Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61131 in Books
• Published on: 1995-12-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 100 pages

Synopsis
This is a new, extensively revised edition of Gaie Houston's classic book on Gestalt therapy. It includes a new chapter on psychotherapy and Gestalt infant observation, and new material for readers interested in personal development than in therapy or clinical psychology. It still remains THE recommended reference for counselling and groupwork courses, and in psychotherapy and management training.

Customer Reviews

Learning through doing.
This could be quite a good introductory text, with plenty of interesting experiments suggested throughout the book. It's relatively easy to read, and covers a good range of topics, including dreams, polarities, working with blocks, awareness and contact boundaries, and so on. Trying out at least some of the experiments makes for a lively and involved reading experience, and the experiments in themselves illustrate and invite creativity in exploring and learning about the Gestalt approach.

What does Gestalt mean again?
I felt this book was difficult to read. I had no idea, whatsoever, what gestalt meant or however it applied to psychotherapy. I began to read the book, still smiling from the eye-trick on the front cover. By the first couple of chapter had passed, I was no longer smiling. I felt that the book was only really worthwhile if you happened to either have a decent sense of what gestalt therapy was or if you happened to have a handy group of people to do the exercises with. Sadly, the book wasn't particularly suited to trying to understand the whole concept of Gestalt and what it meant if you were reading it on your own.

I don't know if I just misunderstood the book, or if it really was terrible. Either way, I'm giving it two stars. Shame.