Principles of Gestalt family therapy

a Gestalt-experiential handbook

by Walter Kempler

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Published 1973 by Deseret in Salt Lake City, Utah .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Family psychotherapy,
• Gestalt therapy

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Edition Notes

Statement	Walter Kempler.
The Physical Object
Pagination	129 p.:
Number of Pages	129
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL18886894M
ISBN 10	0960080813
OCLC/WorldCa	2054888

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Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods by Michael P. Nichols and Sean Davis. Those with only a casual interest in family therapy may not find much of interest in this book, but anyone who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of the theory and practice of family therapy will find this book invaluable. It gives the reader a solid foundation in the. by Walter Kempler, Oslo, A. s. Joh. Nordahls Trykkeri, , pp. $ (paper). Like many books, Principles of Gestalt Family Therapy tells us as much about the author as it does the subject matter. This is a deceptively simple‐looking handbook, written in a concise style using revealing notes to illustrate Kempler's approach to family therapy. However, the book lacks .

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  Dr. Allen Berger has had personal experience with Dr. Walter Kempler and is proud to call him friend. this book has many insights into relationships within the Gestalt method. it is a must read. Gestalt Therapy Frederick Perls and the Beginning of Gestalt Thought Frederick “Fritz” Perls was a Jewish psychiatrist and psychotherapist who created and developed Gestalt served in the German army in WWI but he and his family fled from Germany during the Hitler regime (Perls, ). Perls would move to the Netherlands and then to South Africa. The author presents a Gestalt therapy approach to family therapy using the literary genre of the letter, which lends itself perfectly to the concrete approach of Gestalt : Giovanni Salonia.