Contact and awareness go hand in hand in Gestalt. We move towards meeting in Good Contact and explore what organises Poor Contact. Clear boundaries are an inherent part of ‘meeting in difference’, as are the sensory Contact Functions.
Free Course includes: 02 core readings, 5 assignments, 50 item quiz, Completion certificate for 10 CPE points.
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$25.00
Course curriculum
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Ziembinski, Z. (2010). Human differences and how we deal with them. DOTS meeting, Melbourne.
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The Co-intelligence Institute. Not all differences are the same. httpwww.co-intelligence.orgDifferencesNotTheSame
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Assessment no 5-1
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Assessment no 5-2
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Assessment no 5-3
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Assessment no 5-5
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Macaluso, M. A. (2015). Beyond the Perls-Goodman model- From the organism-environment field to the relational field. Gestalt Review, 19(3), 233-250.
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Lichtenberg, P. (2012). Inclusive and exclusive aggression- Some (Gestalt) reflections. Gestalt Review, 16(2), 145-161.
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Latner, J. & Nevis, E. (1992). Contact. In E Nevis (Ed.), Gestalt therapy perspectives and applications. Gestalt Institute of Cleveland.
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Robine, J. M. (2003). Intentionality in flesh and blood Toward a psychopathology of fore-contacting. International Gestalt Journal, 26(2), 85-110.
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Philippson, P. (1990). Awareness, the contact boundary and the field. The Gestalt Journal, 13(2), 73-84.
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Skolnik, T. (1990). The value of time at the boundary. The Gestalt Journal, 13(2), 43-59.
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Wheeler, G. (2003). Contact and creativity The Gestalt cycle in context. httpwww.gestaltpress.comcontact-and-creativity-the-gestalt-cycle-in-context
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Skovgaard, R. (2015). The question of anger- On Frank and Barbara Staemmler's criqitue of Perls. Gestalt Review, 19(3), 195-211.
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Rosenblatt, D. (1980). The dynamic process of supportcontact. The Gestalt Journal, 3(3), 64-68.
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Yontef, G. M. (1993)(summary of article) Gestalt therapy- An introduction. In Awareness, dialogue and process- Essays on Gestalt therapy (pp. 1-5). The Gestalt Journal Press.
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Lichtenberg, P. (1991). Intimacy, autonomy and merging. The Gestalt Journal, 14(1), 30-49.
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Stevenson, H. (2016). Coaching at the point of contact- A Gestalt approach. Gestalt Review, 20(3), 260-278.
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Robine, J. M. (1991). Contact, the first experience. The Gestalt Journal, 14(1), 50-67.
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Lichtenberg, P. (2000). Creating a distinct I and a distinct you in contacting. The Gestalt Journal, 23(2), 41-50.
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Video lecture on Contact - 103 minute
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About the presenter

Dr Steve Vinay Gunther
Steve Vinay Gunther has studied Gestalt therapy since 1985 and founded Gestalt institutes in Australia, South Korea, and China. Since 2000, he has been an international Gestalt trainer, teaching in Asia, Egypt, South Africa, Mexico, Colombia, and the USA.
In addition to Gestalt therapy, Steve is trained in family therapy, narrative therapy, somatic therapy, career coaching, and family constellations. He has practiced and studied meditation since 1973 and previously served as a professor of Spiritual Psychology at the Ryokan Institute in Los Angeles.
Steve pioneered relational psychology with his concept, The Unvirtues, and designed the Relational Parenting system. He is the father of five children and grandfather to four boys.