O'Leary Gestalt Therapy Around the World

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-32350-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 400 Seiten, E-Book

The first internationally focused book on gestalt therapy to provide a comprehensive overview of current practice around the world.

* Features coverage of the history, training, theoretical contributions, and research initiatives relating to gestalt therapy in seventeen countries

* Points to future directions and challenges

* Includes extensive information on worldwide gestalt associations, institutes, and professional societies that promote the development of the approach

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Leary, Eleanor

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors xi
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xxi
Part One: Gestalt Therapy: Its Beginning, Theory, andTechniques 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, andYiannaYiamarelou
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 Approach251
Anne Maclean
The Americas 265
18 Gestalt Therapy in the Province of Quebec, Canada: From itsFlourishing Days to its Phase of Questioning and its Perspective ofChallenges 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 Therapy327
Eleanor O'Leary
Conclusion 333
Eleanor O'Leary
Appendix 1. Worldwide Gestalt Associations, Institutes, andProfessional Societies 335
Denis O'Sullivan
Index 365

Über Autor(innen)

During her career, Professor Eleanor O'Leary has authoreda number of innovative books including New Approaches toIntegration in Psychotherapy in 2006.The outcome ofher researchhas also been published in a number of leading academic journals.She was Professor and Head of the Department of Applied Psychology,University College Cork, Ireland and Visiting Professor at StanfordUniversity, USA. She is currently a Visiting Professor at theUniversity of Malaga, Spain. She is also accreditations officer ofthe European Institute of Integrative Psychotherapy, and HonoraryLife Chairperson of the Irish Gestalt Society. A practicingpsychotherapist and supervisor, Professor O'Leary is also aFellow of the Psychological Society of Ireland and in 2000 receivedits Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Psychology. Hervaried career has given her a unique insight into the developmentand application of gestalt therapy.