Awareness, Dialogue and Process: Essays on Gestalt Therapy

Called "the most significant addition to the body of Gestalt therapy literature in almost two decades," this collection of Yontef's writings encompasses the history and politics of Gestalt therapy, Gestalt therapy theory, field theory and the practice of Gestalt therapy including new chapters on treating people with character disorders and working with shame. Highly recommended as a training text and as a resource for graduate students and scholars.

Gary Yontef, Ph.D., F.A.Clin.P., Fellow of the Academy of Clinical Psychology and Diplomate in Clinical Psychology (ABPP) has been a gestalt therapist since training with Frederick Perls and James Simkin in 1965. Formerly on the UCLA Psychology Department Faculty and Chairman of the Professional Conduct Committee of the L.A. County Psychological Association, he is in private practice in Santa Monica. He is a past-president of the Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles and was longtime chairman of the faculty. He has been on the editorial board of the International Gestalt Journal (formerly The Gestalt Journal), the Gestalt Review, and editorial advisor of the British Gestalt Journal.