Watched this video for an upcoming exam and found it very interesting. It was made in the 1960s and provides an opportunity for viewers to look into the different types of psychotherapies in place (Client Centered Therapy, Gestalt Therapy and Rational Emotive Therapy). My least favorite was Gestalt therapy, I felt that Perls was extremely combative and mocking. The patient spent much of her time defending herself against Perls' comments and it gave the patient limited opportunities to express herself genuinely. Very impersonal. If I had to pick it would be Ellis' Rational Emotive therapy because he was giving her actual concrete information rather than repeating everything that the patient says. He does talk quite a bit and could of probably given her some more room to speak. Overall, I was not expecting the videos to be so interesting! Check it out and I'd love to hear what you have to think.
http://nathensmiraculousescape.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/three-approaches-to-psychotherapy-a-film-series/
*the most baffling thing of all is that Gloria ends up choosing Perls as her therapist.
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