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The underpinning theoryActionMobilizationof energyActionMobilizationof energyEnergyAwarenessContactAwarenessSensationResolutionor closureSensationWithdrawalof attentionTimeFigure 1.11The Gestalt cycleWhat we sense outside of ourselves or within leads to awareness.Awareness comes when we alight or focus upon what we are experiencing.Nevis (1998) describes it as ‘the spontaneous sensing of whatarises or becomes figural, and it involves direct, immediate experience’.He gives a comprehensive list of the many things that we can be aware ofat any one moment, including the following:• what we sense: sights, sounds, textures, tastes, smells, kinaestheticstimulations and so on;• what we verbalize and visualize: thinking, planning, remembering,imagining and so on;• what we feel: happiness, sadness, fearfulness, wonder, anger, pride,empathy, indifference, compassion, anxiety and so on;• what we value: inclinations, judgements, conclusions, prejudices andso on;• how we interact: participation patterns, communication styles,energy levels, norms and so on.48