Phil Joyce – författare

This practical guide to the gestalt approach has successfully introduced thousands of trainee therapists to the essential skills needed in gestalt practice. 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.The Fourth Edition has been updated to include:Some implications of working in the twenty-first century, including working virtuallyUpdated content on traumaAn enhanced discussion of mindfulness and awarenessNew case examples and exercisesUpdated references and further reading

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 therapyNew 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.

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 therapyNew 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.