From the Radical Center
The Heart of Gestalt Therapy
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
374 pages
978-0-88163-315-3 (ISBN)
Description
This remarkable collection traces central themes in the work of Erving and Miriam Polster, two of the best-known and best loved Gestalt therapists in the world. The writings herein span 4 decades in the history of psychotherapy, bringing together practical, theoretical and aesthetic dimensions of the Polsters' work in a single book. Ranging across diverse subjects and distinct historical periods, the work collected in this volume will educate, provoke, inspire and nourish Gestalt therapists for years to come.
Reviews / Votes
"The Polsters have put forth an original body of work which distinguishes itself not only by its theoretical bravado, but by its intention to include and acknowledge a great variety of dissonant perspectives within Gestalt therapy. The energy resulting from their effort leaps off the page."- Arthur Roberts, Ph.D.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hillsdale
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Professional and Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
541 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88163-315-3 (9780881633153)
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01/2017
1st Edition
CRC Press
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E-Book
04/2013
1st Edition
Gestalt Press
€60.49
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04/2013
1st Edition
Gestalt Press
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Persons
Erving Polster, Miriam Polster
Content
Roberts, Introduction. Prologue. Part I: Setting the Stage. A Contemporary Psychotherapy. The Language of Experience. Sensory Functioning in Psychotherapy. Women in Therapy: A Gestalt Therapist's View. Gestalt Therapy: Evolution and Application. Part II: Transformation of Principles. Therapy Without Resistance: Gestalt Therapy. Escape from the Present. Tight Therapeutic Sequences. Every Person's Life is Worth a Novel. The Therapeutic Power of Attention. The Self in Action: A Gestalt Outlook. Translating Theory into Practice: Martin Heidegger and Gestalt Therapy. Commonality and Diversity in Gestalt Therapy. In Memory of Carl Rogers: Great Men Cast Great Shadows. Part III. The Role of Community. Encounter in Community . Eve's Daughters: The Forbidden Heroism of Women. Individuality and Communality. Beyond One to One. It's Only the Most Recent Year of the Woman. Coda. What's New?