This practical guide to the Gestalt approach has successfully introduced thousands of trainee therapists to the essential skills needed in Gestalt practice. Now in its third edition, the book includes: · New chapters on working with trauma, and building client resources · New material on depression and anxiety · Expanded content on working with more challenging client issues · Integration of leading ideas from contemporary trauma therapies. The authors offer practical guidance on the entire process of therapy including setting up the therapeutic session, creating a working alliance, assessment and treatment direction, managing risk, supervision, adopting a research approach, and managing difficult encounters. INDICE: PrefacePART ONE: GESTALT THERAPY IN PRACTICEPreparing for the JourneyPhenomenology and Field TheoryAwarenessThe Therapeutic RelationshipAssessment and DiagnosisTreatment ConsiderationsStrengthening SupportShameExperimentingContact Styles: Modifications to Contact and PolaritiesUnfinished BusinessTransference and Counter-TransferenceEmbodied ProcessWorking with DreamsSelf-SupervisionEnding the JourneyPART TWO: MANAGING CHALLENGING ENCOUNTERSAssessing and Managing RiskResourcing the ClientDepression and AnxietyTrauma Part 1: Assessing and StabilizingTrauma Part 2: Processing and IntegratingPART THREE: GESTALT PRACTICE IN CONTEXTBrief TherapyThe Reflective Practitioner: Research in GestaltDiversity, Culture and EthicsSpiritual CounsellingReferencesIndex
- ISBN: 978-1-4462-7587-0
- Editorial: SAGE Publications Ltd
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha Publicación: 17/02/2014
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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