Shea Stevens 12/6/22 Shea Stevens 12/6/22

Dialogue: An Overview

An overview of the concept of dialogue and the dialogic approach: references to Martin Buber’s work on I-Thou and I-It, and Gary Yontef on five characteristics of dialogue.

Shea Stevens 11/6/22 Shea Stevens 11/6/22

Phenomenology: An Overview

An overview of phenomenology, the three steps of bracketing, description, and horizontalization, and existential phenomenology.

Shea Stevens 10/25/22 Shea Stevens 10/25/22

Holism in Gestalt Psychology and Gestalt Therapy

A lengthy overview of the concept of holism, its historical development leading up to gestalt therapy’s founding, and its applications in therapy.

Shea Stevens 10/18/22 Shea Stevens 10/18/22

Polarities and Integration: Overview

An overview on the concepts of polarities, integration and assimilation. On the human tendency to polarize versus allowing the coexistence of differences.

Shea Stevens 10/14/22 Shea Stevens 10/14/22

Contact and Boundary: An Overview

An overview of the essential concepts of contact and boundaries.

Shea Stevens 10/8/22 Shea Stevens 10/8/22

Self: An Overview

An overview of the gestalt concept of self as both process and structure, developed by theorists over time.

Shea Stevens 10/4/22 Shea Stevens 10/4/22

Gestalt Cycle & Fixed Gestalts

An overview of “gestalt formation.” An exploration of what happens when a person’s needs are, or are not, met. What happens when there is “unfinished business.”