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Abstract:
The author describes a new psychotherapeutic approach called Gestalt Synergy. After presenting it's originality among others Body/Mind approaches, the author retraces the history of it's development through the personal history of the founder of Gestalt Synergy : Ilana Rubenfeld. Then follows an introduction of the Alexander Technique and the Feldenkrais Method which, with Gestalt, inspired Gestalt Synergy. The concepts and techniques of Gestalt Synergy are discussed and, the sequence of one session is illustrated. The author concludes on some personal changes noted from her use of this approach.
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