| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 217 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 Being Present -- 1 Existing and the Conditions of Contact -- 2 Being God -- 3 Being Present in Therapy -- 4 A Critical Realist Perspective on Presence -- 5 Non-Independence and Alterity-When People Meet People -- 6 Immanence and Transcendence-When God Meets People -- Story One A Private Lake -- Part 2 The Pneumenal Field in Gestalt Therapy -- 7 Basic Field Dynamics -- 8 Atmospheres and the Organism-Environment Field -- 9 Enchantment and the Pneumenal |
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Story Two A Change in Atmosphere -- Part 3 The Experience of Contact With God -- 10 A Basic Orientation to Phenomenology -- 11 A Phenomenology of Spiritual Life -- 12 Eavesdropping on Relationships With God -- Story Three The Longed-for Peace -- Part 4 Risk and Trust -- 13 The Ineffable and the Enigmatic -- 14 Risk and Trust -- Story Four Obviously Not Obvious -- Part 5 Change, Salvation, and Growth -- 15 Change Is Constant -- 16 Grace, Regeneration, and Salvation -- 17 Rules, Introjects, and Matters of Conscience -- 18 Growth in Spiritual Sensitivity -- 19 Growth in Availability |
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Story Five Time for a Change -- Conclusion -- Index |
| Summary |
Christianity and Gestalt Therapy is a unique integration written for psychotherapists who want to better understand their Christian clients and Christian counselors who want a clinically sound approach that embraces Christian spirituality. This book explores critical concepts in phenomenology and how they relate to both gestalt therapy and Christianity. Using mixed literary forms that include poetry and story, this book provides a window into gestalt therapy for Christian counselors interested in learning how the gestalt therapeutic model can be incorporated into their beliefs and practices. It explores the tension in psychology and psychotherapy between a rigid naturalism and an enchanted take on life. A rich mix of theory, philosophy, theology, and practice, Christianity and Gestalt Therapy is an important resource for therapists working with Christian patients |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Philip Brownell, MDiv, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist licensed in Idaho. He is a trained gestalt therapist, ordained clergyman, independent scholar, researcher, and author with over fifty years' experience |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 12, 2020) |
| Subject |
Gestalt therapy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Gestalt therapy.
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Christianity.
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Gestalt Therapy
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Christianity
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Christianity.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Health.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Movements -- Gestalt.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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Christianity
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Gestalt therapy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351014052 |
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1351014056 |
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9781351014076 |
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1351014072 |
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9781351014045 |
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1351014048 |
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9781351014069 |
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1351014064 |
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