A practical guide to the skills and techniques of the gestalt approach used at each stage of the therapeutic process, from the therapeutic relationship, assessment and treatment considerations, to managing risk, resourcing the client and ending therapy. Underpinned throughout by key gestalt principles and an awareness of difference and diversity, and features including case examples and suggested activities and reflective exercises. Updated in its Fifth Edition, it includes: - New content on difference and power and virtual therapy - New chapters on the change process, the concept of polarities, neurodiversity, the erotic, therapist self-disclosure and stuckness in therapy. This book is a must-read for trainees on gestalt, humanistic and integrative counselling and psychotherapy courses, and for qualified practitioners needing an accessible introduction to gestalt skills in practice.
Phil Joyce is a UKCP registered psychotherapist and a BACP senior accredited supervisor in private practice. He works in West London as a trainer, supervisor, psychotherapist and consultant He was formerly an approved psychiatric social worker in London and has considerable experience of multidisciplinary teams in mental health. He has been a primary tutor on the MSc course in Gestalt Psychotherapy at Metanoia Institute for over 15 years, and has given many gestalt presentations at international conferences over the last 15 years during that time. He specializes in trauma treatment and is an accredited EMDR Supervisor and Consultant. His other abiding interest is in the transpersonal dimensions of human experience. Charlotte Sills is a UKCP registered integrative psychotherapist in private practice and a supervisor, coach, trainer and consultant in a variety of settings. She has been working in the field of psychological therapies since 1979 and is a BACP senior accredited supervisor and a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst. Until 2007 she was also part of the Leadership Team at Metanoia Institute. One of her strong interests is in the interface between therapy and coaching and she is a member of faculty of the Masters in Executive Coaching and Professor of Coaching at Ashridge Hult Business School, UK.
Part One: Gestalt Therapy in Practice 1. The Important First Steps 2. Phenomenology and Field Theory 3. Awareness 4. The Change Process 5. The Therapeutic Relationship 6. Making Contact 7. Polarities 8. Therapist Self-Disclosure 9. Assessment and Diagnosis 10. Assessment and Management of Risk 11. Treatment Considerations 12. Strengthening Support 13. Shame 14. Difference and Power 15. Neurodiversity 16. Experimenting 17. Unfinished Business 18. Transference and Counter-transference 19. The Erotic in Therapy 20. Embodied Process 21. Working with Dreams 22. When you feel stuck 23. Ethical Dilemmas 24. Ending the Journey Part Two: Specialised Areas of Practice 25. Resourcing the Client 26. Depression and Anxiety 27. Trauma Part 1: Assessing and Stabilizing 28. Trauma Part 2: Processing and Integrating 29. Brief Therapy 30. Working Virtually30 31. Spirituality in Counselling 32. The Reflective Practioner - Research and Gestalt
