Human Interactions: Can We Improve Them?

Here is what Lynne Jacobs, coauthor of The Healing Relationship in Gestalt Therapy and a founder of the Pacific Gestalt Institute, writes in her introduction to this book ". . . Ribiero [is] considered by many to be the "father" of Gestalt therapy and theory in Brazil. He has certainly nurtured the Brazilian Gestalt therapy "baby" from its earliest days onward with care, with dedication, with education and training, with exhortation and argument, and finally, with the shining quality of his presence. Brazil now has a thriving Gestalt community, richly diverse in thought and practice, alive with the squabbles and rivalries and loves of an extended family, one that owes a debt to this man and his writings. These inspiring writings are finally making their way to the English-speaking Gestalt world in the September of his life."

Walter Ferreira da Rosa Ribeiro has a private practice in Brasilia and has supervised and trained in Gestalt therapy throughout Brazil and South America since 1978. He has written a book and over twenty articles. He is a founding member of CEGEST - Center for the Studies of Gestalt Therapy of Brasilia and member of the editorial board of the International Gestalt Journal. He has earned the respect and admiration of Gestalt therapists and trainers throughout the world and this book offers readers the opportunity to explore the thinking of this pioneer of Gestalt therapy in South America