Christianity and Gestalt Therapy: The Presence of God in Human Relationships

ISBN-13: 9781138479005 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 218 str.

Philip Brownell

Opis

Christianity and Gestalt Therapy is a unique integration written for psychotherapists who want to better understand their Christian clients and Christians counselors who want a clinically sound approach that embraces Christian spirituality.

Spis treści

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 Pneumal Field in Gestalt Therapy 7. Basic Field Dynamics 8. Atmospheres, Life Worlds, and the Organism-Environment Field 9. Enchantment and the Pneumenal 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 Story Five: Time for a Change Conclusion

O autorze

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.