Faculty Bibliography

Lynne Jacobs, Ph.D.

  • (2003). Ethics of Context and Field: The Practices of Care, Inclusion and Openness to Dialogue, British Gestalt Journal, 12(2), pp. 13-27.
  • (2002). It’s Not Easy to be a Field Theorist, GESTALT! online journal, 6(2).
  • (2000). Respectful Dialogues (Interviewed by Jenny Mackewn), British Gestalt Journal, 9(2), pp. 105-116.
  • (2000). Pathways to a Relational Worldview. In How Therapists Change, Goldfried, M., ed. APA pub.
  • (2000). For Whites Only, British Gestalt Journal, 12(4).
  • (Unpublished) Longings for the Therapist-as-Subject: Mutual Affective Influence in the Emergence and Resolution of a Suicidal Crisis.
  • (1998). Optimal Responsiveness and Subject-Subject Relating" In H. Bacal (Ed.), Optimal Responsiveness: How Therapists Heal Their Patients, Jason Aronson Pub.
  • (1996). Shame in the Therapeutic Dialogue. In R. Lee and G. Wheeler (Eds.), The Voice of Shame, NY: Jossey Bass.
  • (1996). Co-author with Hycner, R., The Healing Relationship in Gestalt Therapy: A Dialogic-Self Psychological Approach. Gestalt Journal Press: Highland, NY.
  • (1992). Insights from Self Psychology and Instersubjectivity Theory for Gestalt Therapists, Gestalt Journal, 15(2).
  • (1989). Dialogue in Gestalt Theory and Therapy, Gestalt Journal, 12(1).

Jan Ruckert, Ed.D.

  • (2002). Commentary on article by Nancy Amendt-Lyon, “Art and Creativity in Gestalt Therapy”, Gestalt Review, 5(4).
  • (1990). Are You My Dog?: How to Find Your Best Friend. 10 Speed Press: Berkeley, CA.
  • (1987). Four-Footed Therapist: How Your Pet Can Help You Solve Your Problems. 10 Speed Press: Berkeley, CA.

Gary Yontef, Ph.D., F.A.Clin.P.

