"Abstract: This paper describes and gives concrete examples of five styles of working with body experience in the practice of Gestalt therapy. I discuss how body experience has been an integrated part of Gestalt therapy theory and practice from its inception, and quote a number of Gestalt therapy’s senior thinkers and teachers who have written about their distinct ways of working with body in their practices. Key words: action therapy, retroflecting, introjecting, relational, intersubjective, encountering the novel, awareness, directed movement, expressive movement, metaphor, touch."
{"title":"Gestalt therapy’s embodied styles","authors":"S. Gregory","doi":"10.53667/enll3707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53667/enll3707","url":null,"abstract":"\"Abstract: This paper describes and gives concrete examples of five styles of working with body experience in the practice of Gestalt therapy. I discuss how body experience has been an integrated part of Gestalt therapy theory and practice from its inception, and quote a number of Gestalt therapy’s senior thinkers and teachers who have written about their distinct ways of working with body in their practices. Key words: action therapy, retroflecting, introjecting, relational, intersubjective, encountering the novel, awareness, directed movement, expressive movement, metaphor, touch.\"","PeriodicalId":103162,"journal":{"name":"British Gestalt Journal","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128907086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Successful launch: a case study","authors":"Margaret Rosemary","doi":"10.53667/sqcb1022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53667/sqcb1022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":103162,"journal":{"name":"British Gestalt Journal","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123913005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper aims to extend McConville’s model of development and therapy with adolescents towards an understanding of the impact of trauma in adolescence. The author examines the adolescent’s experience of trauma from a relational perspective, specifically focusing on the implications of parental influence on the adolescent as she attempts to lay claim to her life. The model identifies three qualities of contact within the adolescent–parent relational field, each with varying degrees of parental capacity to attune to the adolescent’s developmental needs, ranging from supportive to traumatising. The phenomenology of adolescent trauma is explored and a cycle of despair is identified in the adolescent’s selfexperience. The application of this model for understanding and working with traumatised adolescents is demonstrated through the presentation of two case histories.
{"title":"Contact and despair: a Gestalt approach to adolescent trauma","authors":"Bronagh Starrs","doi":"10.53667/take2382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53667/take2382","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to extend McConville’s model of development and therapy with adolescents towards an understanding of the impact of trauma in adolescence. The author examines the adolescent’s experience of trauma from a relational perspective, specifically focusing on the implications of parental influence on the adolescent as she attempts to lay claim to her life. The model identifies three qualities of contact within the adolescent–parent relational field, each with varying degrees of parental capacity to attune to the adolescent’s developmental needs, ranging from supportive to traumatising. The phenomenology of adolescent trauma is explored and a cycle of despair is identified in the adolescent’s selfexperience. The application of this model for understanding and working with traumatised adolescents is demonstrated through the presentation of two case histories.","PeriodicalId":103162,"journal":{"name":"British Gestalt Journal","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123944877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
"Abstract: War remains central to ‘normal’ thinking in society. Gestalt therapy may already (unwittingly) be a form of peace education. Fritz Perls was a survivor of war trauma. Many of those who survive war are wounded physically or emotionally in long-lasting ways. Traumatic effects of war, through intergenerational transmission, can last decades. The writer, himself once a ‘war baby’, presents a personal journey of ‘self-recognising’, exploring war’s effects on his own life and attitudes. He suggests how a Gestalt focus on polarities has a place in peace and war thinking. Key words: war, trauma, self-recognising, D-Day, peace education, violence, Fritz Perls, Gestalt history."
{"title":"The impact of war","authors":"M. Parlett","doi":"10.53667/lnbf5833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53667/lnbf5833","url":null,"abstract":"\"Abstract: War remains central to ‘normal’ thinking in society. Gestalt therapy may already (unwittingly) be a form of peace education. Fritz Perls was a survivor of war trauma. Many of those who survive war are wounded physically or emotionally in long-lasting ways. Traumatic effects of war, through intergenerational transmission, can last decades. The writer, himself once a ‘war baby’, presents a personal journey of ‘self-recognising’, exploring war’s effects on his own life and attitudes. He suggests how a Gestalt focus on polarities has a place in peace and war thinking. Key words: war, trauma, self-recognising, D-Day, peace education, violence, Fritz Perls, Gestalt history.\"","PeriodicalId":103162,"journal":{"name":"British Gestalt Journal","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116003220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
"Abstract: Competence is assumed to be individual and contextual, influenced by those involved and the environment in which work takes place. The theoretical foundation of any approach, and the way it has come to be applied, influence what is recognised as competence among its practitioners. Here, the traditions of Gestalt, and the way theory and practice have developed over time, are explored from the point of view of one Gestalt practitioner. Others may have very different perspectives, and they are offered a framework for increasing awareness around these perceptions as a way of identifying what competence means in their own practice. Some observations are made about the experience of being a Gestalt practitioner in a professional field where other approaches are in the majority, and a personal view of the unique contribution Gestalt can make to society in general is offered. Key words: Competence, context, theory, practice, non-duality, presence, embodiment, training, professional values."
