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How Can Gestalt-Integrated Group Help Strengthen Your Self-Compassion?

Year 2023, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 147 - 160, 15.06.2023

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Self-compassion is the ability to direct kindness towards oneself. Gestalt therapy benefits from self-compassion so that clients re- enact and confront their emotional problems more gently. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of the Gestalt Integrated Self- Compassion Development Program among university students. This quasi-experimental study used a pre-test, post-test design with a control group. This study was conducted on 20 undergraduate students with different levels of self-compassion. The research population has been selected with a convenient sampling technique and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (n=10 in each group). The Gestalt Integrated Self-Compassion Development Program was applied to the experimental group in the context of 8-session- group counseling, while the control group was not involved in any intervention. The obtained data were analyzed with the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks and Mann-Whitney U tests. The findings indicated that The Gestalt Integrated Self-Compassion Development Program is a helpful intervention to increase university students’ self-compassion. However, more extensive studies are required to be carried out with different groups.

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Primary Language English
Subjects Psychotherapy Practise and Research
Journal Section Articles
Authors

Sümeyye Eliz Burhan This is me

Publication Date June 15, 2023
Submission Date February 4, 2023
Published in Issue Year 2023 Volume: 8 Issue: 2

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APA Burhan, S. E. (2023). How Can Gestalt-Integrated Group Help Strengthen Your Self-Compassion?. Spiritual Psychology and Counseling, 8(2), 147-160.