Gestalt Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PROLOGUE - FOREWORD PRE-TEXT: GESTALT PEDAGOGY: CREATING THE FIELD FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING - Ansel L. Woldt, Ed.D. Dialogue Respondent - Sarah M. Toman, Ph.D. PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF GESTALT THERAPY Chapter 1. The History and Development of Gestalt Therapy - Charles E. Bowman, M.S. Dialogue Respondent - Edwin C. Nevis, Ph.D. Chapter 2. Classical Gestalt Therapy Theory - Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb, Psy.D. Dialogue Respondent - Philip Lichtenberg, Ph.D. Chapter 3. Contemporary Gestalt Therapy: Field - Malcolm Parlett, Ph.D. Dialogue Respondent - Robert G. Lee, Ph.D. Chapter 4. Phenomenology, Existentialism and Eastern Thought in Gestalt Therapy - Sylvia Fleming Crocker, Ph.D. Dialogue Respondent - Peter Philippson, M.Sc. Chapter 5. Gestalt Therapy Theory of Change - Gary Yontef, Ph.D., M.S.W., A.B.P.P. Dialogue Respondent - Reinhard Fuhr, Ph.D. Chapter 6. Gestalt Therapy Methodology - Joseph Melnick, Ph.D. & Sonia March Nevis, Ph.D. Dialogue Respondent - Norman Shub, B.C.D. Chapter 7. Cultural Influences and Considerations in Gestalt Therapy - Sabin Fernbacher, M.A. Dialogue Respondent - Deborah Plummer, Ph.D. Chapter 8. Spirituality in Gestalt Therapy - R. Elliott Ingersoll, Ph.D. Dialogue Respondent - Brian O'Neill, M.A., Ps.S. PART II: GESTALT APPLICATIONS WITH SPECIFIC POPULATIONS Chapter 9. Gestalt Therapy with Children - Cynthia Reynolds, Ph.D. Dialogue Respondent: - Peter Mortola, Ph.D. Chapter 10. Adolescents: Development and Practice from a Gestalt Orientation - Sarah Toman, Ph.D., and Ann Bauer, Ph.D. Dialogue Respondents - Mark McConville, Ph.D., & Bruce Robertson, M.S.W. Chapter 11. Family and Couple Therapy from a Gestalt Perspective - J. Edward Lynch, Ph.D., and Barbara Lynch, Ph.D. Dialogue Respondent - Joseph C. Zinker, Ph.D. Chapter 12. Gestalt Therapy in Groups - Paul Schoenberg, Ph.D., and Bud Feder, Ph.D. Dialogue Respondents - Jon Frew, Ph.D., & Irwin Gadol, Ph.D. Chapter 13. Gestalt Approaches with Organizations and Large Systems - Rick Maurer, Ph.D. Dialogue Respondent - Sean Gaffney, Ph.D. Chapter 14. Gestalt Therapy in Community Mental Health - Philip Brownell, M.Div., Psy.D. Dialogue Respondent - Karen Fleming, Ph.D. Chapter 15. Gestalt Approaches to Substance Use/Abuse/Dependency: Theory and Practice - Michael Clemmens, Ph.D., M.S.W. Dialogue Respondent - Helga Matzko, M.A., M.A., C.A.G.S. Chapter 16. Gestalt Educational Therapy - Cara Garcia, Ph.D., Susan Baker, M.A., & Robert deMayo, Ph.D. Dialogue Respondent - George I. Brown, Ph.D. EPILOGUE - AFTERWORD COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE AND GESTALT BOOK LIST APPENDIX