A Gestalt Approach to Couples Therapy: The Dance of Difference

Book Details
- Publisher : Routledge
- Published : 2026
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 136
- Category :
Forthcoming - Category 2 :
Gestalt Therapy - Catalogue No : 98415
- ISBN 13 : 9781041051466
- ISBN 10 : 1041051468
Table of Contents
Part I - Foundations of Presence
1. First Contact - The Phenomenological Encounter
2. Trauma in the Relational Field
Part II - The Paradox of Change
3. The Paradoxical Theory of Change in Couples Work
4. The Transformative Role of Experiments in Gestalt Couples Therapy
Part III - The Field and Connection
5. Field Theory in Couples Therapy
6. Shame, the Pathos of the Field
7. The Cycle of Connection - Movement Between Contact and Withdrawal
Part IV - Integration and Practice
8. Creative Indifference: Conflict and the Therapist's Centred Presence
9. Integration with Other Modalities
Conclusion - Beyond the Therapy Room