Gestalt
Gestalt is a
German word that can be translated into English in various ways:
* as
shape,
form,
guise or
likeness (e.g.,
in Menschengestalt: in human form)
* as
figure or as a synonym for
person (e.g.,
eine dunkle Gestalt: a sinister figure)
Gestalt may also refer to:
*
Gestalt psychology (or Gestalt theory), a theory of mind and brain, describing the
Gestalt effect.
*
Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy, a method of psychotherapy based on Gestalt psychology.
*
Gestalt therapy, a form of psychotherapy built on the experiential ideal of "here and now" and relationships with others and the world.
*
Gestalt (Mac OS), an environment-query function in Mac OS.
* An anime manga and
OVA series:
Gestalt (manga).