Gestalt Therapy

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.

Talia Bar-Yoseph Levine B.A., M.A. (Hons.), D. Psych. is a co-founder of the Jerusalem Gestalt Institute; past head of the M.Sc. programme in Gestalt psychotherapy at Metanoia Institute, London; registered clinical psychologist since 1981. Talia is a business consultant in Israel, Europe, USA and Asia and an international trainer. She has published numerous journal essays and is a member of the IPA (Israeli Psychological Association).

Tudor, Preface. Bar-Yoseph Levine, Introduction. Levin, Bar-Yoseph Levine, Gestalt in the New Age. Polster, Flexibility in Theory Formation: Point and Counterpoint. Bowman, Reconsidering Holism in Gestalt Therapy: A Bridge Too Far? Clemmens, The Interactive Field: Gestalt Therapy as an Embodied Relational Dialogue. Bandín, Personality: Co-creating a Dynamic Symphony. Jacobs, Critiquing Projection: Supporting Dialogue in a Post Cartesian World. Bloom, Sensing Animals/Knowing Persons: A Challenge to Some Basic Ideas in Gestalt Therapy. Philippson, Mind and Matter: The Implications of Neuroscience Research for Gestalt Psychotherapy. Brownell, Spirituality in Gestalt Therapy. Sapriel, Creating an Embodied, Authentic Self: Integrating Mindfulness with Psychotherapy when Working with Trauma. Yontef, The Four Relationships of Gestalt Therapy Couples Work. O'Neill, Gestalt Family Therapy - A Field Perspective. Gaffney, A Neo-Lewinian Perspective on Gestalt Group Facilitation. Knijff, Awareness Instead of Rules: Gestalt Ethics. Lichtenberg, Culture Change - Conversations Concerning Political/Religious Differences.