Welcome to our third issue. This is the second publication in connection with Gestalt Global Corporation.

This issue of Gestalt! is one we've been looking forward to for some time, for it fits more closely the vision we had in the beginning of bringing people and communities of Gestalt therapists into view. Even though Gestalt! is continuing to develop, we're happy to present something much more in accord with our original idea:

• to increase awareness of Gestalt principles and their applications
• to feature the people who contribute to the Gestalt field
• to facilitate community among Gestalt therapy practitioners

Our Associate Editor, Lars Berg, has reviewed the book, More Grounds for Gestalt, and we hope you will find his comments interesting. They fit with the theme of a group of Gestalt-minded people living south of the equator, in Australia and New Zealand; hence, our title of "Gestalt Down Under." Lars nicely identifies what seems to be a distinctive of the kind of Gestalt practiced in this part of the world and of the values of the people there. It seems much more existential, dialogical. Gestalt theory is so rich that here and there around the world one finds the communities emphasizing one aspect of it rather than another, and there is room for this without destroying the unity of our theoretical base. This is something spoken to in a previous article, in which the authors used the term "clan." Indeed, the clan from "down under" has a definite character, a different culture, and a rich heritage. We hope this is something the reader appreciates from this sampling of their position in he field.

We've covered something of the beginning of a new Gestalt organization there, Gestalt Australia and New Zealand (GANZ). We've included writings from some of the people involved in GANZ, which includes material on the cultures of these regions and approaches toward training. We've included poetry as well. All this certainly is not an exhaustive examination. Rather, it's merely as if we've been sipping them a bit, not gulping down the whole pot.

Once again, we've gone outside the Gestalt community for our editorial, but that's because we desire to keep building an interface between Gestalt and the larger field of clinical work. Readers may find interesting our guest editor's observations on managed care.

Also, we've included more cartoon satire. (Such helps us keep our feet on the ground.)

Finally, we've included descriptions and contact information for some of the Gestalt training centers/institutes existing in Australia and New Zealand.

All in all, we hope this look at "Gestalt Down Under" will prove interesting to those who've never known of the development there, and encouraging for those whose work is hilighted in this issue.

I express my profound appreciation for Anne Maclean, one of our associate editors, for her work in the preparation of this issue. She has proven faithful, responsive, sensitive, and all without losing her passionate edge. In the course of working with her on this issue, I have gained a friend, and that is a prized possession!