From the author: A case from practice is shown when a person, after Gestalt therapy, survived the death of a loved one much more easily. Gestalt therapy. Case Study 2 So, Maria and I began to experience with our feelings in the smallest detail the death of our father that had not yet happened. The very thought of the death of her close, only, dear person terrified her, to the point of losing consciousness, but Maria completely trusted me and went into her fears “with an open visor.” The first session was very difficult. I introduced her in small details to the moment when she would see her daddy dead. I will not describe this two-hour nightmare, but I will note how Maria opened up and how strong and brave a person she was. She cried a lot, almost lost consciousness. In general, the first session was the most difficult and critical. The second time, there were less emotions. Maria was more worried about how she could bury her father with dignity and carry out all the rituals. After all, she had no one to rely on, while her tears dried up and strength came from somewhere, her main goal was to complete everything correctly. We worked like this for two months. A week before her father died, I had to tell her the exact date. Surprisingly, I didn’t see any confusion or tears on her face. Maria was collected and focused. Then it turned out that Maria was not only mentally prepared, but also learned all the formalities of the funeral. She reasoned very sensibly about the fact that dad was suffering and that death was liberation from torment. She realized my words that the word death in Rus' meant - with the measure of you, almost like a holiday of freeing the body from pain and heaviness. Everything happened, as I said, on the same day. I assumed that Maria, no matter how ready she was for this, would have a breakdown to a certain extent. After all, Maria is a living person. And I was surprised when my consoling speeches were not needed. When I met her, I did not see grief on her face and was amazed when Maria said that her soul was not sad and melancholy, but joyful that she had buried and buried her father with dignity. She understood that her father’s torment was finally over, and she was beginning a new stage of life, for which Maria, with the help of Gestalt therapy, was already ready. Maria was not afraid of the fact that she was left alone, that she had no relatives, that she had no one else to rely on and no one else to care about. This lasting effect did not go away even forty days after the death of her father, she began to plan her life and after some time got a job in a real estate company. So, I want to say that the fear of the death of loved ones or one’s own death takes away a lot of mental and physical strength. You need to look this fear in the eye, and not run away. An example of an attitude towards death. One girl, while at my reception, told me about how in practice in Japan she received news of her mother’s death. Naturally, she cried, but the surrounding Japanese did not understand her grief. They believed that man had left earthly hell for a brighter and better world and that there was no reason for sadness. Indeed, in some countries, the death of a person is not a disaster, but in some nations it is a holiday. Maria’s case is a very illustrative case, although there were simpler results with a positive effect after Gestalt therapy.. For example. Oleg, a young man, for three years could not choose between his wife-mother of his son and his passionate lover. He tormented everyone, including himself. He came to my appointment on the verge of a nervous breakdown. During a two-hour session with Oleg, we lived through our feelings the situation of how he left his wife for his mistress. It turned out that I couldn’t live with my girlfriend for even a month. The choice was quick and final in favor of my wife. And now two years have passed. The family is saved and Oleg is grateful for this single fateful session. Good luck.