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The Therapy Gestalt TCI (THEGETCI) study aimed to show that the modifiable character dimensions of the 125-item Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI-125), as well as other personality temperament dimensions and emotional measures, change after a GT program.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A psychotherapeutic program consisting of 33 one-hour sessions (minimum of 12 sessions), spaced over several months, was offered to 319 subjects with mood and\/or anxiety disorders. The TCI-125, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and visual analog scale (VAS) were used to assess subjective psychological states before and after the program. All TCI-125 scores were adjusted for potential confounding factors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Statistically significant differences between the initial and final mean scores were observed for anxiety (t = 16.46; p &amp;lt; 0.0001), depression (t = 11.24; p &amp;lt; 0.0001), and harm avoidance (t = 8.82; p &amp;lt; 0.0001), and global psychological distress assessed by VAS (t = 18.7; p &amp;lt; 0.0001) (all showing decreased scores). Significant increases were observed for the three maturity dimensions: Self-Directedness (t = \u221211.49; p &amp;lt; 0.0001), Cooperativeness (t = \u22122.77; p &amp;lt; 0.006), and Self-Transcendence (t = \u22124.52; p &amp;lt; 0.0001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The THEGETCI study is one of the first to demonstrate the effectiveness of specific, current GT strategies on personality dimensions using rigorous evaluation methods. 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