At MindCareCenter, Gestalt therapy is used as a deep clinical approach to working with experiences that remain unfinished and continue to influence the present. Dr. Daniel Reinhardt says – the psyche does not forget unfinished experiences; it holds them in the background until there is a safe opportunity to live through and integrate them. This is why past situations can return as tension, repetitive reactions, or a sense of inner fragmentation.
In the clinical practice of MindCareCenter, we often meet clients who find it difficult to clearly articulate what is troubling them. Externally, life may appear stable, yet internally there is a lingering sense of incompleteness, an unresolved question, an emotional “aftertaste.” This can manifest as chronic fatigue, relational difficulties, recurring patterns, or the feeling that a part of oneself is stuck in the past.
Our psychologists emphasize – unfinished processes are not necessarily linked to major traumas. In Dr. Reinhardt’s view, they can include unexpressed emotions, the inability to show anger or grief, unsaid words, or choices that were never made. The psyche keeps this experience active even if the event itself ended long ago on a factual level.
At MindCareCenter, Gestalt therapy focuses on restoring contact with present experience. The work is built not around analyzing “why,” but around exploring “how this is felt now.” Clients learn to notice emotions, bodily reactions, impulses, and resistance – this is where the possibility of completion begins to emerge.
Special attention at MindCareCenter is given to the figure–ground dynamic – what comes into the foreground of experience and what remains in the background. When unfinished material is recognized and lived through in a safe therapeutic relationship, it no longer demands constant attention or energy. This reduces inner tension and frees resources for life in the present.
Gradually, therapy at MindCareCenter helps clients experience a greater sense of inner wholeness. Feelings of fragmentation, contradiction, or the need to constantly “hold oneself together” begin to fade. Our psychologists support the integration of different parts of experience – including vulnerable and difficult aspects – into a unified inner system where they no longer compete with one another.
Importantly, Gestalt therapy at MindCareCenter does not impose interpretations or rush the process. Completion occurs when the psyche is ready. This makes change sustainable and gentle – without abrupt breaks or re-traumatization.
Over time, clients notice that their reactions become more conscious, choices more свободными, and relationships less tense. Unfinished processes stop governing the present, making space for authentic contact with oneself and the surrounding world.
If you sense that the past continues to echo in the present, that the same situations repeat, or that inner tension does not subside – this does not mean something is wrong with you. It may indicate unfinished experience seeking completion. At Mind Care Center, we help move through this process carefully – restoring wholeness, contact, and a sense of inner coherence.
Previously, we wrote about why it is so hard to say “I’m sorry” and how therapy at MindCareCenter works with vulnerability and acknowledging mistakes.