This remarkable collection traces central themes in the work of Erving and Miriam Polster, two of the best-known and best loved Gestalt therapists in the world. The writings herein span 4 decades in the history of psychotherapy, bringing together practical, theoretical and aesthetic dimensions of the Polsters' work in a single book. Ranging across diverse subjects and distinct historical periods, the work collected in this volume will educate, provoke, inspire and nourish Gestalt therapists for years to come.

Erving Polster, Miriam Polster

Roberts, Introduction. Prologue. Part I: Setting the Stage. A Contemporary Psychotherapy. The Language of Experience. Sensory Functioning in Psychotherapy. Women in Therapy: A Gestalt Therapist's View. Gestalt Therapy: Evolution and Application. Part II: Transformation of Principles. Therapy Without Resistance: Gestalt Therapy. Escape from the Present. Tight Therapeutic Sequences. Every Person's Life is Worth a Novel. The Therapeutic Power of Attention. The Self in Action: A Gestalt Outlook. Translating Theory into Practice: Martin Heidegger and Gestalt Therapy. Commonality and Diversity in Gestalt Therapy. In Memory of Carl Rogers: Great Men Cast Great Shadows. Part III. The Role of Community. Encounter in Community . Eve's Daughters: The Forbidden Heroism of Women. Individuality and Communality. Beyond One to One. It's Only the Most Recent Year of the Woman. Coda. What's New?