The Effect of Gestalt Therapy on Self-Esteem, Depression, and Loneliness of Depressed Divorced Women

This research examined the effect of group gestalt therapy on self-esteem of divorced women, affiliated withKhorram-shahrSocial Welfare office. The statistical population of this research were60divorced women of Welfare Office, have been selectedthrough available sampling, and studied as two groups: an experimental and a control group. Data ofthe research gathered trough Depression subscale of “Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)”,“Eysenck Self-Esteem Inventory”, and “Revised Felling of Loneliness Scale”.As the research employed the Pretest-posttest control group design, the experimental and the control group selected randomly, and have been pretested,and then the Gestalt Therapy has been implemented on experimental group in 8 sessions.At the end, both groups have been post tested.In order to analysisthe assumption of the research theMANOVA and subsequent ANOVA have been used and it revealed group gestalt therapy has been decreased depression and loneliness, and increased self-esteem in experimental group, compared tocontrol one.