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-from a basic phenomenological perspective, Gestalt is more concerned with the how than with the what or the why, i.e. Gestalt concerns itself above all with the process and the way in which something is expressed, the manner as much as the content. Two key-words in Gestalt are 'now and how'.

Definition excerpted with permission from Ginger, Serge International Glossary of Gestalt Psychotherapy (Seven languages including English. Order from FORGE at 183 rue Lecourbe; 75015 Paris, France) Paperback 1995.