Main 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.

Contents:

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?