From the Radical Center The Heart of Gestalt Therapy

This remarkable collection traces central themes in the work of Erving and Miriam Polster, two of the best-known and best loved Gestalt therapists in the world. The writings herein span 4 decades in the history of psychotherapy, bringing together practical, theoretical and aesthetic dimensions of the Polsters' work in a single book. Ranging across diverse subjects and distinct historical periods, the work collected in this volume will educate, provoke, inspire and nourish Gestalt therapists for years to come.

Introduction - Arthur Roberts Prologue I. Setting the Stage- A Contemporary Psychotherapy - The Language of Experience - Sensory Functioning in Psychotherapy - Women in Therapy: A Gestalt Therapist's View- Gestalt Therapy: Evolution and Application II. Transformation of Principles - Therapy Without Resistance: Gestalt Therapy - Escape from the Present - Tight Therapeutic Sequences - Every Person's Life is Worth a Novel - The Therapeutic Power of Attention - The Self in Action: A Gestalt Outlook - Translating Theory into Practice: Martin Heidegger and Gestalt Therapy - Commonality and Diversity in Gestalt Therapy - In Memory of Carl Rogers: Great Men Cast Great ShadowsIII. The Role of Community- Encounter in Community- Eve's Daughters: The Forbidden Heroism of Women - Individuality and Communality- Beyond One to One - It's Only the Most Recent Year of the Woman- Coda- What's New?

Erving Polster, Miriam Polster