Gestalt Therapy

Serge Ginger (1928-2011) was a clinical psychologist and an international trainer in psychotherapy. He worked from 1974 to 1980 #8232;as International Chief Expert for UNESCO in the field of Special Education and Psychology. He was qualified in psychodrama, psychoanalysis, gestalt therapy, and EMDR. He was elected Honorary President of the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP). He is the author of a number of books, including 'Gestalt Therapy: The Art of Contact' (Karnac, 2007), which have been translated into twelve languages. In 1980, with Anne Ginger, he founded the Paris School of Gestalt Therapy (Ecole Parisienne de Gestalt or EPG), which is now one of the most important training institutes for psychotherapists in Europe.

• Contents:1 What is Gestalt?2 The Therapist is incarnate3 Fritz Perls, the Father of Gestalt Therapy 4 The Theory of the Self5 Gestalt-Pedagogy & Socio-Gestalt6 Gestalt & the Brain7 Dreams & Gestalt8 The Body & Emotions9 Life drives: Aggression & Sexuality10 Personality profiles11 20 basic notions of Gestalt Therapy

'Serge Ginger offers us a rare treat: a work which brings together traditional and French contemporary Gestalt therapy, and both psychoanalytic understanding and up to date research from the neurosciences. But this is no idiosyncratic view; it has a knowledge and wisdom honed by his position as a leading international exponent of Gestalt, a such sought after teacher in Europe, Russia, Japan and the Americas. The fact that he can present his work in so readable a way ensures that those with even a limited understanding of the field, will be rewarded richly by reading this book.'- Adrian M. Rhodes Vice Chair (Regulation) UK Council for Psychotherapy