effectiveness of gestalt therapy on differentiation of self and ego strength of men with generalized anxiety disorder

The current research investigated the effectiveness of gestalt therapy on anxiety, differentiation of self, and ego strength of men with generalized anxiety disorder working in asaluyeh. this was a practical, quantitative, pretest, posttest, three-month follow-up design with a control group. the statistical population was 400 men with generalized anxiety disorder working in asaluyeh. 30 men were selected by cluster sampling. they were randomly assigned to the control and experimental groups. for the experimental group, gestalt therapy intervention was conducted during 8 sessions for 2 months. to collect information, standard questionnaires were used, including the psychological inventory of ego strength (pies), differentiation of self inventory (dsi), and beck anxiety inventory (bai). to analyze the data, analysis of covariance was used. the difference inanxiety, differentiation of self, and ego strength between the two experimental and control groups in the post-test and follow-up was statistically significant. the obtained results indicated the effectiveness of gestalt therapy on anxiety, differentiation of self, and ego strength of men with generalized anxiety disorder working in asaluyeh. also, the effect of gestalt therapy on anxiety is stable in the long term.