  • (In press). Yontef, G. & Bar Yoseph, T. Dialogic Relationship. In P. Brownell, (Ed.), "Handbook for Theory, Research, and Practice in Gestalt Therapy". UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  • (In press). Yontef, G. & Philippson, P. Unified Practice. In P. Brownell, (Ed.), "Handbook for Theory, Research, and Practice in Gestalt Therapy". UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  • (2008). Korean version of Awareness, Dialogue and Process: Essays in Gestalt Therapy.
  • (2007). The Power of the Immediate Moment in Gestalt Therapy. In "The Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy". Special Issue: "Contributions of Humanistic Psychotherapies to the Field of Psychotherapy".
  • (2007). Yontef, G. & Jacobs, J. Gestalt Therapy. In Corsini, R., and Wedding, D. (Eds.). "Current Psychotherapies, 8th Edition," Chapter 10. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole-Thompson Learning. pp 328-367.
  • (2007). Hellinger and Gestalt Therapy. British Gestalt Journa, 16, 1, p, 58.
  • (2007). Yontef, G. & Fairfield, M., Gestalt Therapy. In Jordan, K. B. (Ed.), "The Quick Theory Reference Guide: A Resource for Expert and Novice Mental Health Professionals".
  • (2005). Change in Gestalt Therapy Theory. In Wold, A. and Toman, S. (Eds.). Gestalt Therapy: History, Theory and Practice. Pp. 81-100.
  • (2005).Yontef, G. & Jacobs, L. Gestalt Therapy. In Corsini, R. and Wedding, D. (Eds.). Current Psychotherapies, 7th Edition, Chapter 10, pp. 299-336. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole – Thompson Learning.
  • (2004). The Phenomenal Field, Merleau-Ponty, ‘perception,’ and ‘awareness’: A response to Des Kennedy. British Gestalt Journal, V. 13, N. 1, pp . 44-46.
  • (2003). Votsmeier-Röhr, A., Yontef, G. and Mosoff, J. “Bracketing” in Phenomenological Exploration. In Column&Forum, Gestaltpsychotherapie.de.
  • (2002). The relational attitude in gestalt therapy theory and practice. International Gestalt Journal, XXV, No. 1, 15-36.
  • (2001). Relational Gestalt Therapy: What it is, and what it is not. Why the adjective ‘relational’? In Robine, J. (Ed.). Contact and Relationship in a Field Perspective, pp 79-94. Bordeaux, France: L’exprimerie.
  • (2001). Psychotherapy of Schizoid Process. Transactional Analysis Journal, V.31, No.1, 7-23.
  • (2000). Learning and Training in Gestalt Therapy: Response to Harris. British Gestalt Journal, IX, 1, 39 - 40.
  • (2000). Dialogue, Psychotherapy, Will, & Cognition: A Response to Purcell-Lee. Gstalt-L. IV, 2.
  • (2000). Yontef, G. & Jacobs, L. “Gestalt Therapy”. In Corsini, R. and Wedding, D. (Eds.). Current Psychotherapies, 6th Ed. pp 303 - 339. Itasca, Ill: F. E. Peacock Publishers.
  • (2000). Why ‘Relational Gestalt Therapy’? Gestaltpsychotherapie.de, December 2000.
  • (1999a). Preface to the German edition of Awareness, Dialogue & Process. The Gestalt Journal, XXII, 1, 9-20.
  • German: (1999b). Awareness, Dialog, Prozess: Wege zu einer relationalen Gestalttherapie. Köln, Germany: Edition Humanistische Psychologie (EHP).
  • (1998a). Dialogic Gestalt Therapy. in L. Greenberg, G. Lietaer, & J. Watson (Eds.), Handbook of Experiential Psychotherapy. New York: Guilford Publications.
  • Portugese: (1998b). Processo, Diálogo e Awareness: Ensaios em Gestalt-Terapia. Sao Paulo, Brazil: Summus Editorial.
  • (1997). Supervision from a Gestalt therapy perspective. in C.E. Watkins (Ed.), Handbook of Psychotherapy Supervision. pp 147-163. New York: John Wiley & Sons. Edited version: (1996). British Gestalt Journal, V, 2, 92-102.
  • (1997). Relationship & Sense of Self in Gestalt Therapy Training. The Gestalt Journal, XX, 1, 17-48.
  • (1997, April). Democracy and Gestalt Therapy. Presentation at the 2nd Annual Internation al Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy, San Francisco. In panel, Z. Francisco. In panel, Z. Friedman (Chair), Gestalt Community and Political Realities.
  • Spanish: (1996). Proceso y Diálogo en Psicoterapia Gestáltica. Santiago, Chile: Quatro Vientos Editorial.
  • (1995). Gestalt Therapy. in A. Gurman and S. Messer (Eds.), Essential Psychotherapies: Theory and Practice. pp 261-303. New York: Guilford Publications.
  • (1995). Shame and Guilt in Gestalt Therapy: Theory and Practice. in R. Lee and G. Wheeler (Eds.), The Voice of Shame: Silence and Connection in Psychotherapy. pp. 351-380. San Fran cisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • (1994a). Dialogue, Self and Therapy: A Reply to Beaumont. British Gestalt Journal, III, 1, 26-29.
  • (1994b). Review of Fritz Perls (by Clarkson & Mackewn). Contemporary Psychology, 39, 10. 948.
  • (1993). Awareness, Dialogue and Process: Essays on Gestalt Therapy. New York: The Gestalt Journal Press.
  • (1992a). Considering Gestalt Reconsidered: A Review in Depth. The Gestalt Journal, XV, 1, 95-118.
  • (1992b). Response to Wheeler. The Gestalt Journal, XV, 2, 134-140.
  • (1991a). Recent Trends In Gestalt Therapy In The U.S. And What We Need To Learn From Them. British Gestalt Journal, I, 1, 5-20. In.
  • (1991b). Techniques and Strategy. British Gestalt Journal, I, 2, 114-115.
  • (1990a). Gestalt Therapy in Groups. In Kutash, I. and Wolf, A. (Eds.). Group Psychothera pist's Handbook. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • (1990b). Interview. in R. Harman (Ed.), Gestalt Therapy Discussions with the Masters. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas.
  • (1989). Yontef, G. and Simkin, J. Gestalt Therapy. In Corsini, R. and Wedding, D. (Eds.). Current Psychotherapies, 4th Ed. Ithasca, Ill: F. E. Peacock Publishers. In . Reprinted: (1996). Nordiska Gestalt Journalen, 5, March 1996, pp. 25-35. (Part 1; Part 2 in press).
  • (1988a). Assimilating Diagnostic and Psychoanalytic Perspectives into Gestalt Therapy. The Gestalt Journal, XI, 1, 5-32. In.
  • (1988b). Comments on 'Boundary Processes and Boundary States'. The Gestalt Journal, XI, 2, 25 -36.
  • (1987). Gestalt Therapy 1986: A Polemic. The Gestalt Journal, X, 1, 41-68. In
  • (1984). Simkin, J. and Yontef, G. Gestalt Therapy. In Corsini, R. (Ed.). Current Psycho therapies, 3rd Ed. Ithasca, Ill: Peacock Publishers.
  • (1984). #7, Documents de l'institut de Gestalt, Bordeaux.
  • (1984b). Why I Became a Gestalt Therapist. in Resnick, R. and Yontef, G. (Eds.), Memorial Festschrift (for Jim Simkin). L.A.: Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles.
  • (1983a). Gestalttherapie als dialogische Methode. Integrative Therapie, 9, Jg. Heft 2/3, 98-130. (First circulated 1981 as unpublished paper: Gestalt Therapy: A Dialogic Method).
  • (1983b). The Self in Gestalt Therapy: Reply to Tobin. The Gestalt Journal, VI, I, 55-70.
  • (1982). Gestalt Therapy: Its Inheritance from Gestalt Psychology. Gestalt Theory. IV, 1/2, 23-39. (abstract in German). In . Reprinted: (1984). Psihijatrija Danas, XVI, 1:31-46.
  • (1981a). The Future of Gestalt Therapy: A Symposium. w/ Perls, L., Polster, M., Zinker, J., and Miller, M. V. The Gestalt Journal, IV, 1, 3 - 18.
  • (1981b). Mediocrity and Excellence: An Identity Crisis in Gestalt Therapy. ERIC/CAPS, University of Michigan, Ed. 214,062.
  • (1977). Psihijatrija Danas, IV, 401 - 418.
  • (1976). Gestalt Therapy: Clinical Phenomenology. In Binder, V., Binder, A. and Rimland, B. (Eds.), Modern Therapies. New York: Prentice-Hall. In . Reprinted (1979). The Gestalt Journal, II, 1, 27 - 45.
  • (1975). A Review of the Practice of Gestalt Therapy. In Stephenson, F.D. (Ed.), Gestalt Therapy Primer. Springfield, Illinois: C. Thomas. (First published 1969). In.

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