Course curriculum

    1. Angus, C. C. (2000). Chapter 1- Traditional and current views on psychosis

    2. Atwood, G. E., Orange, D. M., & Stolorow, R. D. (2002). Shattered WorldsPsychotic States A Post-Cartesian View of the Experience of Personal Annihilation. American Psychological Association, 19(2), 281-306.

    3. Bentall, R. P. (2014). The search for elusive structure- A promiscuous realist case for researching specific psychotic experiences such as hallucinations. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 40(4), 198–201.

    4. Bola, J. R., & Mosher, L. R. (2003). Treatment of acute psychosis without neuroleptics- Two-year outcomes from the Soteria project. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 191(4), 219–229.

    5. Bootzin, R. R., & Acocella, J.R. (1988). The Mood Disorders (Chapter 10). In Bootzin, R.R. & Acocella, J.R. Abnormal Psychology Current Perspectives. (5th ed). Random House.

    6. Bozarth, J. D. (2000). The specificity myth- The fallacious premise of mental health treatment.

    7. Bradford, G. K. (2012). On the question of sanity- Buddhist and existential perspectives. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 44(2), 224–239.

    8. Cornwall, M. (2012). Remembering a medication-free madness sanctuary. Mad in America.

    9. Corstens, D., Longden, E., McCarthy-Jones, S., Waddingham, R., & Thomas, N. (2014). Emerging Perspectives From the Hearing Voices Movement: Implications for Research and Practice. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 40(Suppl_4), S285–S294.

    10. Daniels. R. D. Laing; Summary of important concepts.

    11. Davis, L. J. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Insanity - A Psychiatric Handbook Lists a Madness for Everyone. www.ect.org/tattler/dsm.html

    12. Falloon, I. R. H., & Shanahan, W.J. (1990). Community Management of Schizophrenia. British Journal of Hospital medicine, 43, 62-66.

    13. Frances, A. (2013). Saving normal- An insider's revolt against out-of-control psychiatric diagnosis, DSM-5, big pharma and the medicalization of ordinary life. Psychotherapy in Australia, 19(3), 14–18.

    14. Frances, A. J., Widiger, T. A., & Sabshin, M. (1991). Chapter 1 Psychiatric diagnosis and normality. In The diversity of normal behaviour, (pp. 3-31).

    15. Freeman, H. The psychiatric flow chart.

    16. Frese, F. J. (1993). Coping with schizophrenia. Innovations & Research, 2(3), 1–14

    17. Hancock, B.H. (2018).Michel Foucault and the Problematics of Power: Theorizing DTCA and Medicalized Subjectivity. The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Volume 43, Issue 4, August, pp439–468.

    18. Hari, J. (2018). Is everything you think you know about depression wrong_ The Guardian.

    19. Hari, J. (2019). This could be why you’re depressed or anxious. Ted Summit 2019. https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_this_could_be_why_you_re_depressed_or_anxious

    20. Hobbs, M. (1984). Crisis intervention in Theory and Practice A Selective Review. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 57, 23-34.

    21. Inderbitzen, L. B. (1990). The Treatment Alliance. In levy, S. & ninan, P. (eds), Schizophrenia Treatment of Acute Psychotic Episodes. American Psychiatric Press.

    22. Integrating Psychopharmacology with Other Methods of Treatment and Intervention. Part 1: Exploring Some Concepts. and Part 11: Concepts That are More Practical.

    23. Iodice, J. A., Malouff, J. M., & Schutte, N. S. (2021). The association between gratitude and depression A meta-analysis. International Journal of Depression and Anxiety, 4(1), 1-12.

    24. Isham, L., et al., (2021). Understanding, treating, and renaming grandiose delusions: A qualitative study. Psychology and psychotherapy, Vol.94 (1), p.119-140.

    25. Isham, L., et al (2022). The meaning in grandiose delusions: measure development and cohort studies in clinical psychosis and non-clinical general population groups in the UK and Ireland. Lancet Psychiatry, Vol.9 (10), p.792-803.

