What is Gestalt Therapy Author:edited by Joen Fagan and Irma Lee shepherd The new psychological movements of the second half of our century have turned away from the earlier"medical model" which regarded problems in living as "sick or pathological — and are now concerned with developing models that view problems in living as difficulties in relating and communicating. This change has resulted in a marked shift in inter... more »est toward the positive aspects of personality and living. Now we use words such as "enhancement"and "actualization" to describe what we wish for ourselves and for others. Gestalt therapy has taken a major role in this new trend, for it emphasizes positive directions and goals and uses techniques directly and immediately designed to produce them. This book lays out the basic principles of Gestalt therapy. Its emphasis on the here and now, its awareness of the importance of experience and of varying behaviors, and how the applications of these basic principles can result for the patient in an increased capacity for living.« less