Phenomenology, Existentialism, and Eastern Thought in
                    Gestalt Therapy

Crocker, Sylvia Fleming; Philippson, Peter

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“…Many people point to an early affinity for Eastern spiritual thought in the thinking of some founders (Crocker & Philippson, 2005;Wolfert, 2015). That is debated.…”

Section: Postsecular Spiritually Integrated Gestalt Therapymentioning

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Postsecular, spiritually integrated gestalt therapy.

Brownell¹,

Đorić²

2023

Handbook of Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapies.

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Spiritually integrated psychotherapy, in general, is a postsecular concept. Spiritually integrated gestalt therapy resides within that larger consideration.I see psychotherapy as a mixture of art, craft, and science. Manuals can cultivate the craft aspect of our work, so they can serve us as a way of supporting the artistic creativity on one side, and also, through research, as a way of developing the scientific aspect of Gestalt therapy on the other side. (p. 221)

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“…Many people point to an early affinity for Eastern spiritual thought in the thinking of some founders (Crocker & Philippson, 2005;Wolfert, 2015). That is debated.…”

Section: Postsecular Spiritually Integrated Gestalt Therapymentioning

confidence: 99%

Postsecular, spiritually integrated gestalt therapy.

Brownell¹,

Đorić²

2023

Handbook of Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapies.

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“…Horizontalization involves equal consideration of all phenomena, without imposition of a hierarchy (T. Burley & Bloom, 2008; Crocker, 2005). The utility of this methodology for tracking psychological experience has led to its embrace within the field of humanistic psychology (Waterman, 2013), and Gestalt therapy played a central role in pioneering this approach (T.…”

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“…The utility of this methodology for tracking psychological experience has led to its embrace within the field of humanistic psychology (Waterman, 2013), and Gestalt therapy played a central role in pioneering this approach (T. Burley & Bloom, 2008; Crocker, 2005).…”

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Theory and Praxis in Experiential Education: Some Insights From Gestalt Therapy

Coudray

2020

Journal of Experiential Education

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Background: Higher education policy increasingly conceptualizes industry-linked, service, and place-based forms of education in terms of experiential education. Although potentially promising, this turn toward experience risks instrumentalizing and marketizing experience, which is exacerbated by individualized theories of experiential learning. Purpose: Some scholars have therefore called for more sociological accounts of experiential learning, inviting deeper consideration of how individual experience is connected to social, cultural, or environmental factors. Methodology/Approach: This article responds to that call by explicating the praxis of Gestalt therapy, often associated with the individualistic human potential movement, but which nevertheless offers a framework for reconceptualizing theory and pedagogy of experiential education in more sociological terms. A brief history of Gestalt therapy foregrounding its sociological and experiential basis is followed by explanation of the three pillars of Gestalt therapy (commitment to dialogue, phenomenology, and field theory). Findings/Conclusions: This framework is shown to support a more sociologically oriented theory and praxis of experiential education that also integrates divergent understandings of experience. Implications: Given the turn toward experience in higher education and contemporary flourishing of cooperative social processes in general, defining experiential education more explicitly in terms of Gestalt praxis promises a timely enhancement of both, in the service of socially responsible objectives.

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“…Phenomenology is a core concept for Gestalt. There is also a holistic emphasis drawn from Buddhism and Taoism to understand human processes (Becker, 1993;Crocker & Philippson, 2005;Ullman, 2006;Van de Riet, 2001;Wagner-Moore, 2004;Wolfert, 2000).…”

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“…Gestalt has been recognised as a 'dialectic' method due to its various concepts drawn from ▲ pre-existing schools of thought in psychotherapy, philosophy, and religion. Gestalt includes conceptions of phenomenology, pragmatism, humanistic field theory, and existentialist views from Taoism and Zen Buddhism (Bastas, 2004;Bowman & Brownell, 2000;Crocker & Philippson, 2005;Ginger 2004;Latner, 2005;Ullman, 2006;Van de Riet, 2001;Wagner-Moore, 2004;Wolfert, 2000). Phenomenology is a core concept for Gestalt.…”

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Gestalt Therapy: Student Perceptions of Fritz Perls inThree Approaches to Psychotherapy

Reilly

Jacobus

2009

Aust. j. guid. couns.

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T he Three Approaches to Psychotherapy (TAP) videotape series introduces students to three major schools of psychotherapy: client-centered therapy, Gestalt therapy, and rational-emotive therapy. A sample of undergraduate students viewed the TAP series. The students were surveyed about their observations of Gestalt therapy and Fritz Perls' interactions with and treatment of Gloria, the client. This importance of the film series is its presentation of psychotherapy as done in that time by the founders of these schools. Videotapes are routinely employed educationally to show therapy techniques and illuminate theory. This paper examines the usefulness of this video to teach gestalt therapy to psychology students in four sections -two underclass and two upper class sections -in the same term. Student perceptions of this 40-year-old film series are explored. The gender relationship of therapist and client is shown as an example of the apparent sexism of the culture and cognitive processes of the time and its participants. Results found to today's instructionally sophisticated students agreed with Perls' explanation and portrayal of gestalt therapy and interactions with Gloria, his adult client.■

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Phenomenology, Existentialism, and Eastern Thought in Gestalt Therapy

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Postsecular, spiritually integrated gestalt therapy.

Postsecular, spiritually integrated gestalt therapy.

Theory and Praxis in Experiential Education: Some Insights From Gestalt Therapy

Gestalt Therapy: Student Perceptions of Fritz Perls inThree Approaches to Psychotherapy

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