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Developing Gestalt counselling : a field theoretical and relational model of contemporary Gestalt counselling and psychotherapy / Jennifer Mackewn.

By: Mackewn, Jennifer.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Developing counselling.Publisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1997Description: ix, 262 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 080397860X; 0803978618 ; 9780803978614; 9780803978607.Subject(s): Gestalt therapyDDC classification: 616.89143
Contents:
Introduction: a field theoretical and relational model of contemporary integrative Gestalt -- I. Attending to beginnings: initial conditions and existential meeting -- Using initial session(s) for meeting, clarification and two-way assessment -- II. Exploring the client's context and culture -- Attending to the whole person -- Understanding field theory and meeting clients from a field perspective -- Understanding how people organise their psychological field -- Using phenomenological methods to describe and investigate the field -- Understanding the paradoxical theory of change -- III. Developing a dialogic relationship as a crucible for self development -- Understanding Gestalt theories of self and their implications -- Understanding the dialogic relationship and developing a person to person dialogue -- Making a working alliance with clients -- Understanding transferential processes within the dialogic relationship -- Integrating the different components of dialogic relating in practice -- IV. Observing process developing diagnostic perspective and therapeutic strategies -- Observing clients' processes of contact and styles of moderating contact while developing diagnostic perspectives -- V. Exploring awareness and contact -- Exploring and developing awareness and contact -- Reintegrating disowned aspects of polarities of the self -- Exploring personal responsibility -- VI. Integrating experimental, creative and transpersonal dimensions -- Integrating creative imagination and experiments -- Introducting and developing imagery and metaphor -- Introducing fantasy and visualisation -- Working with dreams -- Opening to the transpersonal and caring for soul -- VII. Working with embodiment, energy and 'resistance' -- Using embodiment, movement and play -- Attending to body process and energy flow -- Appreciating the wisdom of 'resistance', while exploring the impasse -- VIII. Attending to the background features and processes in clients' lives -- Attending to the ground from which figures of contact arise -- Exploring and developing awareness of support systems -- Identifying and unravelling life themes -- Attending to continuity, assimilation and completion -- Calibrating your approach for people who have a fragile sense of self or are easily shamed -- IX. Shaping counselling over time -- Shaping therapeutic work over time -- Attending to the final stages and endings -- Conclusions: simplicity, complexity and paradox in gestalt counselling and therapy.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 616.89143 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Checked out 30/01/2024 00107144
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

`In this eminently sensible, practical and thought-provoking book, Jennifer Mackewn takes gestalt light years forward towards a synthesis and integration of psychological styles and away from what she describes as "Perlism". I agree with her: this is a book for therapists, not principally for gestaltists... In inviting the reader to "pick and choose" from the many and varied, always practical, hands-on approach chapters... Jennifer Mackewn hopes we will both enjoy her book and find it of use. This reader, commending the book to you all, has no doubt that both her hopes will be fulfilled′ - Self & Society

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 of their work.

The field theoretical and relational model which underpins the book suggests that therapy is a complex process which requires therapists to be intuitive and self-aware while engaging in a number of interrelated therapeutic tasks. The importance of meeting clients person-to-person in a meaningful relationship is highlighted. Jennifer Mackewn encourages counsellors to focus on areas that they may feel need special attention, and shows them how to blend their skills into a subtle and versatile art form. The book covers vital aspects of Gestalt counselling and psychotherapy, such as: appreciating the significance of beginnings; understanding the client′s context; the dialogic relationship; contact and awareness; exploring life themes and support systems; and experimental and creative methods.

Bibliography: p. 252-259. - Includes index.

Introduction: a field theoretical and relational model of contemporary integrative Gestalt -- I. Attending to beginnings: initial conditions and existential meeting -- Using initial session(s) for meeting, clarification and two-way assessment -- II. Exploring the client's context and culture -- Attending to the whole person -- Understanding field theory and meeting clients from a field perspective -- Understanding how people organise their psychological field -- Using phenomenological methods to describe and investigate the field -- Understanding the paradoxical theory of change -- III. Developing a dialogic relationship as a crucible for self development -- Understanding Gestalt theories of self and their implications -- Understanding the dialogic relationship and developing a person to person dialogue -- Making a working alliance with clients -- Understanding transferential processes within the dialogic relationship -- Integrating the different components of dialogic relating in practice -- IV. Observing process developing diagnostic perspective and therapeutic strategies -- Observing clients' processes of contact and styles of moderating contact while developing diagnostic perspectives -- V. Exploring awareness and contact -- Exploring and developing awareness and contact -- Reintegrating disowned aspects of polarities of the self -- Exploring personal responsibility -- VI. Integrating experimental, creative and transpersonal dimensions -- Integrating creative imagination and experiments -- Introducting and developing imagery and metaphor -- Introducing fantasy and visualisation -- Working with dreams -- Opening to the transpersonal and caring for soul -- VII. Working with embodiment, energy and 'resistance' -- Using embodiment, movement and play -- Attending to body process and energy flow -- Appreciating the wisdom of 'resistance', while exploring the impasse -- VIII. Attending to the background features and processes in clients' lives -- Attending to the ground from which figures of contact arise -- Exploring and developing awareness of support systems -- Identifying and unravelling life themes -- Attending to continuity, assimilation and completion -- Calibrating your approach for people who have a fragile sense of self or are easily shamed -- IX. Shaping counselling over time -- Shaping therapeutic work over time -- Attending to the final stages and endings -- Conclusions: simplicity, complexity and paradox in gestalt counselling and therapy.

CIT Module COUN 7001 - Core reading.

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Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction
  • A Field Theoretical and Relational Model of Contemporary Integrative Gestalt
  • Attending to Beginnings
  • Initial Conditions and Existential Meeting
  • Exploring the Client's Context and Culture
  • Developing a Dialogic Relationship as a Crucible for Self Development
  • Observing Process, Developing Diagnostic Perspectives and Therapeutic Strategies
  • Exploring Awareness and Contact
  • Integrating Experimental, Creative and Transpersonal Dimensions
  • Working with Embodiment, Energy and 'Resistance'
  • Attending to the Background Features and Processes in Clients' Lives
  • Shaping Counselling over Time
  • Conclusion
  • Simplicity, Complexity and Paradox in Gestalt Counselling and Therapy

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