Gestalt Counselling in Action

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SAGE, Oct 23, 2013 - Psychology - 256 pages

Simon Cavicchia has oriented Clarkson s seminal work of Gestalt Counselling in Action within a more contemporary context, adding voices of significant and divergent thinkers as counter-point and extensions of the author s work.
Michael Clemmens, Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, USA

This popular and well written book which is now in its 4th edition provides an accessible and thorough introduction to the Gestalt approach.
Danny Porter, Manchester Gestalt Centre

Now 24 years old with over 40,000 copies sold worldwide, Petruska Clarkson s classic text is the definitive introduction to Gestalt therapy. This fourth edition, updated by Simon Cavicchia, covers the latest in Gestalt theory, research and practice. It includes:

An extended case study running through the book to help you understand the process of therapy and the techniques used in each of the phases. Learning features and case examples translating theory into practice. New reflection sections showing you the most recent developments in the field. New material on the relational turn and research.

As a student of Gestalt therapy, this is the one book you need to buy; it offers a uniquely practical and accessible approach to an often complex topic.

Petruska Clarkson was a professor and fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Petruska sadly passed away in 2006.

Simon Cavicchia is a primary tutor on the MSc in Gestalt Psychotherapy and Joint Programme Leader of the MSc in Coaching Psychology/MA in Psychological Coaching, both at Metanoia Institute, London.

 

Selected pages

Contents

INTRODUCTION TO GESTALT
1
FUNDAMENTALS OF THE GESTALT APPROACH TO COUNSELLING
19
THE CYCLE OF EXPERIENCE AND ITS APPLICATIONTO THE COUNSELLING PROCESS
35
INTERRUPTIONS IN THE CYCLE
51
SENSATION AND THE NECESSARY PRECONDITIONS FOR COUNSELLING
75
AWARENESS AND THE INITIAL PHASES OF THE COUNSELLING PROCESS
91
MOBILISATION AND THE POSTPRELIMINARY PHASES OF THE COUNSELLING PROCESS
109
ACTION AND THE MIDDLE PHASES OF THECOUNSELLING PROCESS
123
FINAL CONTACT AND THE LATER PHASES OF THE COUNSELLING PROCESS
141
SATISFACTION AND THE PENULTIMATE PHASESOF THE COUNSELLING PROCESS
155
WITHDRAWAL AND THE FINAL PHASES OF THE COUNSELLING PROCESS
169
RESPONSIBILITY AND FREEDOM IN COUNSELLING
185
CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS ON GESTALTS FUTURE FRONTIERS AND INTEGRATIONS
193
REFERENCES
215
INDEX
227
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Petruska Clarkson,Simon Cavicchia
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Petruska Clarkson,Simon Cavicchia
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Petruska Clarkson,Simon Cavicchia
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About the author (2013)

Petr u ska Clarkson was a professor and fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Fellow of the British Psychological Society. A Consultant Psychologist, Psychotherapist Supervisor and Management Consultant, she worked and taught at universities and private institutions internationally. Petruska sadly passed away in 2006. Simon Cavicchia is a primary tutor on the MSc in Gestalt Psychotherapy at the Metanoia Institute in London. He is also Joint Programme Leader of the MSc in Coaching Psychology/MA in Psychological Coaching, also at Metanoia. He divides his time between teaching, working as a psychotherapist and supervisor and as an executive coach and consultant to leadership teams in public and private sector organisations. In all of these contexts, Simon stands firm in his love of Gestalt and what it can offer in terms of growth, learning and creativity.

Bibliographic information

TitleGestalt Counselling in Action
Counselling in Action series
AuthorsPetruska Clarkson, Simon Cavicchia
Editionunabridged
PublisherSAGE, 2013
ISBN144629479X, 9781446294796
Length256 pages
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Psychology / Psychotherapy / Counseling
Psychology / Psychotherapy / General
  
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