Gestalt Therapy

Author : Philip Brownell, MDiv, PsyD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780826104557

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Gestalt Therapy by Philip Brownell, MDiv, PsyD Pdf

This book is a practical, professional reference on the practice of Gestalt Therapy (GT) by Philip Brownell, a leading practitioner and scholar in the field. The book covers the philosophical basics of GT and contrasts it with various types of psychotherapeutic approaches. The book also provides guidelines on how to apply GT principles to therapeutic practice with clients. Lastly, the authors cover training on a post-graduate level, certification, and continuing education issues relevant for the practicing therapist. Key Features: Explains Martin Buber's use of "dialogue" in gestalt therapy and how to practice in a dialogical manner Compares and contrasts the features of a gestalt system of diagnosis with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) Provides GT treatment planning and case management practices

Author : Frederick S. Perls,Ralph Franklin Hefferline,Paul Goodman
Publisher : Souvenir Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1994-02
Category : Gestalt psychology
ISBN : 0285626655

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Gestalt Therapy by Frederick S. Perls,Ralph Franklin Hefferline,Paul Goodman Pdf

First published 1951. A series of experiments in self-therapy designed to develop an awareness of self and a growth of the personality

Author : Gro Skottun,Åshild Krüger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000427769

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Gestalt Therapy Practice by Gro Skottun,Åshild Krüger Pdf

This essential new book gives the reader an introduction to the fundamental concepts of gestalt therapy in a stimulating and accessible style. It supports the study and practice of gestalt therapy for clinicians of all backgrounds, reflecting a practice-based pedagogy that emphasises experiential learning. The content in this book builds on the curriculum taught at the Norwegian Gestalt Institute University College (NGI). The material is divided into four main sections. In the first section, the theoretical basis for gestalt therapy is presented with references to gestalt psychology, field theory, phenomenology, and existential philosophy. In the later parts, central theoretical terms and practical models are discussed, such as the paradoxical theory of change, creative adjustment, self, contact, contact forms, awareness, polarities, and process models. Clinical examples illustrate the therapy form’s emphasis on the relational meeting between therapist and client. Detailed description of gestalt therapy theory from the time of the gestalt psychologists to today, with abundant examples from clinical practice, distinguishes this book from other texts. It will be of great value to therapists, coaches, and students of gestalt therapy.

Author : Erving Polster
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000264791

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Enchantment and Gestalt Therapy by Erving Polster Pdf

Enchantment and Gestalt Therapy is a personal exploration of Erving Polster’s remarkable career, the value of the Gestalt approach, and the power of enchantment in psychotherapy. Polster points ahead to a vision of a psychotherapy that includes the population as a whole rather than focusing on individuals, highlights common aspects of living, and focuses on creating an ethos for a shared understanding. The book outlines the six Gestalt therapy concepts that have formed the basis of Polster’s work and describes Life Focus Groups, with an emphasis on the communal relationship between tellers and listeners. Polster also describes the phenomenon of enchantment in psychotherapy in detail, with reference to his own experiences. This unique work is essential reading for Gestalt therapists, other professionals interested in Gestalt approaches, and readers looking for a deeper insight into community and connection. In the below link, Erving Polster speaks to Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb, the series editor of The Gestalt Therpay Book Series, about Enchantment and Gestalt Therapy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PVG9JgpTQQ&feature=youtu.be

Author : Dave Mann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781136930614

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Gestalt Therapy by Dave Mann Pdf

Gestalt therapy offers a present-focused, relational approach, central to which is the fundamental belief that the client knows the best way of adjusting to their situation. By working to heighten awareness through dialogue and creative experimentation, gestalt therapists create the conditions for a client's personal journey to health. Gestalt Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques provides a concise guide to this flexible and far-reaching approach. Topics discussed include: the theoretical assumptions underpinning gestalt therapy gestalt assessment and process diagnosis field theory, phenomenology and dialogue ethics and values evaluation and research. As such this book will be essential reading for gestalt trainees, as well as all counsellors and psychotherapists wanting to learn more about the gestalt approach.

Author : Georges Wollants
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857029850

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Gestalt Therapy by Georges Wollants Pdf

This seminal textbook on Gestalt therapy refreshes the theory of by revisiting its European roots. Taking the basic premise that people do the best they can in relation to their own situation, leading European therapist Georges Wollants explains Gestalt theory and provides a useful critique of commonly taught concepts. Each section approaches a key area of psychotherapy theory in context, while chapter summaries, illustrations and worked-through case examples help to make the theory accessible to all those training in Gestalt therapy. Commentaries from current experts in different areas of Gestalt provide a balanced overview of Gestalt therapy today.

Author : H. Peter Dreitzel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000346039

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Human Interaction and Emotional Awareness in Gestalt Therapy by H. Peter Dreitzel Pdf

In Human Interaction and Emotional Awareness in Gestalt Therapy H. Peter Dreitzel explores a model of the contacting processes between human beings and their environments and presents a phenomenological exploration of the emotions guiding such contacts. The book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the role of psychotherapy in the modern world, especially in the context of change and crisis. Dreitzel sets out a new perspective of how we interact with each other, how we frame our encounters and differentiate them from one another, how we give them meaning, and how they are related to our needs and wants. This is followed by a unique phenomenological exploration of the emotions guiding such contacts, the first time the world of human feelings has been explored in depth and systematically analysed in Gestalt thought. These innovative explorations are framed first by a discussion of the historical development of Western conventions regarding everyday behaviour, and secondly by an examination of perspectives on climate change. Dreitzel analyses the mental and emotional states of potential clients as they are affected by these global processes and the book also includes an epilogue which evaluates how to work with climate anxiety. Dreitzel’s conception of social change, with Gestalt therapy at its core, is relevant to all aspects of humanistic psychology. It elevates empathy, emotional development and the prevention of suffering at all levels of society, filling important gaps in Gestalt therapy theory and expanding it into exciting new territory. Human Interaction and Emotional Awareness in Gestalt Therapy also contains an insightful foreword by Michael Vincent Miller, PhD, and will be essential reading for Gestalt therapists, other professionals with an interest in Gestalt approaches and readers interested in social interaction, climate change and the role of psychotherapy in a changing world.

