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@article{2396197, author = {Andrášik, Tomáš and Wurmová, Nela and Krčmářová, Barbora}, article_location = {United States}, article_number = {1}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/gestaltreview.28.1.0024}, keywords = {improv theater; Gestalt therapy; improv in therapy; spontaneity; aesthetic improvisation}, language = {eng}, issn = {1084-8657}, journal = {Gestalt Review}, title = {IMPROVing Spontaneity: Gestalt Therapy Perspective on Improvisational Theater as a Therapeutical Intervention}, url = {https://doi.org/10.5325/gestaltreview.28.1.0024}, volume = {28}, year = {2024} }
TY - JOUR ID - 2396197 AU - Andrášik, Tomáš - Wurmová, Nela - Krčmářová, Barbora PY - 2024 TI - IMPROVing Spontaneity: Gestalt Therapy Perspective on Improvisational Theater as a Therapeutical Intervention JF - Gestalt Review VL - 28 IS - 1 SP - 24-53 EP - 24-53 PB - Penn State University Press SN - 10848657 KW - improv theater KW - Gestalt therapy KW - improv in therapy KW - spontaneity KW - aesthetic improvisation UR - https://doi.org/10.5325/gestaltreview.28.1.0024 N2 - This article outlines the theoretical background for improv-therapeutical processes and interventions found in the contemporary theory of the Gestalt therapeutic approach. Although there is a growing number of studies reporting on the potential of improvisational theater in psychological well-being and psychotherapy, few of them explore theoretical parallels with existing psychotherapeutic approaches. This article proposes that the roots and paradigms of improv theater and Gestalt therapy are epistemologically close and explore how concepts specific for relational Gestalt therapy—understanding of self as a process in the phenomenological intersubjective field, an aesthetic approach to mental health, and the notion of creative adjustment—could contribute to the understanding and empowering of the therapeutic processes found in improv theater. The theory proposes that nurturing creative and spontaneous processes in improv possibly contributes to the healthy functioning of the self and, therefore, enhances healthy contact with the environment. ER -
ANDRÁŠIK, Tomáš, Nela WURMOVÁ and Barbora KRČMÁŘOVÁ. IMPROVing Spontaneity: Gestalt Therapy Perspective on Improvisational Theater as a Therapeutical Intervention. \textit{Gestalt Review}. United States: Penn State University Press, 2024, vol.~28, No~1, p.~24-53. ISSN~1084-8657. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5325/gestaltreview.28.1.0024.
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