Main description:

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

Contents:

Contributors xi Preface xvii Acknowledgments xxi Part One: Gestalt Therapy: Its Beginning, Theory, and Techniques 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 Tonnesvang, 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, and YiannaYiamarelou 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 Approach 251 Anne Maclean The Americas 265 18 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 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 Therapy 327 Eleanor O Leary Conclusion 333 Eleanor O Leary Appendix 1. Worldwide Gestalt Associations, Institutes, and Professional Societies 335 Denis O Sullivan Index 365