| On Intimate Ground: A Gestalt Approach to Working with Couples Contributor(s): Wheeler, Gordon (Editor), Backman, Stephanie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0881632643 ISBN-13: 9780881632644 Publisher: Gestalt Press OUR PRICE: $81.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1997 Annotation: Couples therapy has long been regarded as one of the most demanding forms of psychotherapy because of the therapist's need to integrate psychodynamic insights with an understanding of systems dynamics. The contributors to On Intimate Ground share the belief that a phenomenological approach incorporating the insights of Gestalt psychotherapy leads to this integration and, with it, a dramatic increase in therapeutic power and flexibility. In 15 engaging chapters, they apply this approach to issues of intimacy, self-construction, power and abuse, shame, resistance, and growth -- and to such diverse populations as abuse survivors and their partners, remarried couples, gay and lesbian couples, and couples with character disorders. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General - Psychology | Applied Psychology - Psychology | Interpersonal Relations |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| Physical Information: 1.32" H x 6.35" W x 8.99" (1.54 lbs) 448 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Couples therapy has long been regarded as one of the most demanding forms of psychotherapy because of the way it challenges therapists to combine the insights of dynamic psychology with the power and clarity of systems dynamics. In this exciting new volume, Gordon Wheeler and Stephanie Backman, couples therapists with broad training and long years of experience, present dramatic new approaches that at last integrate the dynamic/self-organizational and the systemic/behavioral schools of thought. Building on the insights of Gestalt psychology and psychotherapy, the authors show us how a truly phenomenological approach, based on the clients' own experience and goals, holds the key to a dramatic increase in therapeutic power and flexibility. The fifteen engaging chapters demonstrate the application of this approach to issues of intimacy, self-construction, power and abuse, resistance, growth, and shame - and to such diverse and challenging populations as abuse survivors and their partners, remarried couples, gay and lesbian couples, and couples with personality or character disorders. In the process, the authors offer a fresh perspective that will serve to re-energize the couples therapist's work in this challenging area. On Intimate Ground contributes new insights to many of the most timely and provocative questions in the field today. |