Bøger af Peter Philippson

I have often been asked: 'Are you going to write another book?'. And I have always said 'No', because I am very wary of self-plagiarism, and felt that all I had to say at book length has been said in my previous books, particularly 'Self in Relation' (Philippson, 2001) and 'The Emergent Self' (Philippson, 2009).And yet... my ideas, while still recognisable from my previous writings, have been maturing and changing emphasis through my thinking, reading, therapy, supervision and training work. The extended essay on the Active Principle in Gestalt Therapy is a description of an approach that honours the radical understanding of self inherent in Gestalt Therapy. The accompanying essays expand the themes of the Active Principle essay into specific areas of philosophy and practice, including Field Theory, the nature of truth, sexuality and time.

There has been a renewed interest over the years in the underpinnings - theoretical, philosophical, and historical - of the Gestalt approach. The author aims to provide a full and coherent account of Gestalt theory, and to emphasise our links to our therapeutic and philosophical heritage, particularly psychoanalysis and existentialism.

Tracks a particular understanding of self, philosophically, from research evidence and in its implications for psychotherapy. This book includes at each stage the theory that the author is working from, the clinical implications of the theory, followed by some links to the philosophical outlook inherent in the theory, and finally a case example.