On Intimate Ground : A Gestalt Approach to Working with Couples

Gordon Wheeler

ISBN 10: 0881632643 / ISBN 13: 9780881632644

Published by Taylor & Francis Jan 1997, 1997

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Neuware - Couples therapy has long been regarded as one of the most demanding forms of psychotherapy because of the therapist's need to integrate psychodynamic insights with an understanding of systems dynamics. The contributors to On Intimate Ground share the belief that a phenomenological approach incorporating the insights of Gestalt psychotherapy leads to this integration and, with it, a dramatic increase in therapeutic power and flexibility. In 15 engaging chapters, they apply this approach to issues of intimacy, self-construction, power and abuse, shame, resistance, and growth -- and to such diverse populations as abuse survivors and their partners, remarried couples, gay and lesbian couples, and couples with character disorders.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Intimate Ground : A Gestalt Approach to Working with Couples
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Jan 1997
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0881632643
• ISBN 13: 9780881632644
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 228W x 161H x 34D millimeters 228 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 34 millimeters depth
• Weight: 699 grams

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Synopsis

Couples therapy has long been regarded as one of the most demanding forms of psychotherapy because of the way it challenges therapists to combine the insights of dynamic psychology with the power and clarity of systems dynamics. In this exciting new volume, Gordon Wheeler and Stephanie Backman, couples therapists with broad training and long years of experience, present dramatic new approaches that at last integrate the dynamic/self-organizational and the systemic/behavioral schools of thought.

Building on the insights of Gestalt psychology and psychotherapy, the authors show us how a truly phenomenological approach, based on the clients' own experience and goals, holds the key to a dramatic increase in therapeutic power and flexibility. The fifteen engaging chapters demonstrate the application of this approach to issues of intimacy, self-construction, power and abuse, "resistance," growth, and shame - and to such diverse and challenging populations as abuse survivors and their partners, remarried couples, gay and lesbian couples, and couples with "personality" or "character" disorders.

In the process, the authors offer a fresh perspective that will serve to re-energize the couples therapist's work in this challenging area. On Intimate Ground contributes new insights to many of the most timely and provocative questions in the field today.

About the Author

Gordon Wheeler, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Stephanie Backman, LCSW, is a licensed social worker in private practice in the Boston area and Maine.