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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.

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.
• 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.
• It's Not Easy to Be a Field Theorist: Commentary on "Cartesian and Post-Cartesian Trends in Relational Psychoanalysis"
  by Lynne Jacobs; commentary on article by Robert Stolorow, Ph.D., Donna Orange, Ph.D., and George Atwood, Ph.D.

Other Publications

• Gestalt Groups Revisited
  by Mark Fairfield; originally published in Gestalt Review, 8(3), 336-357.
• Paradox of Change
  by Arnold Beisser; originally appeared in Fagan and Shepherd's Gestalt Therapy Now, 1970; published here on the Gestalt Journal website.
• Interview with Les Greenberg
  Conducted by Phil Brownell; published in the Gestalt! online journal.
• 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.
• Gestalt! Journal
  An electronic journal with full-text articles, interviews, and information about Gestalt therapy, theory, practice, and practitioners.
• Portland Gestalt Therapy Institute
  PGI affiliate training center in Portland, Oregon dedicated to advancing the humanistic philosophies and practices of Gestalt therapy.
• International Gestalt Journal
  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.

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