Gestalt therapy : roots and branches : collected papers / Peter Philippson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philippson, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gestalt therapy.

Psychotherapy.

Substance abuse--Treatment.

Substance abuse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There has been a renewed interest in the last ten years in the underpinnings - theoretical, philosophical, and historical - of the Gestalt approach. Often in the past, these have been lost in oversimplified versions of the therapy. The author's aim in his writings has been to provide a full and coherent account of Gestalt theory, and to emphasize our links to our therapeutic and philosophical heritage, particularly psychoanalysis and existentialism. His theme is a field-relational theory of self as the centerpiece of the approach, and how this has been placed within a structure that is still

Contents:

pt. 1. Roots in philosophy

pt. 2. Roots in psychoanalysis and connections with other theories

pt. 3. Roots in Gestalt foundational theory.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9780429896979

0-429-90004-X

0-429-47527-6

1-280-49521-9

9786613590442

1-84940-980-3

9780429475276

OCLC:

793511205