This issue marks the start of the fourth year in which Gestalt! has been publishing, and it holds excting promise! With an experiential approach, we have been learning by doing. With the support of Iris Fodor, Ph.D. and Les Greenberg, Ph.D. we started by assembling a group of interested associate editors and presented volume one, number one, featuring an interview with Les Greenberg. Since then, we have visited Australia and New Zealand, The Esalen Institute (for an interview with Gordon Wheeler), the EAGT's conference in Sicily, the AAGT's conference in Cleveland, and Gestalt therapists in South America. We've had articles on Gestalt in the military, a training lecture on dialogue by Lynne Jacobs, a guest editorial that examined trends in managed care, articles on ethics, training practices, family therapy, and book reviews of Sylvia Crocker's A Well-Lived Life and Joseph LeDoux's The Emotional Brain. We've entered into partnerships on various projects with The Nordic Gestalt Journal, Studies in Gestalt Therapy, and Gestalt Review. We have begun reviewing books for The Analytic Press and Brunner/Mazel. It's been satisfying to watch Gestalt! grow. In the future we hope to expand even more with our features and to be listed among other journals at the APA's PsychInfo database, should they choose to include on-line journals.

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This issue features an article on Gestalt therapy in groups by Serge and Anne Ginger, with responses by Bud Feder, Ph.D. and Jon Frew, Ph.D. The Gingers, of Ecole Parisienne de Gestalt, have had a widely successful practice, both in France and in various other countries around the world. Their writings have been translated extensively. For over the last 28 years they have been conducting Gestalt group therapy and training Gestalt therapists in groups. Theirs is a distinctive contribution to the field of Gestalt therapy, one that has helped create a place in the world where Gestalt therapy thrives (France).

In response to the Gingers, Bud Feder, who, with Ruth Ronall, edited Beyond the Hot Seat, makes some pointed observations on the Gingers' approach, and Jon Frew, who teaches on organizational development and group process, and has written on group leadership for Gestalt Review, contributes his own perspective on the Gingers' article.

We have several announcements for conferences and workshops, and there is a book review of Jay Earley's, Interactive Group Therapy, Integrating Interpersonal, Action-Oriented, and Psychodynamic Approaches.

Finally, there is an editorial by John Wymore. Many people know John from his participation at Gstalt-L, the online discussion group, where he has been well-received and enjoyed for his thought-provoking integrations of evolutionary psychology and Gestalt therapy. Here, he has a few things to say about music, so strap yourself in!

Should the reader find something in Gestalt! that provokes a response, he or she can send a letter to the editor. Make the subject line of your email "Letter to the Editor of Gestalt!," and send it to phil@g-gej.org. We will include all appropriate responses in the following issue of the journal.