ABSTRACT
Object relation Gestalt therapy (ORGT), as developed in the writings of Gilles Delisle has become an influential model of therapeutic intervention, particularly in Quebec and in Europe. In recent years, a large number of therapists have been trained in ORGT, or have at least been introduced to its principal concepts through a series of seminars and didactic activities offered to mental health professionals. Delisle has shown that recent research in the neurosciences has given some support to the application of the ORGT model in the clinic. But in spite of this non-negligible validation, ORGT, along with several other psychodynamic and humanist models, has remained largely outside the mainstream of evidence-based psychotherapy. As a response to criticisms levelled at the attempt to validate treatments with randomised clinical trials, a task force was formed to explore the contribution of relational factors to the success of psychotherapeutic treatment.
