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Polster, Erving.

From the radical center : the heart of Gestalt therapy : selected writings of Erving and Miriam Polster / edited and with and [sic] introduction by Arthur Roberts.

Cambridge, MA : GIC Press ; Hillsdale, NJ : Distributed by the Analytic Press, ©1999.

373 pages ; 21 cm

"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."--Jacket.

Gestalt therapy.

Polster, Miriam.

Roberts, Arthur.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-371).

Introduction / Arthur Roberts -- A Contemporary Psychotherapy -- The Language of Experience -- Sensory Functioning in Psychotherapy -- Women in Therapy: a Gestalt Therapist's View -- Gestalt Therapy: Evolution and Application -- 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 -- 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.

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