{"title":"The competent Gestalt practitioner","authors":"G. Hughes","doi":"10.53667/potg7979","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53667/potg7979","url":null,"abstract":"\"Abstract: Competence is assumed to be individual and contextual, influenced by those involved and the environment in which work takes place. The theoretical foundation of any approach, and the way it has come to be applied, influence what is recognised as competence among its practitioners. Here, the traditions of Gestalt, and the way theory and practice have developed over time, are explored from the point of view of one Gestalt practitioner. Others may have very different perspectives, and they are offered a framework for increasing awareness around these perceptions as a way of identifying what competence means in their own practice. Some observations are made about the experience of being a Gestalt practitioner in a professional field where other approaches are in the majority, and a personal view of the unique contribution Gestalt can make to society in general is offered. Key words: Competence, context, theory, practice, non-duality, presence, embodiment, training, professional values.\"","PeriodicalId":103162,"journal":{"name":"British Gestalt Journal","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114643660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
"Abstract: This paper is based on several theoretical presentations and sharing of experi- ences of professionals dedicated to work in detention centres. The presentations were made between 2006 and 2012 on residential workshops at the Gestalt Foundation in Greece, the European Gestalt Conference held in Athens in 2007, and on a workshop held at the International Conference of Integrative Psychotherapy, Bucharest, in 2011. It also includes emotional experiences of a group of volunteer Gestalt psychotherapists who offered services at detention centres between 2007 and 2012. Reflections on themes which emerged during these six years of work in detention are examined. In this paper I reflect on several issues connected with migration and human rights. I present how the Gestalt approach helps when working in a demanding, multilingual, and multicultural field, based on phenomenology and the ‘here and now’. I examine possibilities of contact making, setting boundaries, dealing with crisis, and working with differences in a very specific environment. I present volunteers’ reflections on their expectations, responsibilities, and experiences of burn-out. Key words: migration, detention, Gestalt approach, multicultural field, awareness of differ- ences, crisis, contact, presence, ‘here and now’."
{"title":"Experiences from a multicultural field – a Gestalt perspective on work in detention centres","authors":"Joanna Kato","doi":"10.53667/euhr9385","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53667/euhr9385","url":null,"abstract":"\"Abstract: This paper is based on several theoretical presentations and sharing of experi- ences of professionals dedicated to work in detention centres. The presentations were made between 2006 and 2012 on residential workshops at the Gestalt Foundation in Greece, the European Gestalt Conference held in Athens in 2007, and on a workshop held at the International Conference of Integrative Psychotherapy, Bucharest, in 2011. It also includes emotional experiences of a group of volunteer Gestalt psychotherapists who offered services at detention centres between 2007 and 2012. Reflections on themes which emerged during these six years of work in detention are examined. In this paper I reflect on several issues connected with migration and human rights. I present how the Gestalt approach helps when working in a demanding, multilingual, and multicultural field, based on phenomenology and the ‘here and now’. I examine possibilities of contact making, setting boundaries, dealing with crisis, and working with differences in a very specific environment. I present volunteers’ reflections on their expectations, responsibilities, and experiences of burn-out. Key words: migration, detention, Gestalt approach, multicultural field, awareness of differ- ences, crisis, contact, presence, ‘here and now’.\"","PeriodicalId":103162,"journal":{"name":"British Gestalt Journal","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127965043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
"Abstract: This article is meant to be an integrative experience with the goal of increasing the reader’s understanding of and competency with the practice of Gestalt therapy with gay men and the use of Gestalt contact boundary phenomena in conceptualising the intersections between gender and sexual orientation. The article begins with my personal journey of coming out of the closet, followed by my research on gender roles, gender role conflict, and internalised homophobia in gay men and the significant (and unexpected) results found. I also propose a three-stage Gestalt theoretical model of the coming out process, covering important field conditions and contact boundary phenomena. Concluding with clinical suggestions, this article offers the chance for readers to immerse themselves in the personal, empirical, theoretical, and clinical aspects of the coming out journey in gay men. Although the focus is on working with and conceptualising gay male clients, the ideas discussed in this article can also be used to increase your own self-awareness in addition to better under- standing the complexities of gender and sexual orientation in other client populations. Key words: gay, LGBTQ, internalised homophobia, gender role, gender role conflict, sexual orientation, Gestalt therapy, coming out."
