A Gestalt Approach to Couples Therapy: The Dance of Difference

Author(s) : Nicole Chew-Helbig

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

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