Skills in Gestalt Counselling & Psychotherapy (Skills in Counselling & Psychotherapy Series)

"For a therapy that is, by it's creator's own admission, hard to conceptualise, the authors have done a pretty good job. They dealt with some quite 'paradoxical' points in Gestalt Therapy in plain English and got the point of them across quite brilliantly. Although the book is not meant to be an introduction, if you've read a even a little about Gestalt you will have no problem following it. It summarises the important principles succinctly and with clarity.

I would recommend it to anyone interested in Gestalt particularly to therapists who currently practice another method of therapy."
~ Written on 2005-03-28

"A must have for any student of Gestalt Counselling and Psychotherapy. This book gives the practical tips, intervention suggestions and examples which will help you with clients at the different stages in the therapeutic relationship.

The book is well layed out with suggestion boxes and many real life examples. It covers a variety of topics, starting with Preparing for the journey (with the client), Awareness, Assessment and Diagnosis, Experimenting, Transference and Counter-transference, Body process and of course, Endings - to name only a few.

A nice change from some of the "heavier" Gestalt text books, this one is really very readable and has worked well for me as a quick reminder of the key areas in Gestalt and the issues/ "how to's" around them."
~ Written on 2003-02-03