Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In Gestalt therapy, we pay close attention to how contact is disrupted in the present moment.
Learn how to identify contact boundary disturbances with Dr. Harmony Kwiker (MA, LPC, ACS).
• Deflection
• Interjection
• Projection
• Retroflexion
• Confluence
These patterns live in the personality and continue to show up in our relationships, nervous system, and sense of self — not as flaws, but as learned ways of surviving.
When we can notice how contact is interrupted in the here and now, those moments become the therapeutic entry point for awareness and change.
Which of these do you recognize most?
In Gestalt therapy, we pay close attention to how contact is disrupted in the present moment.
Learn how to identify contact boundary disturbances with Dr. Harmony Kwiker (MA, LPC, ACS).
• Deflection
• Interjection
• Projection
• Retroflexion
• Confluence
These patterns live in the personality and continue to show up in our relationships, nervous system, and sense of self — not as flaws, but as learned ways of surviving.
When we can notice how contact is interrupted in the here and now, those moments become the therapeutic entry point for awareness and change.
Which of these do you recognize most?
