Introduction

This issue of Gestalt! is a collaboration with Studies in Gestalt Therapy. It is a focus on the European Association for Gestalt Therapy, as seen through a portion of their Sixth European Conference. Studies in Gestalt Therapy will carry the complete contents of the conference; that is, they will publish all the papers arising from conference presentations and panels. They have provided two pieces for publication online, a general description of the EAGT, and contact information for those interested in purchasing the entire contents of the conference.


[ Last updated, 11/19/03 ]

Gestalt!
ISSN 1091-1766 

Volume 3; Number 2
Fall, 1999

Published by
Gestalt Global Corporation
Indexes of Gestalt!

Introduction | Editorial | Review: A Well-Lived Life | Opening Lecture | Work with a Seriously Disturbed Patient | Impressions of the 6th EAGT Conference | About the EAGT | About Studies in Gestalt Therapy | Looking Ahead to the 7th EAGT Conference | Home

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Photographs by
Philip Brownell and Lars Berg

 In addition, Lars Berg, Publisher and Editor of The Nordic Gestalt Journal, and Associate Editor at Gestalt!, has written his first-person impressions of attending this conference. He has also provided many pictures so that readers are able to see and get a feel for what happened.

The first article is the opening address at the conference, given by EAGT president Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb. This article first appeared in The Nordic Gestalt Journal, number 8 (Winter '98-'99). In starting off their conference, the call was sounded to consider a hermeneutic by which one could understand and apply the distinctives of Gestalt therapy in contemporary culture. The second article is by Valeria Conte and chronicles Gestalt work with a difficult client, paying particular attention to the development of the relationship between them. Our approach in publishing this issue has been to display something of the look and feel of the Eurpean Association for Gestalt Therapy using material they have selected to represent themselves.

In addition, we present a review of a new addition to Gestalt literature, A Well Lived Life, by Sylvia Fleming Crocker. This review fits well in this issue, because Dr. Crocker's book analyzes the philosophical antecedents to Gestalt therapy, which are birthed in European thought. Her book, published by GIC Press, is the first in a new arrangement between GIC Press and The Analytic Press. We are pleased to announce both the book and this new publishing arrangement.

Finally, the Gestalt! editorial examines the issue of advocating for Gestalt therapy and announces two new and developing Gestalt associations in Asia.
The location of the 6th European Conference for Gestalt Therapy - in daylight.
The location of the 6th European Conference for Gestalt Therapy - at night.
...and some of the people who met there to share their lives and have fun!
The GESTALT THERAPY INSTITUTE OF THE PACIFIC

announces the Second Annual

RELATIONAL GESTALT THERAPY
WINTER RESIDENTIAL TRAINING WORKSHOP
Featuring Lynne Jacobs and Gary Yontef

We will focus on the relational context which shapes therapist/patient contact and awareness work, and on developmental themes as they evolve over the course of therapy. We will incorporate insights from contemporary constructivist and psychoanalytic theories into our understanding of contacting and awareness within the context of the phenomenological philosophy and methodology and dialogical (I-Thou) relationship in gestalt therapy. The synthesis provides an enriching perspective for deepening our understanding of the centrality of the therapist/patient relationship in all aspects, therapeutic settings, and phases of the healing process.

  • Date:
    • February 17, 2000 (Thursday evening ) through February 25, 2000 (Friday afternoon) (Monday will be a day to rest and explore Santa Barbara)
  • Location
    • Santa Barbara, California
  • Fees:
    • Room/Board $700 Tuition $900
      (some partial scholarships available)
  • Requirement:
    • At least one year of prior gestalt training.

INQUIRE OR REGISTER:
Lynne Jacobs, Ph.D.
1626 Westwood Blvd., Suite 104
Los Angeles, California 90024
Phone: (310) 446 9720
Fax: (310) 475 4704
Email: Lynnejacobs @bigfoot.com
Internet: www.gestalttherapy.org