Table of Contents

Contributors xi

Preface xvii

Acknowledgments xxi

Part One: Gestalt Therapy: Its Beginning, Theory, and Techniques 1

1 Fritz Perls and Gestalt Therapy: The Beginnings 3
Eleanor O’Leary

2 Key Concepts of Gestalt Therapy and Processing 15
Eleanor O’Leary

3 Dialogue and Contact 37
Eleanor O’Leary

4 Techniques, Experiments, and Dreams 61
Eleanor O’Leary

Part Two: Gestalt Therapy Around the World 93

Europe 94

5 Gestalt Therapy in Austria 95
Nancy Amendt-Lyon

6 Gestalt Therapy in Britain 113
Peter Philippson

7 History of Gestalt Therapy in Denmark 127
Jan Tønnesvang, Mikael Sonne, and James Hammink

8 Gestalt Therapy in Finland 135
Walter Arnold

9 Dawn of Gestalt Therapy in France 141
Serge Ginger

10 Gestalt Therapy in Germany 151
Almut Ladisich-Raine

11 Gestalt Therapy in Greece 165
Despina Balliou, Katia Hatzilakou, Antonia Konstantinidou, and YiannaYiamarelou

12 Gestalt Therapy in the Republic of Ireland 177
Eleanor O’Leary

13 Gestalt Therapy in Italy 195
Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb

The Middle East 211

14 Gestalt Therapy in Israel 213
Nurith Levi and Shraga Serok

Asia 220

15 Gestalt Therapy in Japan 221
Yoshiya Kurato

Australasia 233

16 Gestalt Therapy in Australia 235
Brian O’Neill

17 Gestalt Development in New Zealand: An Antipodean Approach 251
Anne Maclean

The Americas 265

18 Gestalt Therapy in the Province of Quebec, Canada: From its Flourishing Days to its Phase of Questioning and its Perspective of Challenges for the Future 267
Janine Corbeil

19 Gestalt Therapy in the United States of America 289
Joseph Melnick

20 Gestalt Therapy in Argentina 305
Myriam Sas Guiter

21 Gestalt Therapy in Chile 317
Francisco Huneeus

Part Three: Reviewing the Past and Moving Onwards 325

22 The Present and Future of International Gestalt Therapy 327
Eleanor O’Leary

Conclusion 333
Eleanor O’Leary

Appendix 1. Worldwide Gestalt Associations, Institutes, and Professional Societies 335
Denis O’Sullivan

Index 365

About the Author

During her career, Professor Eleanor O'Leary has authoreda number of innovative books including New Approaches toIntegration in Psychotherapy in 2006.The outcome ofher researchhas also been published in a number of leading academic journals.She was Professor and Head of the Department of Applied Psychology,University College Cork, Ireland and Visiting Professor at StanfordUniversity, USA. She is currently a Visiting Professor at theUniversity of Malaga, Spain. She is also accreditations officer ofthe European Institute of Integrative Psychotherapy, and HonoraryLife Chairperson of the Irish Gestalt Society. A practicingpsychotherapist and supervisor, Professor O Leary is also aFellow of the Psychological Society of Ireland and in 2000 receivedits Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Psychology. Hervaried career has given her a unique insight into the developmentand application of gestalt therapy.

Reviews

Even though a nuanced discussion of the impact of cultureon the practice of Gestalt psychotherapy is not present, this bookpresents an intriguing array of postcards from around the worlddescribing the successes and challenges of Gestalt. (PsycCRITIQUES, 23 June 2014)