Author : Joseph Zinker
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1978-07-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780394725673

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Creative Process in Gestalt Therapy by Joseph Zinker Pdf

This deeply compassionate book explores the relationship between therapist and patient and explains the method of Gestalt therapy. The author, Joseph Zinker is an active practioner and argues that therapy can be a creative process, in which patient and therapist invent and improvise strategies to change behavior.

Author : Talia Levine Bar-Yoseph
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780415489164

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Gestalt Therapy by Talia Levine Bar-Yoseph Pdf

This book is a collaboration of some of the best thinkers in the Gestalt therapy world and offers a high-level summary of recent and future developments in theory, practice and research.

Author : Philip Brownell
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781443808521

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Handbook for Theory, Research, and Practice in Gestalt Therapy by Philip Brownell Pdf

Many books have been written about gestalt therapy. Not many have been written on the relationship between gestalt therapy and psychotherapy research. The Handbook for Theory, Research, and Practice in Gestalt Therapy is a needed bridge between these two concerns, and a timely addition to scholarly literature on gestalt therapy itself. In 2007 an international team of experienced gestalt therapists devoted themselves to create this book, and they have collaborated with one another to produce a challenging and enriching addition to the literature relevant to gestalt therapy. The book discusses the philosophy of science, the need for research specifically focused on gestalt therapy, and the critical realism and natural attitude found in both research and gestalt praxis. It provides discussions of qualitative and quantitative research, describes the methods of gestalt therapy as based in a unified theory, and illustrates the application of research in the contexts of emerging gestalt research communities. The discussion contained in this book is needed at a time when warrant for the practice of psychotherapy is increasingly sought in the empirical support available through psychotherapy research–the so called evidence-based movement–and at a time when public policy is increasingly driven by the call for "what works."

Author : Joel Latner
Publisher : Gestalt Journal Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0939266040

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The Gestalt Therapy Book by Joel Latner Pdf

Author : Ansel L. Woldt,Sarah M. Toman
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0761927913

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Gestalt Therapy by Ansel L. Woldt,Sarah M. Toman Pdf

Introducing the historical underpinnings & fundamental concepts of Gestalt therapy, this volume takes both a conceptual & a practical approach to the examination of classic & cutting-edge constructs.

Author : Ansel L. Woldt,Sarah M. Toman
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781452262239

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Gestalt Therapy by Ansel L. Woldt,Sarah M. Toman Pdf

Gestalt Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice is an introductory text, written by major Gestalt theorists, that will engage those new to Gestalt therapy. Editors Ansel Woldt and Sarah M. Toman introduce the historical underpinnings and fundamental concepts of Gestalt therapy and illustrate applications of those concepts to therapeutic practice. The book is unique in that it is the first Gestalt text specifically designed for the academic and training institute settings. Gestalt Therapy takes both a conceptual and a practical approach to examining classic and cutting-edge constructs.

Author : Edwin C. Nevis
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317758242

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Gestalt Therapy by Edwin C. Nevis Pdf

Gestalt Therapy: Perspectives and Applications is a classic text which, when it was first released in 1992, signaled a renaissance of Gestalt scholarship throughout the world. In this volume, Edwin Nevis, one of the foremost Gestalt writers, thinkers, and practitioners of the last 40 years, skillfully draws together a diverse selection of essays from Gestalt therapists of every persuasion, united here by the clarity of their thought, and the constancy of commitment to the development and extension of the Gestalt model. Here you will find one of the finest overviews of classical Gestalt therapy theory and practice available: groundbreaking essays on such topics as diagnosis and ethics from a Gestalt perspective, and an assortment of pragmatic clinical essays of immediate value to the working practitioner.

Author : Jan Roubal
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781443857345

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Towards a Research Tradition in Gestalt Therapy by Jan Roubal Pdf

Gestalt therapy is well-grounded in its daily practice, but is a field which is still in the process of developing a research tradition to support this practice. Gestalt practitioner researchers devote themselves to the generation of interest in the field, the enlargement of capacities and expertise, and the sharing of research projects and their findings. The larger Gestalt community realises that such research has begun to take place, but it requires more information and to be brought into the conversation through a book that speaks of philosophy and method and actually shares some of the research that emerges. This volume fills this lacuna, collecting for the first time the theoretical grounds for research in Gestalt therapy, and introduces useful research methods and presents actual research projects to provide inspiration to Gestalt practitioner researchers. The book will be helpful not only to Gestalt therapists interested in research, but also to students of Gestalt therapy involved in training, as it will serve to bolster their own academic performance. It will also be of interest to the larger field of psychotherapy research, in demonstrating how a clinical school based on principles such as existential dialogue, phenomenology and field theory is responding to the need for evidence-based practice, and is keeping pace with the needs of a twenty-first century professional community.