Gestalt for Beginners

Writers & Readers Documentary Comic Book #74

by Sergio Sinay

Details the origins of Gestalt therapy, investigates the life of its creator Fitz Peris, and describes it technqiques

Genres: Psychology

176 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1998

Reviews

[Lafran · Rating 4 out of 5]

Como todo libro de principiantes, no llega a ahondar sino que dispara múltiples flechas para captar.
Deja recursos, ganas de conocer, y la sensación de si es o no un camino que pueda interesar.

Esto sumado a que es una buena forma de meterse en un ¿arte? infaltable para cualquiera que le interese la expresión personal y el acompañar la de otres.

[Essam Munir · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book combines the biography of Fritz Perls (the founder of the Gestalt therapy) and the development of this field.
I didn't know anything about the Gestalt but this book made me interested in this school because their ideas are closer to the heart than other schools (from my point of view). You can easily compare between psychoanalysis and the gestalt therapy if you have prior knowledge about psychoanalysis.
The book is written as a story and the graphics are not so good, but the writing style compnsates for this.

[NAOMI POINDEXTER · Rating 5 out of 5]

So helpful. Text plus illustrations- making this an enjoyable read.Starts with German origins, investigators- Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, and Wolfgang Kohler.

The central ideas began here with Christian von Ehrenfel’s statement, “The whole is different from the sum of the parts.” Gestalt thinking suggests the thinking or project emerges from a background, from the subconscious ( page 5).

Edmund Husserl ( 1859-1938)- phenomenology…

Therapeutic approaches- five point star( p.87)
Awareness ( p. 89).
The empty chair( p.90-91)
The monodrama ( p.93)
Homeostasis(p. 93)
Dreams(p.97) personality’s gaps , existential
“In Gestalt you move the body and talk about and to it” ( p. 102).

[Lorraynne · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book does a great job explaining explaining gestalt for beginners, it's whole purpose. Got many notes down and am excited to look over. Also enjoyed the illustration, it helped tell the story and to clarify some specific terms. I wish the gestalt dictionary had been mentioned in the beginning or maybe the terms had been explained along the book. Some terminology I had to research, which wasn't terrible, but would have helped to read it directly as the the term was mentioned.

[Malu · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐
okey lo leí para el colegio y pensé que iba a ser un embole pero la verdad es que estuvo re entretenido, creo que explica bastante bien las cosas, aunque de manera muy básica porque es para principiantes.

[♡ María ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Muy bueno para adentrarse y entender los conceptos básicos de la terapia Gestalt.

[Sammy Rae · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overview of Gestalt in funny comic form.

[Lídia Ferrer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me encantó la forma en que está ilustrada la historia de Perls y los personajes que le rodean. Se hace sencillo leer y entender la historia de la Gestalt.

[Bere Tarará · Rating 3 out of 5]

Libro introductorio a la vida de Perls y los orígenes de la terapia gestalt. No soy fan de las tiras cómicas pero hacen al libro fácil de leer

[Doug · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think we may have progressed from this. The left brain/right brain stuff is pretty much an oversimplification - generally debunked. Also, the idea that internal repression ("retroreflection") leads to somatizations such as migraines and autoimmune disorders leaves cause and effect in limbo. Pass the Dubois.