Heart of Development, V. 1

Gordon Wheeler, Ph.D., and Mark McConville, Ph.D., both senior members of the teaching faculty of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, are widely known for their teaching, clinical work, and writings in the Gestalt model. Mark McConville is author of Adolescence; Gordon Wheeler's books in the field include Gestalt Reconsidered and Beyond Individualism.

• Oaklander, Preface. Wheeler, Introduction. Part I: Theory.Wheeler, The Developing Field: Toward a Gestalt Developmental Model. Part II: Applications.Oaklander, The Therapeutic Process with Children and Adolescents: A Gestalt Therapy Perspective. Tervo, Physical Process Work with Children and Adolescents. Tudor, Integrating Gestalt in Children's Groups. Wheeler, Compulsion and Curiosity: A Gestalt Approach to OCD. Eizner, Janet Lederman and the Gazebo School. Kent-Ferraro, Wheeler, ADD: A Gestalt Perspective. Reynolds, Woldt, Healing Young, Wounded Hearts: Gestalt Group Therapy with Children of Divorce. Part III: Perspectives and New Directions.Wheeler, Between Parent and Child: The Power of Shame. Benevento, Confluent/Constructivist Treatment of Children with Learning/Behavior Disorders. Wexberg, A Developmental Model with Applications for Working with Young Children. Carroll, The Pinnocchio Syndrome: Path to Wholeness: Gestalt Therapy with Children and Adolescents.

"Gestalt approaches to work with families, children and their worlds are among the most important new extensions of the Gestalt model over the past generation - and high on the list of the contributions we can make, as practitioners, to the problems of the world. In this rich collection, you will find the exciting depth and range of this work, in applications from individual and family therapy to groups, schools, and beyond. Therapists who work with all ages and all approaches will find much in these chapters to enrich and enliven their perspectives and energy for the work."- Sonia March Nevis, Co-Director, Center for the Study of Intimate Systems, Gestalt International Study Center"If you live or work with children, you will be enriched by reading these books."- Violet Oaklander, from the Preface