{"product_id":"gestalt-therapy-around-the-world-isbn-9780470699362","title":"Gestalt Therapy Around the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first internationally focused book on gestalt therapy to provide a comprehensive overview of current practice around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures coverage of the history, training, theoretical contributions, and research initiatives relating to gestalt therapy in seventeen countries\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePoints to future directions and challenges\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes extensive information on worldwide gestalt associations, institutes, and professional societies that promote the development of the approach\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eContributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Gestalt Therapy: Its Beginning, Theory, and Techniques 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Fritz Perls and Gestalt Therapy: The Beginnings 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEleanor O’Leary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Key Concepts of Gestalt Therapy and Processing 15\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEleanor O’Leary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Dialogue and Contact 37\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEleanor O’Leary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Techniques, Experiments, and Dreams 61\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEleanor O’Leary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Gestalt Therapy Around the World 93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEurope 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Gestalt Therapy in Austria 95\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy Amendt-Lyon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Gestalt Therapy in Britain 113\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Philippson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 History of Gestalt Therapy in Denmark 127\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJan Tønnesvang, Mikael Sonne, and James Hammink\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Gestalt Therapy in Finland 135\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWalter Arnold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Dawn of Gestalt Therapy in France 141\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSerge Ginger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Gestalt Therapy in Germany 151\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlmut Ladisich-Raine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Gestalt Therapy in Greece 165\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDespina Balliou, Katia Hatzilakou, Antonia Konstantinidou,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand YiannaYiamarelou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Gestalt Therapy in the Republic of Ireland 177\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEleanor O’Leary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Gestalt Therapy in Italy 195\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMargherita Spagnuolo Lobb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Middle East 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Gestalt Therapy in Israel 213\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNurith Levi and Shraga Serok\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAsia 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Gestalt Therapy in Japan 221\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYoshiya Kurato\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAustralasia 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Gestalt Therapy in Australia 235\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrian O’Neill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Gestalt Development in New Zealand: An Antipodean Approach 251\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnne Maclean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Americas 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Gestalt Therapy in the Province of Quebec, Canada: From its Flourishing Days to its Phase of Questioning and its Perspective of Challenges for the Future 267\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJanine Corbeil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Gestalt Therapy in the United States of America 289\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoseph Melnick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Gestalt Therapy in Argentina 305\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMyriam Sas Guiter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Gestalt Therapy in Chile 317\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrancisco Huneeus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Reviewing the Past and Moving Onwards 325\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Present and Future of International Gestalt Therapy 327\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEleanor O’Leary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 333\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEleanor O’Leary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1. Worldwide Gestalt Associations, Institutes, and Professional Societies 335\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDenis O’Sullivan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 365\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Even though a nuanced discussion of the impact of culture on the practice of Gestalt psychotherapy is not present, this book presents an intriguing array of postcards from around the world describing the successes and challenges of Gestalt.”  (\u003ci\u003ePsycCRITIQUES\u003c\/i\u003e, 23 June 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDuring her career, \u003cb\u003eProfessor Eleanor O’Leary\u003c\/b\u003e has authored a number of innovative books including \u003ci\u003eNew Approaches to Integration in Psychotherapy\u003c\/i\u003e in 2006.The outcome ofher research has 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 Stanford University, USA. She is currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Malaga, Spain. She is also accreditations officer of the European Institute of Integrative Psychotherapy, and Honorary Life Chairperson of the Irish Gestalt Society. A practicing psychotherapist and supervisor, Professor O’Leary is also a Fellow of the Psychological Society of Ireland and in 2000 received its Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Psychology. Her varied career has given her a unique insight into the development and application of gestalt therapy.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSince its emergence more than sixty years ago, the influence of gestalt therapy as an integrative approach with existential-humanistic underpinnings has spread to almost all corners of the globe. \u003ci\u003eGestalt Therapy Around the World\u003c\/i\u003e represents the first comprehensive exploration of the diversity in history, theory, training, professional associations and research in the international gestalt therapy community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInitial chapters offer an overview of the field, including gestalt therapy’s history and influences, concepts and process, contact and dialogue, techniques, experiments, and dreams. Subsequent chapters discuss the current state of gestalt therapy in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Britain, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, and the USA – with insights from local experts into the history, training, theoretical contributions and research initiatives in each country. Final chapters trace the historical development of gestalt therapy and point to future directions and challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy providing an international perspective, \u003ci\u003eGestalt Therapy Around the World\u003c\/i\u003e offers trainees and established practitioners invaluable insights into a thriving and widespread form of psychotherapy.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGestalt Therapy Around The World\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Eleanor O’Leary, represents a major contribution to the professional literature on psychological therapies.  It is an excellent explanation of the theory and practice of Gestalt Therapy as well as how this therapy is practiced in several countries. This book is a must read for anyone who is interested in or practices Gestalt Therapy.—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard C. Page\u003c\/i\u003e, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Counseling and Human Development Services, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEleanor O’Leary in this textbook accomplishes an extraordinary difficult task. She proposes an integrative Gestalt approach of the whole person (be it cognitive, affective, behavioral, or bodily) which is well based on the integration of  the history, key concepts, dialogue and contact, techniques, experiment and dreams of  Gestalt therapy. Furthermore she integrates the Gestalt contributions from 17 different countries from all around the globe!—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoannis N. 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