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In Gestalt therapy, sociological, political, and economic research is often neglected or ignored. Drawing on analyses about current societal conditions, this book considers that there is no such thing as a postmodern' therapy and offers a new approach to Gestalt therapy.

Gestalt therapy is still currently based on the Cartesian worldview, even if relational approaches are in search for an in-between'. The author's approach of Gestalt therapy is based on an idea by the founders: Contact is the first reality so the field coemerges and coexists with individuals' perceptions providing specific conditions, demands, limitations and opportunities. An individual's field is not an afterthought established by the perspective of the first-person-singular (i.e. individuals) but a conditio sine qua non'. Gutjahr reflects on both theoretical and practical aspects of the field's many processes of resonance. Putting the field consistently at the centre of his approach, the author describes t

A FieldCentred Approach to Gestalt Therapy

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Imprint Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Published 1 July 2024
      ISBN-13 9781032594613
      978-1032594613
      ISBN-10 1032594616
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      Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In Gestalt therapy, sociological, political, and economic research is often neglected or ignored. Drawing on analyses about current societal conditions, this book considers that there is no such thing as a postmodern' therapy and offers a new approach to Gestalt therapy.

      Gestalt therapy is still currently based on the Cartesian worldview, even if relational approaches are in search for an in-between'. The author's approach of Gestalt therapy is based on an idea by the founders: Contact is the first reality so the field coemerges and coexists with individuals' perceptions providing specific conditions, demands, limitations and opportunities. An individual's field is not an afterthought established by the perspective of the first-person-singular (i.e. individuals) but a conditio sine qua non'. Gutjahr reflects on both theoretical and practical aspects of the field's many processes of resonance. Putting the field consistently at the centre of his approach, the author describes t

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