GESTALT THERAPY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE Francesetti, G., Gecele, M., Roubal, J. (eds.), (2013) Gestalt Therapy in Clinical Practice. From Psychopathology to the Aesthetics of Contact . GESTALT THERAPY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE Franco Angeli, Milano 50 authors from 20 countries on more then 700 pages describe their theoretical understanding and practical experiences with major topics of Gestalt therapy work with more severely disturbed patients. The book covers both general issues like psychopathology, diagnostics, development ,medication etc. and specific situations of clinical work in different contexts or with people suffering from different psychiatrically diagnosed disorders. Leslie Greenberg in his Preface to the book claims: "A Gestalt therapy handbook on Psychopathology, and to boot a relational approach to this complex topic! This book is ground breaking and revolutionary. Breaking new ground is always controversial, as I am sure this book will be, both among Gestalt therapists and among more traditional medical model psychopathologically oriented psychiatrists and psychologists. First generation Gestalt therapists would probably respond with shock and surprise to see Gestalt being applied to severe disorders and to the use of labels such as borderline and narcissistic. On the other hand medical model practitioners will find it hard to assimilate concepts such as that psychopathology emerges at the contact boundary and ideas of process oriented, aesthetic diagnoses. But as revolutionary ideas they hopefully will have an impact on received views of treatment and psychopathology and help give Gestalt therapy a voice in mainstream dialogue on more severe disorders." The book will be soon available on Amazon.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 07:21:11 +0000
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