Gestalt therapist assistant at Claude: 10 prompts for the entire therapy session

Gestalt therapist assistant at Claude: 10 prompts for the entire therapy session

10 Claude prompts for a Gestalt session—from request analysis to a future figure
Pre-made prompts for Claude, developed for the full cycle of a Gestalt therapy session—from request analysis through the contact cycle to the end of the session and the formulation of a future figure.
Each prompt is tailored to a specific clinical task for a Gestalt therapist: working with awareness, interruptions in contact, polarities, and experimentation in the therapist-client space. Within are working tools, not a list of general ideas. What´s included (10 prompts by stages of work)
Request Analysis
1. Analysis of the client´s request through the contact cycle - phases of the experiential cycle, figure and ground
2. Diagnosis of the leading mechanism of contact interruption - confluence, introjection, projection, retroflexion, deflection, egotism
Session Planning
3. Session plan (50 minutes) taking into account the "figure" of the day
4. Working through the unfinished situation from the previous session
Selection of techniques and experiments
5. Selection of a Gestalt experiment for the client´s topic
6. Developing a dialogue with the polarity/part of the personality (the "empty chair" technique)
Working with resistance
7. Working with interruption of contact during the session
8. Evaluation of resistance as a creative adaptation
Working with emotions and completion
9. Algorithm of actions during intense emotion or physical reaction of the client
10. Conclusion of the session: awareness, homework, figure for the future

Example of one From prompts (#7)
The client is currently demonstrating the following in session: [insert observation – change of topic, abstraction, laughter at inappropriate moments, silence]. Identify the interruption in contact occurring in this moment, suggest three phrases for the therapist to gently draw the client´s attention to what is happening "here and now" (in the style of phenomenological commentary, not interpretation), and indicate how to track the client´s reaction to this intervention.

How to use
Copy the prompt, replace the text in square brackets with the client´s information without personal identifiers (full name, exact place of work, etc.), and paste it into the chat with Claude.
⚠️ Prompts are designed for anonymized data – this is part of our approach to confidentiality, not a formality.
For whom
Practicing Gestalt therapists and consultants working in a phenomenological and experimental manner, specialists in private practice.
Limitations
⚠️ This tool helps structure session preparation and therapist observations. It does not replace clinical judgment, supervision, or professional training—decisions regarding client management and handling of acute situations always remain with the therapist.