EXPERIMENTS WITH INTERNAL DIALOGUES
Because a goal of Gestalt therapy is to achieve integrated function and the acceptance
of aspects of one’s personality that have been disowned and denied,
therapists pay close attention to splits and polarities in personality function.
Fantasy dialogues are meant to promote awareness of internal splits and eventual personality integration.
These dialogues can take many forms, for example, dialogues between opposing sides or polarities within oneself (like tender/tough, brave/scared, masculine/feminine, loving/hateful, active/passive) or dialogues with a parent or other significant person, fantasized others, or inanimate objects.