Rita Ytterdahl Ubel

Rita Ytterdahl Ubel, a Norwegian national, is for more than 20 years Gestalt therapist and art therapist, applying creative expression in individual and group sessions and introducing clients to the subject’s assumed field of knowledge, where the unconscious is revealed, using dialogue, creative expression and visual art therapy.

She is based in Almeria, Southern Spain, but is also working internationally. She is a member of the Professional Development Committee and the Special Interest Group for Social Action in Art Therapy (SIG-SART) within EFAT. She holds the European Certificate in Gestalt Psychotherapy (EAGT). Since 2024, in psychoanalytic training at La Sección Clínica de Madrid (Nucep).

In the languages: Español, English, Deutsch and Norsk.

Gestalt Therapy

Gestalt therapy is intended for those who are interested in their own growth and in understanding each other. Gestalt therapy is associated with genuine love and therapeutic action. Gestalt therapy promotes personal growth by expressing  in clear words what is only dimly suspected.

Gestalt is Experience

Gestalt therapy is an experience. You cannot relive what happened before, yesterday, back then or anywhere else when you hear about it. Only someone who has experienced something can experience it.  Either you are there and experience it directly and for yourself – or you let yourself be informed. But being informed is something quite different from experiencing.

In Therapy

What happens in therapy, Gestalt therapy or Gestalt for short, cannot be experienced by reading about it. The reader of this text learns something about Gestalt. This has nothing to do with Gestalt. No one can judge or feel from an informative impression what is, – what really happens. Only those who have experienced themselves can have a say. You may be able to read and hear about Gestalt, but from the inside and in the centre, Gestalt is completely different.

Gestalt is experience

Those who seek Gestalt will never find it. They can only find Gestalt therapists, no teacher. Teaching is pedagogical nonsense. Teaching has no goal. When walking, the goal is just an imaginary reason for the many pleasurable or difficult steps you take. Learning what is happening is itself the goal. Gestalt is experience.

Therapy

Gestalt Therapy is nothing other than living learning and being present. The therapist, who is also a teacher, must stick to his own learning. As soon as he thinks he knows absolutely what he expects, he blocks himself with it.