Formation Of Professionally Significant Qualities Under The Gestalt Approach

Abstract

The objective of this study is to develop and test a training programme for psychologists working with loss under the Gestalt Approach and to determine its effectiveness. The hypothesis is the assumption that a training programme specially developed for psychologists working with a loss under the Gestalt Approach will contribute to the level of development of professionally significant qualities (empathy, emotional warmth, reflection) that a psychologist who works with people who have experienced loss shall possess. The study (N = 104) was participated by students aged 19 to 22, including 50 girls and 54 boys. The subjects were divided into two groups: experimental and control groups. Each group consisted of 52 people. The study used: Diagnostics of the level of empathic abilities, Questionnaire of reflexivity, Determination of the personality orientation. Methods of mathematical data processing – φ*, Fisher's criterion. Testing of the training programme for psychologists working with loss under the Gestalt Approach showed the effectiveness of the programme, which contributed to the level of development of professionally significant qualities as confirmed by mathematical and statistical methods of the study data processing. Further prospects of the study can be aimed at developing a comprehensive model for training specialists-psychologists to work with loss under Gestalt Approach.