Psychotherapy with the Unmotivated Patient with Erving Polster Video Clip

For more information about this video, visit In this Gestalt Therapy video clip, renowned therapist Erving Polster works with Gerald: bright, cynical, emotionally detached, overly intellectual, and determined to defeat this therapist as he has previous ones. Polster engages him in here-and-now interactions, matching wits, and challenging his defenses with a delicate balance of confrontation and empathy. See the full video for a reenactment of a complete course of therapy as well as commentary by Erving and Miriam Polster.