    26. Kiehn, B., & Swales, M. (2007). An overview ofdialectical behaviour therapy in the treatment ofborderline personality disorder. https://www.priory.com/dbt.htm.

    27. Kirsch, I. (2014). Antidepressants and the placebo effect. Zeitschrift Fur Psychologie, 222(3), 128134.

    28. Kriss, S. (2013). Book of lamentations. Psychotherapy in Australia, 20(1), 52–54.

    29. Lac, V. (2016). Amy’s story: An existential-integrative equine-facilitated psychotherapy approach to anorexia nervosa. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 57(3), 301–312.

    30. Lazarus, A. Multimodal therapy: A primer. ZurInstitute. https://www.zurinstitute.com/multimodal-therapy.

    31. Levine, B. (2012). Anti-authoritarians andschizophrenia: Do rebels who defy treatment dobetter? Mad in America. https://www.madinamerica.com/2012/05/anti-authoritarians-and-schizophrenia-do-rebels-who-defy-treatment-do-better.

    32. Lilienfeld, S. O., Sauvigne, K. C., Lynn, S. J., Cautin, R. L., Latzman, R. D., & Waldman, I. D. (2015). Fifty psychological and psychiatric terms to avoid

    33. Longden, E., Read, J., & Dillon, J. (2018). Assessing the Impact and Effectiveness of Hearing Voices Network Self-Help Groups. Community Mental Health Journal, 54(2), 184– 188.

    34. Ludwig, A., & Farrelly, F. (1967). The weapons of insanity. The American Journal Of Psychotherapy, 21(4), 1-7.

    35. Maibaum, M. (1992). A Lewinian Taxonomy of Psychiatric Disorders. Presentation at the Fifth International Kurk Lewin Conference, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

    36. McFarlane, W. R., Stastny, P., & Deakins, S. (1992). Family Aided Assertive Community Treatment.

    37. Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan. (2017). After searching 12 years for bipolar disorder's cause, research team concludes it has many. Science Daily.

    38. Moore, T. (1992). Chapter 7 Gifts of depression. In Care of the soul (pp. 137-153). HarperCollins.

    39. Mosher, L. R. (1999). Soteria and other alternatives to acute psychiatric hospitalization- A personal and professional review. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 187(3), 142–149.

    40. O'Hagan, S. (2012). Kingsley Hall- RD Laing's experiment in anti-psychiatry. The Guardian.

    41. Pittenger, J. (1995). A brief report of a psychodiagnostic system for mental health clinic patients Diagnosis by parking. Uni of Arkansas, Little Rock.

    42. Reed, A. (1998). Manufacturing a human drama from a psychiatric crisis- crisis intervention, family therapy and the work of R. D. Scott. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 5, 387–392.

    43. Rojas, R.M. (2021). Spiritual Sickness A New Perspective and Approach to the Treatment of Psychosis. Academia Letters. httpsdoi.org10.20935AL1724

    44. Scott, R. D. (1973). The Treatment Barrier Part 1. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 46(45), 45-55.

    45. Seikkula, J. (2011). Becoming dialogical- Psychotherapy or a way of life_ The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 32(3), 179–193.

    46. Slade, P., & Bentall, R. (1989). Psychological Treatments for Negative Symptoms. British Journal of Psychiatry, 155, 133-135.

    47. Sparks, J. A., Duncan, B. L., & Miller, S. D. (2006). Integrating psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy- Myths and the missing link. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 17(3-4), 83–108.

    48. Stanley, G. (2000). Book review of Trials of the Visionary Mind, John Wier Perry. Emergence, Summer.

    49. Szasz, T. S. (1960). The myth of mental illness. American Psychologist, 15, 113–118.

    50. Various charts and tables

    51. Watters, E. (2010). The americanisation of mentalillness. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/magazine/10psyche-t.html

    52. Wehrenberg, M. (2012). Four faces of depression. Psychotherapy in Australia, 18(4), 14–19.

    53. Zur, O., & Nordmarken, N. DSM-5- Diagnosing for status and money. Dr. Ofer Zur.

    1. Angermann, K. (1998). Gestalt therapy for eating disorders An illustration. The Gestalt Journal, 21(1), 18-46.

    2. Arnfred, S. M. H. (2012). Gestalt therapy for patients with schizophrenia- A brief review. Gestalt Review, 16(1), 53-68.

