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In Human Interaction and Emotional Awareness in Gestalt Therapy H. Peter Dreitzel explores a model of the contacting processes between human beings and their environments and presents a phenomenological exploration of the emotions guiding such contacts.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents
Acknowledgements
Translator's Note,
by Michaela von Britzke Foreword,
by Michael Vincent Miller, PhDI. Introduction
II. Historical Context
The Fate of the Body and the Senses in the Civilizing ProcessIII. The satisfying Experience
The Contacting Process in the Interaction between Humans and their Environments1. Figure and Ground
The process of gestalt formation in the contacting situation
2. The Phases of the Contacting Process
The unfolding of the self
3. The Instincts
Needing and desiring
4. Sensori-motor Functions
Perceiving and acting5. Consciousness and Awareness
Accepting and rejecting 6. Aggression
Destroying and annihilating7. Integration
Surrender and enjoyment8. Post Contact
Enjoying the afterglow of an experience and affirming
9. Assimilation
Remembering and forgetting10. Self-Identification and social Anchoring
Identifying oneself and taking responsibilityIV. Emotional Orientation in the Phases of the Contacting Process
Considering the Significance of Emotions in the Contacting ProcessThe Relationship between the Senses and the Emotions.
- On physical Pain and the Nature of Suffering
- Emotional Expression and emotional Experience
On the anthropology of emotions3. The fore-contact Emotions
Aversion and attraction4. Aggression
The differences between aggression and assertiveness6. Smiling, Laughing and Crying
Emotional gestures and emotional expressions7. Beyond the Moment
Timeless emotions8. Post-contact
Appreciative emotions9. The inhibiting Emotions
Being anxious and feeling ashamedV. The Impact of Emotions on Personality and Society
On the many Ways our Civilization depends on the refinement of our feelings
1. The Problem of Violence
The limits of emotional freedom2. Un-integrated Affects and emotional Habits
Emotional attitudes and character3. Forms of Sympathy
Contagious emotions and shared emotions4. Forms of Empathy
To be emotionally sensitive to others and to identify with them5. Catharsis and Therapy
On the relationship between involvement and distance in emotional experience6. Aliveness and the Joy of Life:
General goals of Gestalt TherapyVI. Cultural Context
Man¿s Transformations in the Age of Environmental Destruction
1. Looking down from the Moon or End and Eternity of Nature
2. Anxiety and Civilization in everyday Life on Earth
3. Pressure of Time and the Fragility of Hope
4. The Uncertainty of the Future and the Certainty of Death
5. Flight into the trans-human Realm and the Misery of Power
VII. Epilogue:
Gestalt Therapy of Environmental DestructionAttachments
Bibliography
Über den Autor / die Autorin
H. Peter Dreitzel, PhD, was born in Berlin in 1935. Between 1960 and 1970 he was Assistent Professor of Sociology, University of Göttingen, Germany, and Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research, New York, USA. From 1970 to 2000 he was Professor of Sociology at the Free University of Berlin, and in 1973 he co-founded the Berlin Gestalt Center (GZB). Inspired by his most significant teacher in the field, Isadore From, Dreitzel has been a Gestalt therapy practitioner since 1975 and has been a trainer and supervisor at several training institutes in Germany and other European countries. He is the author of several publications on Gestalt therapy.
