Publications & Resources
Here are some writings by our faculty that can be published on the web without copyright infringement. We also include occasional links to other’s writings that we find useful in our training.
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Faculty Publications
Introduction to Gestalt Therapy
by Gary Yontef and Lynne Jacobs
This is a chapter from the popular text, Current Psychotherapies, by Corsini and Wedding. It will provide an overview of history, basic concepts, a case example, and further suggested readings.
Gestalt Therapy Theory of Change
by Gary Yontef, Ph.D.
Taken from Chapter 5, Gestalt Therapy Theory of Change. (2005). In A. Woldt and S. Toman (Eds.). Gestalt Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice. Pp 81-100. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications. Dialogue Respondent in the original was Reinhard Fuhr. Dialogue omitted in this copy. Review questions and Experiential activity suggestions in the original were also omitted.
Awareness, Dialogue and Process
Preface to the German edition by Gary Yontef; a quick introduction to a relational gestalt therapy perspective.
Integrating Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Gestalt Therapy
Interview with Lynne Jacobs for the Australian Self-Psychology Association.
Dialogue and Paradox (Part One) & (Part Two)
Transcript of a lecture-discussion with Lynne Jacobs, captured at the Portland Gestalt Therapy Training Institute, March 7, 1998.
Insights from Psychoanalytic Self Psychology and Intersubjectivity Theory for Gestalt Therapists
by Lynne Jacobs; published in The Gestalt Journal, v. 15, no. 2, Fall 1992.
Therapist as ‘Other’: The Patient’s Search for Relatedness
by Lynne Jacobs; presented to the conference on Martin Buber’s Contribution to the Humanities, October, 1991.
by Lynne Jacobs; commentary on article by Robert Stolorow, Ph.D., Donna Orange, Ph.D., and George Atwood, Ph.D.
Gary Yontef and Friedemann Schulz; published in The British Gestalt Journal, v. 25, no. 1, May 2016.
Relational Gestalt Therapy – Theoretical foundations and dialogical elements
Friedemann Schulz gave this concluding speech at a weeklong gestalt therapy symposium at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico.
Root and Shoots of Gestalt Therapy Field Theory
by Friedemann Schulz; in this paper Friedemann provides an in-depth overview of the historical and theoretical development of Gestalt Therapy Field Theory, one of the three theoretical pillars of Gestalt Therapy.
by Friedemann Schulz; published in The British Gestalt Journal, v. 27, no. 1, May 2018.
When the World Changes in an Instant: Exploring “Cracks in the Continuity of Experience”
By Michelle Seely
This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter in The Relational Heart of Gestalt Therapy: Contemporary perspectives published by Routledge/CRC Press (2022) available online at: The Relational Heart of Gestalt Therapy: Contemporary Perspectives. (routledge.com)
Other Publications
Beyond Two Chairs – Why Gestalt Psychotherapy?
Kennedy, K. and Tang, M. (2009). Clinical Psychology Forum.
by Mark Fairfield; originally published in Gestalt Review, 8(3), 336-357.
by Arnold Beisser; originally appeared in Fagan and Shepherd’s Gestalt Therapy Now, 1970; originally published on the internet on the Gestalt Journal website.
The Historical Roots of Gestalt Therapy Theory
by Rosemarie Wulf
Online Resources
Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy
A dynamic, inclusive, energetic non-profit organization committed to the advancement of theory, philosophy, practice and research in Gestalt Therapy and its various applications.
The BGJ is one of the outstanding gestalt therapy journals in the English language. Its articles are pertinent to theory and practice and are generally well written.
An electronic journal with full-text articles, interviews, and information about Gestalt therapy, theory, practice, and practitioners.
The GR is a professional refereed journal that concentrates on the gestalt approach to clinical, family, group, and organizational topics. The journal includes case studies, papers dealing with specific clinical issues, but also papers dealing with politics, philosophy, culture, and gender.
The Manchester Gestalt Centre web site is full of useful links to other Gestalt Therapy sites and has many online articles that can be accessed.
“News and Notes” is a joint publication of The Gestalt Journal Press and The Gestalt Therapy Network. Published irregularly, it reaches more than four thousand readers via email worldwide and contains information of interest to the Gestalt community ranging from employment notices to workshop announcements, to requests for information and references.
Portland Gestalt Therapy Training Institute
PGI affiliate training center in Portland, Oregon dedicated to advancing the humanistic philosophies and practices of Gestalt therapy.
A new publication that offers a fresh view of current Gestalt therapy theory and practice while exploring the rich dimensions of its history and growth.
Ruella Frank and the Center for Somatic Studies
Study courses, workshops, and residential training programs for psychotherapists, health practitioners, body workers, yoga teachers, infant educators, and other students of human potential.
West Coast Institute for Gestalt Play Therapy
Trainings, Workshops and Supervision in Gestalt Therapy with Children, Adolescents, and Their Families. The West Coast Institute for Gestalt Play Therapy is founded to further the therapeutic approach of Gestalt Therapy with children and adolescents as initially developed by Violet Oaklander, Ph.D.
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Faculty
Armin Baier
L.C.S.W., J.D.
Ren Barnebey
M.F.T.
Christine Campbell
M.F.T., A.T.R.
Lynne Jacobs
Ph.D.
Michelle Seely
M.F.T.
Gary Yontef
Ph.D., A.B.P.P.
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