    3. Brownell, P., & Fleming, K. (2005). Gestalt therapy in community mental health. In A. L. Woldt & S. M. Toman (Eds.), Gestalt therapy- History, theory, and practice (pp. 1–20). Sage Publications.

    4. Burley, T., Barrera, K., Kuehfuss, K., Grattan, K., Sickler, J., & Beck, H. (2015). _Schizophrenia_ part II- A Gestalt analysis and critique of neurobiological variables. Gestalt Review, 19(1), 32-45, 8-9.

    5. Burley, T., Barrera, K., Kuehfuss, K., Grattan, K., Sickler, J., & Beck, H. (2015). _Schizophrenia_ part III- A Gestalt analysis and critique of cultural and familial variables. Gestalt Review, 19(1), 46-64, 8-9.

    6. Burley, T., Kuehfuss, K., Barrera, K., Grattan, J., Sickler, J., Beck, H., & Goldsmith, S. (2015). _Schizophrenia_ Part 1- A Gestalt analysis and critique of genetic variables. Gestalt Review, 19(1), 10-31, 8-9.

    7. Burley, T., Stinnett, R., Goldsmith, S., Barrera, K., & Dobson, L. (2015). _Schizophrenia_ part IV- A Gestalt conceptualizatoin for treating the schizophrenic patient. Gestalt Review, 19(1), 65-89, 8-9.

    8. Chew-Helbig, N. (2018). Integrating Kernbergs Model of Personality Organization with Gestalt Therapy. Available httpsnikhelbig.atintegrating-kernbergs-model-of-personality-organization-with-gestalt-therapy [Accessed 28.07.22]

    9. Conte, V. (2010). The borderline patient An insistent, anguished demand for clarit. Interview to Valeria Conte ed. by Rosa Grazia Romano. GTK Journal of Psychotherapy, 1, 63-77.

    10. de la Motte, L. (2015). Meeting in absence- An integrative Gestalt approach to depressive experiences.

    11. Delisle, G. (1991). A Gestalt perspective of personality disorders. The British Gestalt Journal, 1, 42-50.

    12. Denham-Vaughan, S. (2005). Brief gestalt therapy (BGT) for clients with Bulimia. British Gestalt Journal, vol. 14, No 2, 128-134

    13. Dobson, L. A., Burley, T., Cook, W., & Haerich, P. (2015). _Schizophrenia_ part V- A Gestalt conceptualization for treating the schizophrenic patient. Gestalt Review, 19(1), 90-101, 8-9.

    14. Ebel, J. Deconstructing diagnosis.

    15. Francesetti, G. (2015). From individual symptoms to psychopathological fields. Towards a field perspective on clinical human suffering. British Gestalt Journal, 24(1), 5–19.

    16. Francesetti, G. Suspended from shaky scaffolding, we secure ourselves with our fixations. A phenomenological and Gestalt exploration of obsessive-compulsive disorder. British Gestalt Journal, 26(2), 5-20.

    17. Francesetti, G., Alcaro, A., & Settanni, M. (2020). Panic disorder attack of fear or acute attack of solitude_ Research in Psychotherapy Psychopathology, Process and Outcome, 23, 77-87.

    18. Francesetti, G., Gecele, M., Roubal, J. (2022). Being present to absence. Field theory in psychopathology and clinical practice. In Cole, P. (ed). Relational Heart of Gestalt Therapy. Routledge.

    19. Fuhr, R., Sreckovic, M., & Gremmler-Furh, M. (2000). Diagnostics in Gestalt therapy. Gestalt Review, 4(3), 237-252.

    20. Gagnon, J.H. (1981). Gestalt therapy with the schizophrenic patient. The Gestalt Journal, 4(1), 28-45.

    21. Greenberg, E. (1989). Healing the borderline. The Gestalt Journal, 12(2), 11-55.

    22. Greenberg, E. (1996). When insight hurts Gestalt therapy and the narcissistically-vulnerable client. The British Gestalt Journal, 5(2), 113-120.

