A Case Study of Gestalt Group Counseling for Self-acceptance and Self-esteem Improvement in Middle-aged Women with Depressive Tendencies

September 30, 2022  |  Vol.8, No.9  |  PP. 277-286  | PDF

AUTHORS:

Seong Mi Sin, Addiction Rehabilitation Counseling, Namseoul University Graduate School, Korea

Eun Sil Kim, Department of Child Welfare, Namseoul University, Korea

KEYWORDS:

Depression, Middle-aged Women, Self-acceptance, Self-esteem, Gestalt Counseling, Group Counseling

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of gestalt group counseling on the self-acceptance and self-esteem of middle-aged women with depressive tendencies. The study participants were three middle-aged women from depressive tendencies. The Gestalt group counseling was conducted through Zoom for 16 sessions, twice a week, to improve self-esteem by accepting oneself including noticing body-emotion-thoughts and contacting and resolving problems. For group effectiveness, quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis of the process of change during each participant's group participation were investigated through the self-acceptance scale and self-esteem scale. As a result of the study, all three study subjects improved their self-acceptance scores and self-esteem scores, recognized their body sensations, emotions, and thoughts, and positively accepted their negative aspects. Also, self-esteem was positively changed. Therefore, it was found that Gestalt group counseling was effective in helping middle-aged women with depressive tendencies to live their own lives free of depressive tendencies by improving self-acceptance and self-esteem.

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Citations:

APA:
Sin, S. M., Kim, E. S., (2022). A Case Study of Gestalt Group Counseling for Self-acceptance and Self-esteem Improvement in Middle-aged Women with Depressive Tendencies. Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, 8(9), 277-286. doi: 10.47116/apjcri.2022.09.24

MLA:
Sin, Seong Mi, et al. “A Case Study of Gestalt Group Counseling for Self-acceptance and Self-esteem Improvement in Middle-aged Women with Depressive Tendencies.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange, ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, vol. 8, no. 9, 2022, pp. 277-286. APJCRI, http://fucos.or.kr/journal/APJCRI/Articles/v8n9/24.html.

IEEE:
[1] S. M. Sin, E. S. Kim, “A Case Study of Gestalt Group Counseling for Self-acceptance and Self-esteem Improvement in Middle-aged Women with Depressive Tendencies.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, vol. 8, no. 9, pp. 277-286, September 2022.