Dave Mann

Gestalt Therapy (eBook, PDF)

The Basics

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Gestalt Therapy: The Basics provides an accessible and concise overview of the approach and its substantial theory.

Experiential exercises, clinical vignettes and examples from everyday practice are included to enrich understanding of gestalt's theory and its clinical application. This book explores: the history of gestalt therapy, gestalt maps, philosophical beliefs, creative experimentation and ethical considerations. Useful chapter summaries are featured throughout to aid comprehension.

This book is essential reading for gestalt trainees, as well as counsellors and psychotherapists wanting to learn more about the gestalt approach.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040027295
• Artikelnr.: 70395433

Autorenporträt

Dave Mann, M.Sc., is a UKCP registered gestalt psychotherapist who delivers training and supervision across the United Kingdom and abroad. He is author of two editions of Gestalt Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques and several chapters on aspects of gestalt.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Maps for a Gestalt Therapy Journey - Laying the Ground, Theoretical Assumptions
1. Gestalt Therapy: A Very Brief History
2. So, what is Gestalt?
3. And what is a Gestalt?
4. Gestalt Psychology's Laws of Perception
5. Figure and Ground
6. Awareness and The Awareness Continuum
7. Contact
8. The Here and Now
9. Creative Adjustment
10. Self and Selfing
11. Structures of The Self: Id, Ego and Personality Functions
12. Holism
13. Individualism and Field Paradigms
14. The Contact Boundary
15. The Gestalt Cycle of Experience
16. Resistances, Interruptions, Moderations to Contact
17. The process of Introjection
18. Ground Introjects
19. Retroflection
20. Projection
21. Confluence
22. Deflection
23. Desensitisation
24. Egotism/Self-Monitoring
25. Continuums of Contact
26. Creative Indifference
27. Unfinished Business: The Zeigarnik Effect
28. The Paradoxical Theory of Change
29. The Aesthetics of Gestalt Therapy
30. Support as 'That Which Enables'
Part 2: Beginning the Therapy Journey - Preparations and Initial Assessment
31. The Therapy Setting
32. Contracts and Expectations
33. Contact Functions - Making and Breaking Contact
34. Assessment and Process Diagnosis
35. How the Client "Bodies Forth"
36. Zones of Awareness
37. Emerging Relational Themes
38. Planning the Journey
39. Assessing Suicidal Risk
Part 3 The Therapy Journey - The Three Pillars of Gestalt
3.1 Exploring the client's situation or field
40. Situation, Field, Life-space, Life-world
41. Co-creation and Temporality
42. The Therapy Space as Present Situation
43. The Field Organises the Need and the Need Organises the Field
44. The Id of the Situation
45. Support in a Relational Field
46. Shame as a Function of the Field
47. Sensing into the Field
48. Viewing the Field through a Developmental Lens
49. Development - A Lifelong Process
50. Developmental Theory - Six Fundamental Movements
51. The Cultural Field
52. Five Explorations
53. Language and Metaphor
54. Attending to the Wider Field
3.2 Focus on Experience: Phenomenology in Gestalt Therapy
55. What is Phenomenology?
56. Phenomenological Enquiry
57. Intentionality: Reaching Out to my World
58. Transcendental Phenomenology and Husserl
59. The Discipline of Phenomenological Reduction
60. Existential Phenomenology
61. Intersubjectivity
62. Attending to the Bodily 'Felt Sense'
63. Energy and Vitality
64. The Lived Body
65. Perceiving the Whole
66. Liminal Space
3.3 Dialogue - Emerging through Relationship
67. What is Dialogue?
68. I-Thou and I-It Relating
69. The Between
70. Inclusion and Empathy
71. Presence
72. Confirmation
73. Commitment to Dialogue
74. Attunement
75. Enduring Relational Themes
76. Self-Disclosure
77. The Relational Turn
78. Rupture and Repair
79. Living the Relationship
Part 4: Becoming - Transitions along the Journey
80. Gestalt Experimentation
81. Experimentation and Challenge
82. Experimental Methods
83. Polarities and the Top Dog/Under Dog
84. Two Chairs and the Empty Chair
85. Homework and Practicing
86. Dreamwork
87. Catharsis and Release
88. Aggressing on the Environment
89. Working with Trauma
90. Phases in Therapy and Endings
91. Developing Awareness of Awareness
Part 5: Ethics and Values: Key Signposts for All Journeys
92. Therapeutic Boundaries
93. Relational Ethics
94. Therapeutic Use of Touch
95. Non-Exploitation
96. Therapist Support
97. Gestalt Supervision
Part 6: Evaluating the Approach: Destination and Looking Back
98. Gestalt Applications beyond 1:1 and Group therapy
99. Looking Back and Reviewing
100. On Uncertainty and Certainty

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Introduction

Chapter 1: Gestalt Therapy: The Background Shapes the Foreground

Chapter 2: Gestalt Maps

Chapter 3: Moderations to Contact

Chapter 4: The Situation: Field Theory

Chapter 5: Experiencing the World: Phenomenology in Gestalt Therapy

Chapter 6: Dialogue: Emerging Through Relationship

Chapter 7: Creative Experimentation

Rezensionen

"In 50 years of reading gestalt therapy literature, I've never encountered an author who accomplishes what Mann does. This book stands out for its clear and comprehensive exploration of the fundamental principles of gestalt therapy, allowing curious readers to delve deeper into the implications. Mann not only articulates these "Basics" with precision but also provides vivid clinical examples, making it a valuable resource for both beginners and those seeking a profound understanding of how these principles are applied in therapy. A truly remarkable achievement."

Rich Hycner Ph.D., author of Between Person and Person: Toward A Dialogical Psychotherapy

"Although covering 'The Basics', this book is an important resource for both beginners and seasoned practitioners. Mann manages to convey the fullness and richness of gestalt theory whilst offering the detail of key maps and concepts in a well referenced and meticulous way. This is certainly a book to be dipped into and re-read over and over again."

Dr Marie-Anne Chidiac, author, Relational Organisational Gestalt and co-Founder Relational Change

"In writing The Basics, Dave Mann is like a high quality builder. Here are reliable theoretical foundations, contemporary materials, with sound therapeutic craftsmanship on display throughout. Each gestalt therapy writer has to find their own synthesis of history, clinical experience, philosophy, and practical examples. This book is a creative achievement from a seasoned writer and confident explainer. I recommend this engaging read for beginners and familiars alike, a skilful summary full of wisdom and energy."

Malcolm Parlett Ph.D, international gestalt coach and Whole Intelligence researcher

"Pull up a chair! Reading Dave Mann's book is like chatting with him while sitting around a warm fireplace. His easy, conversational style and his creative use of accessible, everyday examples allow the reader access to concepts and terms that might seem daunting at first. One comes away loving gestalt therapy, eager to learn and practice. What more can one ask?"

Lynne Jacobs, Ph.D., co-founder, Pacific Gestalt Institute