Self is discoverd at the contact boundary. Discuss critically in relation to Gestalt Psychotherapy.

Who am I? A student of Gestalt psychotherapy; a professional sales person; a qualified trainer; a wife; a dutiful daughter-in-law; or the author of this essay? Am I all of these and more? Or can I only be one without the others? How do I know which of these I am at any one time, and how do I know what effects each have on who I really am? Am I always me? Such musings …

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