Description
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.
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PROLOGUE - FOREWORD
PRE-TEXT: GESTALT PEDAGOGY:
CREATING THE FIELD FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING - Ansel L. Woldt, Ed.D.
Dialogue Respondent - Sarah M. Toman, Ph.D.
PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF GESTALT THERAPY
Chapter 1. The History and Development of Gestalt Therapy - Charles E. Bowman, M.S.
Dialogue Respondent - Edwin C. Nevis, Ph.D.
Chapter 2. Classical Gestalt Therapy Theory - Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb, Psy.D.
Dialogue Respondent - Philip Lichtenberg, Ph.D.
Chapter 3. Contemporary Gestalt Therapy: Field - Malcolm Parlett, Ph.D.
Dialogue Respondent - Robert G. Lee, Ph.D.
Chapter 4. Phenomenology, Existentialism and Eastern Thought in Gestalt Therapy - Sylvia Fleming Crocker, Ph.D.
Dialogue Respondent - Peter Philippson, M.Sc.
Chapter 5. Gestalt Therapy Theory of Change - Gary Yontef, Ph.D., M.S.W., A.B.P.P.
Dialogue Respondent - Reinhard Fúhr, Ph.D.
Chapter 6. Gestalt Therapy Methodology - Joseph Melnick, Ph.D. & Sonia March Nevis, Ph.D.
Dialogue Respondent - Norman Shub, B.C.D.
Chapter 7. Cultural Influences and Considerations in Gestalt Therapy - Sabin Fernbacher, M.A.
Dialogue Respondent - Deborah Plummer, Ph.D.
Chapter 8. Spirituality in Gestalt Therapy - R. Elliott Ingersoll, Ph.D.
Dialogue Respondent - Brian O'Neill, M.A., Ps.S.
PART II: GESTALT APPLICATIONS WITH SPECIFIC POPULATIONS
Chapter 9. Gestalt Therapy with Children - Cynthia Reynolds, Ph.D.
Dialogue Respondent: - Peter Mortola, Ph.D.
Chapter 10. Adolescents: Development and Practice from a Gestalt Orientation - Sarah Toman, Ph.D., and Ann Bauer, Ph.D.
Dialogue Respondents - Mark McConville, Ph.D., & Bruce Robertson, M.S.W.
Chapter 11. Family and Couple Therapy from a Gestalt Perspective - J. Edward Lynch, Ph.D., and Barbara Lynch, Ph.D.
Dialogue Respondent - Joseph C. Zinker, Ph.D.
Chapter 12. Gestalt Therapy in Groups - Paul Schoenberg, Ph.D., and Bud Feder, Ph.D.
Dialogue Respondents - Jon Frew, Ph.D., & Irwin Gadol, Ph.D.
Chapter 13. Gestalt Approaches with Organizations and Large Systems - Rick Maurer, Ph.D.
Dialogue Respondent - Seán Gaffney, Ph.D.
Chapter 14. Gestalt Therapy in Community Mental Health - Philip Brownell, M.Div., Psy.D.
Dialogue Respondent - Karen Fleming, Ph.D.
Chapter 15. Gestalt Approaches to Substance Use/Abuse/Dependency: Theory and Practice - Michael Clemmens, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Dialogue Respondent - Helga Matzko, M.A., M.A., C.A.G.S.
Chapter 16. Gestalt Educational Therapy - Cara Garcia, Ph.D., Susan Baker, M.A., & Robert deMayo, Ph.D.
Dialogue Respondent - George I. Brown, Ph.D.
EPILOGUE - AFTERWORD
COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE AND GESTALT BOOK LIST
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