy expressions of emotions and thereforehealthy
psychomotor development of children is to strengthen the
Gestalt techniques
as a measure of
support to different
medical treatments
Olivera M Cirkovic
BEOMED, Belgrade, Serbia
J Pediatr Care 2017, 3:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.21767/2471-805X-C1-003
self. Practicing gestalt therapy in named situations was 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). For this reason,
techniques and psychotherapist’s attention is focused on the
spoken (verbalized), the body language (unspoken), voice
(colour, strength, manner of speech), emotional status, and the
intellect. The importance of working with sick children is highly
effective, no matter whether it is acute, chronic, psychological
or somatic condition