Gestalt Therapy is an existential and experiential therapy that focuses on the individual's experience in the present moment.  The tools of the therapy is the therapist-client relationship, the here and now, and an exploration of cognition and belief systems.  This type of thearpy looks at how a person responds to relationships in the present moment of the therapy session. Gestalt therapy has distinguished itself by moving to action in the therapy session and away from just talk therapy.  It is considered an experiential approach. The emphasis is on what is being done, thought and felt at the moment rather than on what was, might be, could be, or should be. Gestalt therapy is a method of awareness.  It looks at what the client perceives, feels, and does during the therapy.   Gestalt therapy addresses the person as a functional, whole, and basically healthy person who is striving towards higher levels of potentiality, wellness, and actualization.  This type of therapy assists the client in discovering and restoring his or her own natural ability to self-regulate, create feelings of contentment, and have successful and fulfilling contact with others.  Gestalt therapy helps to reclaim disowned aspects of oneself. There is a sense of personal responsibility that can come out of the Gestalt process.  When a client is engaged in an experience of understanding the inter working of the Self, he or she can see the resolution to conflict.  With the experiential tools of Gestalt Therapy, one can learn to cope creatively with the events of one’s life and to pursue those goals which seem good and desirable to oneself.   A primary tool of Gestalt therapy is awareness and mindfulness. Through awareness of and experimentation with bodily sensations, emotional responses, desires, and cognitive assumptions, the range of choices about how a person chooses  live their life can become more clear.  The ability to engage with others and oneself will be enhanced.  In Gestalt therapy the individual is encouraged to become aware of his or her own feelings and behaviours, and their effect upon his environment in the here and now.  By focusing on self-awareness as part of present reality, new insights can be made about thoughts and behaviors and the client can engage in self-healing.