Eleanor O’Leary 
Gestalt Therapy Around the World [PDF ebook] 

Contributors xi
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xxi
Part One: Gestalt Therapy: Its Beginning, Theory, and Techniques 1
1 Fritz Perls and Gestalt Therapy: The Beginnings 3
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2 Key Concepts of Gestalt Therapy and Processing 15
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3 Dialogue and Contact 37
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4 Techniques, Experiments, and Dreams 61
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Part Two: Gestalt Therapy Around the World 93
Europe 94
5 Gestalt Therapy in Austria 95
Nancy Amendt-Lyon
6 Gestalt Therapy in Britain 113
Peter Philippson
7 History of Gestalt Therapy in Denmark 127
Jan Tønnesvang, Mikael Sonne, and James Hammink
8 Gestalt Therapy in Finland 135
Walter Arnold
9 Dawn of Gestalt Therapy in France 141
Serge Ginger
10 Gestalt Therapy in Germany 151
Almut Ladisich-Raine
11 Gestalt Therapy in Greece 165
Despina Balliou, Katia Hatzilakou, Antonia Konstantinidou, and Yianna Yiamarelou
12 Gestalt Therapy in the Republic of Ireland 177
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13 Gestalt Therapy in Italy 195
Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb
The Middle East 211
14 Gestalt Therapy in Israel 213
Nurith Levi and Shraga Serok
Asia 220
15 Gestalt Therapy in Japan 221
Yoshiya Kurato
Australasia 233
16 Gestalt Therapy in Australia 235
Brian O’Neill
17 Gestalt Development in New Zealand: An Antipodean Approach 251
Anne Maclean
The Americas 265
18 Gestalt Therapy in the Province of Quebec, Canada: From its Flourishing Days to its Phase of Questioning and its Perspective of Challenges for the Future 267
Janine Corbeil
19 Gestalt Therapy in the United States of America 289
Joseph Melnick
20 Gestalt Therapy in Argentina 305
Myriam Sas Guiter
21 Gestalt Therapy in Chile 317
Francisco Huneeus
Part Three: Reviewing the Past and Moving Onwards 325
22 The Present and Future of International Gestalt Therapy 327
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Conclusion 333
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Appendix 1. Worldwide Gestalt Associations, Institutes, and Professional Societies 335
Denis O’Sullivan
Index 365

During her career, Professor Eleanor O’Leary has authored
a number of innovative books including New Approaches to
Integration in Psychotherapy in 2006.The outcome ofher research
has also been published in a number of leading academic journals.
She was Professor and Head of the Department of Applied Psychology,
University College Cork, Ireland and Visiting Professor at Stanford
University, USA. She is currently a Visiting Professor at the
University of Malaga, Spain. She is also accreditations officer of
the European Institute of Integrative Psychotherapy, and Honorary
Life Chairperson of the Irish Gestalt Society. A practicing
psychotherapist and supervisor, Professor O’Leary is also a
Fellow of the Psychological Society of Ireland and in 2000 received
its Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Psychology. Her
varied career has given her a unique insight into the development
and application of gestalt therapy.