{"title":"Diversifying the ground: personal, empirical, theoretical, and clinical perspectives on Gestalt contact boundary phenomena in gay men","authors":"A. Levine","doi":"10.53667/edhw1017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53667/edhw1017","url":null,"abstract":"\"Abstract: This article is meant to be an integrative experience with the goal of increasing the reader’s understanding of and competency with the practice of Gestalt therapy with gay men and the use of Gestalt contact boundary phenomena in conceptualising the intersections between gender and sexual orientation. The article begins with my personal journey of coming out of the closet, followed by my research on gender roles, gender role conflict, and internalised homophobia in gay men and the significant (and unexpected) results found. I also propose a three-stage Gestalt theoretical model of the coming out process, covering important field conditions and contact boundary phenomena. Concluding with clinical suggestions, this article offers the chance for readers to immerse themselves in the personal, empirical, theoretical, and clinical aspects of the coming out journey in gay men. Although the focus is on working with and conceptualising gay male clients, the ideas discussed in this article can also be used to increase your own self-awareness in addition to better under- standing the complexities of gender and sexual orientation in other client populations. Key words: gay, LGBTQ, internalised homophobia, gender role, gender role conflict, sexual orientation, Gestalt therapy, coming out.\"","PeriodicalId":103162,"journal":{"name":"British Gestalt Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126190994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
"Abstract: In this paper I explore the world of the hikikomori, people who fail to individuate from their attachment to home and parents, from a Gestalt perspective. I outline how the work with these clients contains a number of traps for the therapist, ways to approach the therapy which are ineffective, and look at the ways of working that I have found effective. Key words: Failure to launch, hikikomori, paradoxical theory of change, aggression, counter- transference, suicide."
{"title":"Failure to launch","authors":"Peter Philippson","doi":"10.53667/znjz2819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53667/znjz2819","url":null,"abstract":"\"Abstract: In this paper I explore the world of the hikikomori, people who fail to individuate from their attachment to home and parents, from a Gestalt perspective. I outline how the work with these clients contains a number of traps for the therapist, ways to approach the therapy which are ineffective, and look at the ways of working that I have found effective. Key words: Failure to launch, hikikomori, paradoxical theory of change, aggression, counter- transference, suicide.\"","PeriodicalId":103162,"journal":{"name":"British Gestalt Journal","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125843168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
"Abstract: Life lessons brought issues of democracy and equality to my personal and theoretical commitments. Recent thinking and actions in South America have raised a new socialism – 21st Century Socialism. The themes of this new socialism, in the form of a ‘socialist triangle’, are reviewed with a focus on human development rather than the production of things. Gestalt therapy, in which processes lead to the growth of persons, can be a major contributor to the creation of this new socialism. Key words: 21st Century Socialism, democracy, substantive equality, human development, rich human being."
{"title":"Gestalt therapy and 21st Century Socialism","authors":"P. Lichtenberg","doi":"10.53667/mzzf9305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53667/mzzf9305","url":null,"abstract":"\"Abstract: Life lessons brought issues of democracy and equality to my personal and theoretical commitments. Recent thinking and actions in South America have raised a new socialism – 21st Century Socialism. The themes of this new socialism, in the form of a ‘socialist triangle’, are reviewed with a focus on human development rather than the production of things. Gestalt therapy, in which processes lead to the growth of persons, can be a major contributor to the creation of this new socialism. Key words: 21st Century Socialism, democracy, substantive equality, human development, rich human being.\"","PeriodicalId":103162,"journal":{"name":"British Gestalt Journal","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114216180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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