Gestalt Therapy Books
Personality Pathology: Developmental Perspectives
Personality pathology is rooted in early development and affects a wide range of affects, behaviours and cognitive processes. Every year thousands of articles about the etiology pf personality... (more)
Aggression, Time and Understanding: Contributions to the Evolution of Gestalt Therapy: 36462
Aggression, Time, and Understanding is the first book of Staemmler's writings to be published in English. In the early sections of this book, Staemmler (supported by his Buddhist wife, Barbara)... (more)
The Secret Language of Intimacy: Releasing the Hidden Power in Couple Relationships
In The Secret Language of Intimacy, shame and its consequences are foregrounded as a major, if not the major, impediment to the healthy functioning in the relationships of couples. In the first part... (more)
Max Wertheimer and Gestalt Theory
The ideas of Max Wertheimer (1880-1943), a founder of Gestalt theory, are discussed in almost all general books on the history of psychology and in most introductory textbooks on psychology. This... (more)
Gestalt Therapy: Living Creatively Today
How can we reconcile our desire for freedom with the limits or routines that orgainize our existence? How do we affirm our personality while adjusting to the world? How can we be nourished by... (more)
Gestalt Therapy: The Art of Contact
Gestalt Therapy has been developing steadily for the last 50 years in America as well as in Europe. It is currently practiced in different settings: individual, group, and family therapies; personal... (more)
The Emergent Self: An Existential-Gestalt Approach
This book tracks a particular understanding of self, philosophically, from research evidence and in its implications for psychotherapy. At each step, the author includes first the theory he is... (more)
Becoming a Practitioner-Researcher: A Gestalt Approach to Holistic Inquiry
Learning from the workplace, reflection on practice and lifelong learning today are acknowledged as central to effective continuing professional development. This book is designed as an indispensable... (more)
Handbook of Gestalt Play Therapy: Practical Guidelines for Child Therapists
This book is an introduction to gestalt play therapy, a technique which combines the principles of gestalt theory with play techniques, so that children are able to use play to address their needs... (more)
Creative License: The Art of Gestalt Therapy
The Gestalt approach is particularly known for its broad spectrum of therapeutic interventions, including artistic materials and methods from the fine and performing arts. Creativity is a significant... (more)
Hidden Treasure: A Map to the Child's Inner Self
Hidden Treasure is a follow up to Oaklander's first book, Windows To Our Children. Most of the books available in working with this population are written from a traditional 'play therapy' point of... (more)
Gestalt Therapy: History, Theory and Practice
Gestalt Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice is a basic, introductory text, written by major Gestalt theorists, that will engage those new to Gestalt therapy. Editors Ansel Woldt and Sarah M. Toman... (more)
On Intimate Ground
The contributors to this text share the belief that a phenomenological approach to incorporating the insights of Gestalt psychotherapy leads to an integration of psychodynamic insights with an... (more)
Gestalt Therapy
This remarkable exploration of the inner principles of Gestalt therapy originated over twenty years ago in the form of a completed book, written at Fritz Perls' request. Here it is joined by a... (more)
Holism and Evolution
Holism and Evolution was written shortly after Smuts defeat by Hertzog in 1924. the book was a profound influence on Frederick Perls, a founder of Gestalt therapy, who read it when he first went to... (more)
The Dreamer and the Dream: Essays and Reflections on Gestalt Therapy
This collection of papers and lectures from the late Rainette Eden Fantz allows the reader to experience, first hand, the exhilarating possibilities inherent in the Gestalt model for psychotherapy.... (more)
Gestalt therapy: Perspectives and applications
This is a collection of contemporary Gestalt approaches to the full range of clinical problems and treatment modalities. It covers work in individual, group, and organizational settings, and includes... (more)
Organizational consulting: A Gestalt approach
An exposition of the organizational approach developed by Edwin Nevis and his team, which has been applied to organizational settings that range from hospitals to industry and government. The... (more)
Gestalt Psychology: The Definitive Statement of the Gestalt Theory
Wolfgang Koehler (1887-1967) was one of the founders of Gestalt psychology, the influential school that argues that perception is best understood as an organized pattern rather than as separate... (more)
Body Process: Working with the Body in Psychotherapy
This work examines the therapeutic significance of posture, movements, and bodily experience for the psychotherapy patient. The author then provides a framework for incorporating these physical... (more)
Developing Gestalt Counselling
Describing contemporary integrative Gestalt counselling and psychotherapy, this book addresses 30 key issues which will help both trainee and practising counsellors examine and improve crucial areas... (more)
Redecision therapy: a brief, action-oriented approach
Redecision therapy, with its roots in transactional analysis and Gestalt therapy, is described here. Developed in the 1960s, its basic techniques are: contracting for change; using self-responsible... (more)
Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality
This seminal text sets forth the theoretical foundations of Gestalt Therapy. Originally published in 1951. (more)
The Courage to Grieve: Creative Living, Recovery and Growth Through Grief
Although this book emphasizes the response to bereavement, it aims to help with all kinds of loss and grief, exploring intense and uncomfortable emotions such as sorrow, guilt, loneliness,... (more)
Fritz Perls
Fritz Perls was the co-founder of Gestalt Therapy, which is based on a holistic view of people and their relationship to the environment, and which remains one of the most influential approaches in... (more)
The Voice of Shame: Silence and Connection in Psychotherapy
This collection analyses the impact that shame may have on the lives of diverse individuals throughout their life cycle, and the implications of this for the therapeutic situation.
Psychopathology of the Situation in Gestalt Therapy: A Field-oriented Approach
This collection explores the impacts and new ways of treatment of difficult clinical situations, in the uncertainty of a world in crisis, through a phenomenological and aesthetic field-oriented... (more)
The History, Theory and Community of Gestalt Therapy: Exploring the New York Institute
This book tells the story of the community at the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy (NYIGT) as it evolved in connection with the highly regarded theory it produced, examining some important... (more)
Gestalt Therapy Practice: Theory and Experiential Learning
This essential new book gives the reader an introduction to the fundamental concepts of gestalt therapy in a stimulating and accessible style. It supports the study and practice of gestalt therapy... (more)
Human Interaction and Emotional Awareness in Gestalt Therapy: Exploring the Phenomenology of Contacting and Feeling
In Human Interaction and Emotional Awareness in Gestalt Therapy H. Peter Dreitzel explores a model of the contacting processes between human beings and their environments and presents a... (more)