by Dr.Moira Borg MD Gestalt Psychotherapist In the norm, a parent is that person who brings up and cares for his/her child. Winnicott (1964) in fact describes the ‘good enough’ mother (parent) as the caregiver who in the beginning is totally there for the child’s needs and then starts attuning more realistically as he/she…
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by Dr.Moira Borg MD Gestalt Psychotherapist When physicist Isaac Newton was exploring the effects of forces on objects way back in 1687 he discovered that for every action applied to an object there was an equal and opposite reaction (third law of motion). Forces and motion are not phenomena which occur only to inert…
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by Dr.Moira Borg MD Gestalt Psychotherapist This story is “a story similar to many others” (Spagnuolo Lobb 2007:27). It talks about Jan (not his real name), a 25 year old engineer. When I met him for our first appointment, which he attended with his mother, he sat hunched with his arms wrapped around him.…
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by Dr.Moira Borg MD Gestalt Psychotherapist Ema was 15 when she was brought to therapy by her mother due to low weight and severe anxiety especially around her academic performance, appearance and social acceptance. At the time she had just started sixth form after performing exceptionally well in her Ordinary levels and her dream…
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by Dr.Moira Borg MD Gestalt Psychotherapist Nutrition, or the taking in and the use of food as a source of energy, is one of the seven basic functions of life. Without it our well-being and survival is severly compromised. In developed countries where starvation is a mere news item and food of all shapes and…
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