Handbook for Theory, Research, and Practice in Gestalt Therapy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Handbook for Theory, Research, and Practice in Gestalt Therapy write by Philip Brownell. This book was released on 2009-03-26. Handbook for Theory, Research, and Practice in Gestalt Therapy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Many books have been written about gestalt therapy. Not many have been written on the relationship between gestalt therapy and psychotherapy research. The Handbook for Theory, Research, and Practice in Gestalt Therapy is a needed bridge between these two concerns, and a timely addition to scholarly literature on gestalt therapy itself. In 2007 an international team of experienced gestalt therapists devoted themselves to create this book, and they have collaborated with one another to produce a challenging and enriching addition to the literature relevant to gestalt therapy. The book discusses the philosophy of science, the need for research specifically focused on gestalt therapy, and the critical realism and natural attitude found in both research and gestalt praxis. It provides discussions of qualitative and quantitative research, describes the methods of gestalt therapy as based in a unified theory, and illustrates the application of research in the contexts of emerging gestalt research communities. The discussion contained in this book is needed at a time when warrant for the practice of psychotherapy is increasingly sought in the empirical support available through psychotherapy research–the so called evidence-based movement–and at a time when public policy is increasingly driven by the call for "what works."
Handbook for Theory, Research, and Practice in Gestalt Therapy (2nd Edition)
Handbook for Theory, Research, and Practice in Gestalt Therapy (2nd Edition) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Handbook for Theory, Research, and Practice in Gestalt Therapy (2nd Edition) write by Philip Brownell. This book was released on 2019-04-03. Handbook for Theory, Research, and Practice in Gestalt Therapy (2nd Edition) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a true second edition, so much so that it approaches being a different book. It includes among its new authors some of the most sought-after theorists in contemporary gestalt therapy. There is a section on the philosophy of science, research and research methodology, and one devoted to gestalt therapy and its teaching and research in diverse parts of the world. There is disagreement and critique, for this is not a simple book. It is so packed with information that it serves as both a challenge and a resource. This second edition of the Handbook will take its place as an aid in understanding the evolution of contemporary gestalt therapy and as a guide to the evolving research tradition in gestalt therapy. It rightfully belongs on the shelves of both beginning trainees in gestalt therapy and advanced and experienced practitioners, and certainly represents a resource for practitioner-researchers involved in practice-based research.
Humanistic Psychotherapies
Humanistic Psychotherapies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Humanistic Psychotherapies write by David J. Cain. This book was released on 2002-01. Humanistic Psychotherapies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A compendium of research and practice techniques in the field of humanistic psychotherapies. In addition to the editors' comprehensive overview of the history, defining characteristics and evolution of humanistic psychotherapies, the contributors illustrate significant research results in the last decades and document the effectiveness of major humanistic therapeutic approaches, including client-centred, Gestalt, existential and experiential. The research presented shows these approaches to be equivalent and, in many cases, superior to others in treating a wide range of psychopathology. Contributors also offer guidelines for practice and introduce innovative methods for working with an increasingly difficult, diverse and complex range of individuals, couples, families and groups.
Global Perspectives on Research, Theory, and Practice
Global Perspectives on Research, Theory, and Practice - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Global Perspectives on Research, Theory, and Practice write by Philip Brownell. This book was released on 2015-04-01. Global Perspectives on Research, Theory, and Practice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Over a decade in the making, this volume brings together some of the richest thinking about gestalt therapy theory and practice that emerged in the lead-up to the 21st century. In 1996, the internet was breaking out of its shell, and the first electronic journal for gestalt therapy appeared as a hybrid of the text-based discussion group Gstalt-L and the graphically rich, web-based journal itself. The journal, supported by a community at St. Johns University, was titled Gestalt!. Its vision was to stimulate a global discussion of gestalt therapy using the electronic medium that has now become so common and essential, and it did just that. Gestalt! was free. It was quick. Those working with the journal were focused on substance over style. The editors have ensured this relevant and playful attitude shines through in this collection. There are errors in form, because the editors have maintained many in order to provide a realistic feel for what the journal was like. Although it no longer exists, this book reclaims the journal’s great historical value and still-significant ideas.
Towards a Research Tradition in Gestalt Therapy
Towards a Research Tradition in Gestalt Therapy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Towards a Research Tradition in Gestalt Therapy write by Jan Roubal. This book was released on 2016-12-14. Towards a Research Tradition in Gestalt Therapy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Gestalt therapy is well-grounded in its daily practice, but is a field which is still in the process of developing a research tradition to support this practice. Gestalt practitioner researchers devote themselves to the generation of interest in the field, the enlargement of capacities and expertise, and the sharing of research projects and their findings. The larger Gestalt community realises that such research has begun to take place, but it requires more information and to be brought into the conversation through a book that speaks of philosophy and method and actually shares some of the research that emerges. This volume fills this lacuna, collecting for the first time the theoretical grounds for research in Gestalt therapy, and introduces useful research methods and presents actual research projects to provide inspiration to Gestalt practitioner researchers. The book will be helpful not only to Gestalt therapists interested in research, but also to students of Gestalt therapy involved in training, as it will serve to bolster their own academic performance. It will also be of interest to the larger field of psychotherapy research, in demonstrating how a clinical school based on principles such as existential dialogue, phenomenology and field theory is responding to the need for evidence-based practice, and is keeping pace with the needs of a twenty-first century professional community.
