Gestalt Counselling in Action, 3rd Edition (Counselling in Action series)

by Petruska Clarkson (Author)

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  Paperback
  2004

  $27.24

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  `The reader looking for a clear and comprehensive introduction to Gestalt counselling need look no further. This work can be recommended wholeheartedly' - British Gestalt Journal

  `A handy update to Gestalt that shows it to be a mature and sophisticated approach to personality that has lost little of its inventiveness, iconoclasm and authenticity...a very useful source book' - Self and Society

  Gestalt Counselling in Action is a bestselling text , which has sold over 30,000 copies. Now in it's Third Edition, the book continues to be a popular text for training in counselling and psychotherapy and with practitioners who are new to the gestalt approach.

  Drawing on over 30 years experience as a gestalt practitioner, trainer and supervisor, Petruska Clarkson has written a lively and authoritative introduction to the approach, beginning with the theoretical and philosophical basis of gestalt. She clearly sets out the six main phases of the therapeutic process, introducing us to a client, 'Gary', whose case is used throughout the book to illustrate the process of therapy and the techniques used in each of the phases.

  Fully revised and updated, Gestalt Counselling in Action, Third Edition includes a new chapter which explores recent developments in the field and looks to the future for the gestalt approach.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $15.71

  'The book, like others in the series, follows the temporal sequence of clinical practice following an introduction to the fundamentals of the Gestalt approach' - The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy 'The reader looking for a clear and comprehensive introduction to Gestalt counselling need look no further. This work can be recommended wholeheartedly' - British Gestalt Journal Taking account of developments in theory and practice, the bestselling Gestalt Counselling in Action has been revised and updated, making it as fresh and relevant as ever for today's students and practitioners. Drawing on some 30 years' experience as a practitioner, trainer and supervisor, the author outlines clearly the theoretical and philosophical basis of Gestalt therapy. Relating theory to practice, the book follows the developmental stages of the counselling process, providing extensive examples of therapy and ideas for the specific techniques appropriate to each stage and to different clients.