ISKUSTVO TRANSPERSONALNOG ODNOSA U GEŠTALT PSIHOTERAPIJI IZ PERSPEKTIVE TERAPEUTA I KLIJENTA
EXPERIENCE OF TRANSPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP IN GESTALT PSYCHOTHERAPY FROM CLIENT`S AND PSYCHOTHERAPIST`S PERSPECTIVE

Summary/Abstract: This paper represents the result of a qualitative research of a separate personal experience of a transpersonal relationship in psychotherapy, from the perspective of both the therapist and the client. Two women in their late thirties have been examined. The first examinee was describing personal experience during a transpersonal relationship from the client’s perspective, whereas the other one was describing personal experience of a transpersonal relationship from the therapist’s point. People involved are a long-term client and therapist of the same gender and similar age, and both of them come from the same Gestalt psychotherapy modality. The data has been gathered using semi-structured interview and analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The obtained results show the dimensions of experience divided into several topics (“consciousness”, “authentic peace”, “absolute happiness”, “complete acceptance”, “absence of thoughts”…) for each individual examinee which have then been processed with comparative analysis of the results of every individual case. It showed that there was a match in all the categories for every individual experience acquired. The obtained results are significant in order to explain and validate the transpersonal experience in a psychotherapeutic relationship. The results show that both personal experiences, which have been examined,are almost identical and the prerequisite for achieving this relationship is therapist’s personal openness and readiness. Since it is well known that transpersonal relationship is the integral part of phenomenological framework of Gestalt psychotherapy, as a part of a 114 dialogic relationship inside the I-Thou relationship, we find the results of this research to be important for a clearer explanation of the experience itself - how to recognize and understand it. It is also emphasized that it is necessary to support the psychotherapist in his/her personal readiness and openness for this experience, which is authentic and unique and which brings about a change for both participants.

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