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This practical guide to the gestalt approach has successfully introduced thousands of trainee therapists to the essential skills needed in gestalt practice. The authors offer practical guidance on the entire process of therapy including setting up the therapeutic session, creating a working alliance, assessment and treatment direction, managing risk, supervision, adopting a research approach, and managing difficult encounters.
The Fourth Edition has been updated to include:
- Some implications of working in the twenty-first century, including working virtually
- Updated content on trauma
- An enhanced discussion of mindfulness and awareness
- New case examples and exercises
- Updated references and further reading
List of contents
PART ONE: GESTALT THERAPY IN PRACTICE
Chapter 1: The Important First Steps
Chapter 2: Phenomenology and Field Theory
Chapter 3: Awareness
Chapter 4: The Therapeutic Relationship
Chapter 5: Assessment and Diagnosis
Chapter 6: Treatment Considerations
Chapter 7: Strengthening Support
Chapter 8: Shame
Chapter 9: Difference and Diversity
Chapter 10: Experimenting
Chapter 11: Making Contact
Chapter 12: Unfinished Business
Chapter 13: Transference and Counter-transference
Chapter 14: Embodied Process
Chapter 15: Working with Dreams
Chapter 16: Ending the Journey
PART TWO: SPECIALIZED AREAS OF PRACTICE
Chapter 17: Assessing and Managing Risk
Chapter 18: Resourcing the Client
Chapter 19: Depression and Anxiety
Chapter 20: Trauma Part 1: Assessing and Stabilizing
Chapter 21: Trauma Part 2: Processing and Integrating
Chapter 22: Brief Therapy
Chapter 23: Working Virtually
Chapter 24: Spirituality in Counselling
Chapter 25: Ethical Dilemmas
Chapter 26: The Reflective Practitioner
Chapter 27: Self-Supervision
About the author
Phil Joyce works in West London as a trainer, supervisor, psychotherapist and consultant and has also worked in a variety of mental health settings since 1979. He has worked as an approved psychiatric social worker in London and has considerable experience of multidisciplinary teams and working with disturbed people. He is a primary tutor on the MSc course in Gestalt Psychotherapy at Metanoia Institute, London and a visiting tutor on the Integrative psychotherapy programme also at Metanoia Institute. He has given many presentations at International conferences over the last 15 years and is an active member of the Gestalt community. Phil’s particular interest continues to be in mental health. He currently specializes in trauma treatment and is an accredited EMDR Supervisor and Consultant. His other abiding interest is in the transpersonal dimensions of human experience and he finds that Gestalt brings a new and enlivening perspective to both these areas of interest.
Charlotte Sills is a UKCP registered psychotherapist in private practice and a coach, supervisor, trainer and consultant in a variety of settings. She is a BACP senior accredited supervisor, a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst and member of faculty on the MSc in Executive Coaching and PG Dip in Organisational Supervision at Ashridge Hult Business School where she is Professor of Coaching.
Until 2007 she was part of the Leadership Team at Metanoia Institute, London where she was the Head of the Transactional Analysis Department, offering an MSc Programme in TA Psychotherapy and BSc in Counselling. She remains an occasional member of the faculty in the TA, Gestalt and Integrative Departments. Charlotte believes that all human systems – from friendships to organizations – are about people in relationship. She has published widely in the field of relational therapy and coaching, including, with Helena Hargaden, Transactional Analysis - A Relational Perspective (Karnac 2002) and Coaching Relationships (edited with Erik de Haan, Libri Press, 2012).
Summary
A practical and accessible guide to the gestalt approach, now with updated content on trauma, mindfulness and awareness and new case examples and exercises.
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Gestalt therapy is often misrepresented and misunderstood, so I was delighted to read this clear and well-written book. This is an all-inclusive, whistle-stop tour of how to practice contemporary Gestalt. The book guides the reader step by step through the practice, starting with assessment and moving on to creating working alliance, managing risk, undertaking research and many other topics. It is written in simple language, with exercises to engage the reader, alongside examples and case studies. I recommend this as a valuable resource for anyone who wants to learn more about contemporary Gestalt theory and practice. Anne Gilbert 20181105
