Description
Book SynopsisGestalt Therapy Around the World is an essential guide to how gestalt therapy is researched, developed, and practiced internationally. The text provides an overview of the development and practice of gestalt therapy in over fifteen countries, including the US, UK, Japan, and New Zealand.
Trade Review“Even though a nuanced discussion of the impact of culture on the practice of Gestalt psychotherapy is not present, this book presents an intriguing array of postcards from around the world describing the successes and challenges of Gestalt.” (PsycCRITIQUES, 23 June 2014)
Table of ContentsContributors xi
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xxi
Part One: Gestalt Therapy: Its Beginning, Theory, and Techniques 1
1 Fritz Perls and Gestalt Therapy: The Beginnings 3
Eleanor O’Leary
2 Key Concepts of Gestalt Therapy and Processing 15
Eleanor O’Leary
3 Dialogue and Contact 37
Eleanor O’Leary
4 Techniques, Experiments, and Dreams 61
Eleanor O’Leary
Part Two: Gestalt Therapy Around the World 93
Europe 94
5 Gestalt Therapy in Austria 95
Nancy Amendt-Lyon
6 Gestalt Therapy in Britain 113
Peter Philippson
7 History of Gestalt Therapy in Denmark 127
Jan Tønnesvang, Mikael Sonne, and James Hammink
8 Gestalt Therapy in Finland 135
Walter Arnold
9 Dawn of Gestalt Therapy in France 141
Serge Ginger
10 Gestalt Therapy in Germany 151
Almut Ladisich-Raine
11 Gestalt Therapy in Greece 165
Despina Balliou, Katia Hatzilakou, Antonia Konstantinidou, and YiannaYiamarelou
12 Gestalt Therapy in the Republic of Ireland 177
Eleanor O’Leary
13 Gestalt Therapy in Italy 195
Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb
The Middle East 211
14 Gestalt Therapy in Israel 213
Nurith Levi and Shraga Serok
Asia 220
15 Gestalt Therapy in Japan 221
Yoshiya Kurato
Australasia 233
16 Gestalt Therapy in Australia 235
Brian O’Neill
17 Gestalt Development in New Zealand: An Antipodean Approach 251
Anne Maclean
The Americas 265
18 Gestalt Therapy in the Province of Quebec, Canada: From its Flourishing Days to its Phase of Questioning and its Perspective of Challenges for the Future 267
Janine Corbeil
19 Gestalt Therapy in the United States of America 289
Joseph Melnick
20 Gestalt Therapy in Argentina 305
Myriam Sas Guiter
21 Gestalt Therapy in Chile 317
Francisco Huneeus
Part Three: Reviewing the Past and Moving Onwards 325
22 The Present and Future of International Gestalt Therapy 327
Eleanor O’Leary
Conclusion 333
Eleanor O’Leary
Appendix 1. Worldwide Gestalt Associations, Institutes, and Professional Societies 335
Denis O’Sullivan
Index 365