    23. Greenberg, E. (2015). Goals and the borderline client- A Gestalt therapy approach. Gestalt Review, 19(2), 133-143.

    24. Greenberg, E. (2015). Surprise! A new look at the treatment of schizophrenia from a Gestalt therapy perspective. Gestalt Review, 19(1), 2-7.

    25. Greenberg, E. (2019). 10 stages in the treatment of narcissistic disorders. Psychology Today.

    26. Harris, C. (1992). Chapter 9 Gestalt Work with Psychotics. In E.C. Nevis (ed) Gestalt Therapy Perspectives and Applications. Pp. 239-261. GIC Press.

    27. Jacobs, L. (2015). Gestalt therapy in clinical practice- From psychopathology to the aesthetics of contact. Gestalt Review, 19(2), 169-171.

    28. Lebelle, L. (2004). Personality Disorders and Gestalt with Personality Disorders.

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    30. Melnick, J., & Nevis, S. (1997). Diagnosing in the here and now The experience cycle and DSM-IV. British Gestalt Journal, 6(2), 97-106.

    31. Plummer, D. L. (1997). A Gestalt therapy approach to culturally responsive mental health treatment. Gestalt Review, 1(3), 190-204.

    32. Roubal, J., Francesetti, G., & Gecele, M. (2017). Aesthetic diagnosis in Gestalt therapy. Behavioral Sciences, 7(4), 113.

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    34. Serok, S. (1982). Gestalt group therapy with psychotic patients. The Gestalt Journal, 5(2), 45-55.

    35. Shub, N. F. (2002). Revising the treatment of anxiety. Gestalt Review, 6(2), 35-147.

    36. Spagnuolo Lobb, M. (2002). A Gestalt therapy model for addressing psychosis. British Gestalt Journal, 11(1), 5-15.

    37. Staemmler, F. (1997). Cultivated Uncertainty An Attitude for Gestalt Therapists. Bristish Gestalt Journal, 6(1), 40-48.

    38. Stratford, C. D., & Brallier, L. W. (1979). Gestalt therapy with profoundly disturbed persons. The Gestalt Journal, 2(1), 90-103.

    39. Tyson, G. M., & Range, L. M. Depression A comparison between Gestalt and other views. The Gesalt Journal, 4(1), 57-64.

    40. van Baalen, D. (2010). Gestalt therapy and bipolar disorder. Gestalt Review, 14(1), 71-88.

    41. Williams, L. (2010). Making contact with the self-injurious adolescent- Borderline personality disorder, Gestalt therapy, and dialectical behavioural therapy interventions. Gestalt Review, 14(3), 250-274.

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    1. Video lecture on Psychopathology and Mental Health - Part 1

    2. Video lecture on Psychopathology and Mental Health - Part 2

    1. Quiz on Psychopathology

    1. 20. Psychopathology • Assessment 78 • Report - Insurance company report

    2. 20. Psychopathology • Assessment 79 • Test - Psychopathology

    3. 20. Psychopathology • Assessment 80 • Concept Map

    4. 20. Psychopathology • Assessment 81 • Reflection Form

    5. 20. Psychopathology • Assessment 82 • Core Readings - Focus summaries / concept maps

About this course

  • $140
  • 142 lessons [41 for the quiz]
  • 9.5 hours of video content
Steve Vinay Gunther

About the presenter

  • Steve Vinay Gunther
  • Studied Gestalt since 1985
  • Founded Gestalt institutes in Australia, South Korea and China
  • International Gestalt trainer since 2000, teaching in Asia, Egypt, South Africa, Mexico, Colombia, USA
  • Also trained in Family therapy, Narrative therapy, Somatic therapy, Career Coaching, Family Constellations
  • Practiced and studied meditation since 1973
  • Previous professor of Spiritual Psychology at Ryokan Institute, LA
  • Pioneered the area of relational psychology termed The Unvirtues
  • Designed the Relational Parenting system
  • Father to 5 children and grandfather to 4 boys