In this original and penetrating work, the origins of the Gestalt psychotherapy model are traced back to its roots in psychoanalysis and Gestalt cognitive and perceptual psychology. Drawing new implications for both Gestalt and psychotherapy in general from these origins – and with special emphasis on the neglected work of Lewin and Goldstein – Wheeler […]
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How can we reconcile our desire for freedom with the limits of routines that organize our existence? How do we affirm our personality while adjusting to the word? How can we be nourished by exchanges with others without losing our autonomy? Gestalt Therapy responds to these essential questions of our daily lives. An important branch […]
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Many therapists can attest to the fact that adolescents can be difficult and frustrating clients – problems are seldom well defined, clearly delineated symptoms are more the exception than the rule, and troubling situations often involve the entire family.
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In Search of Good Form, the long awaited sequel to Joseph Zinker’s path-breaking and classic bestseller, Creative Process in Gestalt Therapy, is an exciting and practical guide to Gestalt work with couples and families. “This is a rich and generous book. It is full of wisdom without being pushy, humane without being maudlin, instructive without […]
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From the publication of Growing Up Absurd in 1960 until his death in 1972, Paul Goodman had the ear of the young radicals of the New Left, pouring forth books and articles on education, technology, decentralization, and of course, the war in Vietnam. Yet Goodman saw himself primarily as an artist rather than a political thinker or sociologist, and many of his books, even during the 1960’s, were works of poetry, drama, and fiction. He had also practiced as a psychotherapist and joined with Frederick Perls and Ralph Hefferline in producing a new synthesis in psychological thought, Gestalt therapy, which has since become an international movement. In an age of specialization, few writers have taken on so broad a range of concerns.
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Paul Goodman left his mark in a number of fields: he went from being known as social critic and philosopher of the New Left to poet and literary critic to author of influential works on education (Cumpulsory Mis-Education) and community planning (Communitas). Perhaps his most significant achievement was in his contribution to the founding and theoretical portion of the classic text Gestalt Therapy (with F.S. Perls and R.E. Hefferline, 1951), still regarded as the cornerstone of Gestalt practice.
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“Sylvia Crocker . . . integrates Gestalt therapy’s original theoretical underpinnings with additional insights from human development and a wide range of other contemporary theories . . .” – Iris Fodor, Professor, New York University Sylvia Fleming Crocker is a Gestalt therapist and trainer in private practice in Laramie, Wyoming. She trained with Miriam and […]
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