Gestalt Therapy (100 Key Points) by Dave Mann

100 Key Points

by Dave Mann

Excellent Book

Genres: Psychology, Counselling, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published July 23, 2010

Reviews

[Mark Manderson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm a huge fan of Gestalt and wanted to better understand practices of it, like a "how to" so I picked this up. It does cover the basics such as:
Focuses on the HERE and NOW! Exercise with partner where say I see... I feel.... I imagine and by being present you listen as opposed to thinking about what you'll say next.
Gestalt goal is to take all broken parts and integrate to make whole again.
I was hoping it'd go a little more in depth of examples and what/how it was used for patient growth.

[Nina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Čovek kog najčešće navodim u seminarskim 🐝

[EL · Rating 4 out of 5]

It felt like an exhaustive index of Gestalt fundamentals, which will likely make this one of my professional ‘textbooks’ from now on. I came to this book after experiencing some essentials of Gestalt therapy in coaching and group interventions. I have been on the lookout for sound literature on this discipline that has depth and is accessible. This book was it - and much more. It named and explained the theories that underlie what I experienced.

There are many of these 100 Points that I could not comprehend or appreciate, because listing them this way inevitably sacrifices some context. These are the parts of the book took me much more effort to read. Some of the other points are just beyond my learning and experience at this moment. At the very least, my eyes were opened to what exists; I know what I didn't know.

If I did it again, I would not try to read vast swathes of this book at a time. I might pick from the Contents page what interests me, and follow the links to related Points (the author includes plenty of these throughout the book). Of course, I'm also well aware that whatever I read has to be practiced and experienced in real-life for it to be truly integrated.

Aside from the technical learning, I’m also grateful for the humility and openness that I perceived in the author's writing; for the nature of its content, this is a relatively easy book to read. The author took effort to avoid unnecessary, 'ivory-tower' text.

[Soneso · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very insightful and well structured book for any beginner on gestalt therapy.

[Bridget Sorensen · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a counselor-in-training, this book has been very formative in my education. It clearly explains the concepts with lots of examples to help you apply the concepts to client situations. It is broken down into short chapter which allow you to refer back to it easily, if needed

[Ray Eary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book. I refer to it all the time

[Modya · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best gestalt book I've read that addresses the old style gestalt as well as the modern relational gestalt. Written very clearly and simply. I'm very appreciative of David Mann's time and care in presenting the full spectrum of gestalt and pointing out repeatedly that this is his take and gestalt can be practiced in many different ways.

[George · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was super helpful to me as I was first starting to understand gestalt theory. The chapters are short and very easy to digest. Lots of important concepts are covered too. If you are just beginning to explore gestalt theory, I recommend having this book around

[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

The best, clearest explication of Gestalt therapy that I've read.