Massaging of the buttocks is gestalt therapy?

In a hearing for revocation of an LPC's license for sexual misconduct, a Dorothy Moffett from Denver, certified in gestalt therapy testified that "it is perfectly normal for gestalt therapy to include the massaging of the buttocks and thights". She also testified that many gestalt therapists prefer to straddle their patient's legs while giving backrubs. Can somebody explain to me what this type of "therapy" has to do with treatment of a woman who presented with complains of anxiety caused by sexual harrassment on the job? Also, is this truely a part of gestalt therapy or is this pure "BS therapy" (my quotes)?

• Physical Contact and Gestalt Therapy by Joe Wysong, Editor, The Gestalt Journal, 3/3/97
  • Awkward but True by Philip Brownell, 3/3/97
    • What is and what is not Gestalt therapy theory by Joe Wysong, Editor, The Gestalt Journal, 3/3/97
      • Response to question. by T. Dunn, 3/3/97
      • Kepner's discussion of body process by Timothy C. McNamara, 3/4/97
      • A Difference of Opinion by Philip Brownell, 3/4/97
      • Which Body? Empirical or phenomenal? by Afonso H Lisboa da Fonseca, 3/5/97
• Physical Contact and Any Type of Therapy by Ed Riemann, 3/3/97
  • Devil's Advocate by Philip Brownell, 3/4/97
    • A Final Comment by Joe Wysong, Editor, The Gestalt Journal, 3/4/97
    • Something More Upon Which To Chew by Philip Brownell, 3/4/97
• &lllaos;Massaging of the...&lllaos;. The end result (no pun intended). by T. Dunn, 4/5/97