Title

Healing beyond the body: Gestalt therapy as a catalyst for psychological resilience among breast cancer survivors

Authors

Elilarasi Kamal¹, Kannan Jayaraman², Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran^3,*, Marudan Anbalagan³, Jayalakshmi Lakshmanan¹, Gomathi Sivaprakash¹ & Packiyalaksmi Muthuchamy¹

Affiliation

¹Department of Psychiatric Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ²Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, The Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ³Department of Paediatric Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Elilarasi Kamal - E-mail: elilarasi99@gmail.com
Kannan Jayaraman - E-mail: drkannanj@gmail.com
Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran - E-mail: shankarshaki@yahoo.com
Marudan Anbalagan - E-mail: anbalagan.avi@gmail.com
Jayalakshmi Lakshmanan - E-mail: gopikabrij2820@gmail.com
Gomathi Sivaprakash - E-mail: sgomathi1988@yahoo.com
Packiyalaksmi Muthuchamy - E-mail: sathbac@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received September 1, 2025; Revised September 30, 2025; Accepted September 30, 2025, Published September 30, 2025

Abstract

Gestalt therapy was assessed for its impact on negative self-perception and eudaimonic well-being among breast cancer patients. A quasi-experimental study involving 60 participants revealed significant improvement in both self-perception and emotional well-being in the experimental group receiving Gestalt therapy, compared to the control group. The therapy's effectiveness was supported by the significant statistical differences in the outcomes (P < 0.05). Thus, Gestalt therapy is a promising non-pharmacological intervention to support psychological resilience and emotional healing in breast cancer patients, fostering self-acceptance and emotional growth.

Keywords

Cancer, emotional well-being, gestalt therapy, self-perception, psychological resilience

Citation

Kamal et al. Bioinformation 21(9): 3333-3335 (2025)

Edited by

Ritik Kashwani

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.