In these groundbreaking new collections, the reader will find an exciting, broad-ranging selection of work showing an array of applications of the Gestalt model to working with children, adolescents, and their families and worlds. From the theoretical to the hands-ob, and from the clinical office or playroom to family settings, schools, institutions, and the community, these chapters take us on a rewarding tour of the vibrant, productive range of Gestalt work today, always focusing on the first two decades of life. With each new topic and setting, fresh and creative ideas and interventions are offered and described, for use by practitioners of every school and method. “If you live or work with children, you will be enriched by reading these books” (from the preface, by Violet Oaklander).

Gordon Wheeler & Mark McConville, Ph.D and , Ph.D, both senior members of the teaching faculty of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, are widely known for their teaching, clinical work, and writings in the Gestalt model. Mark McConville is author of Adolescence: Psychotherapy and the Emergent Self (Jossey-Bass). Gordon Wheeler’s books in the field include: Gestalt Reconsidered (Gardner Press) and Beyond Individualism: Toward a New Understanding of Self, Relationship & Experience (GestaltPress/Analytic).