Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality

I would not recommend it for an easy reading before going to sleep; it needs to be read and re-read, and digested. Not an easy book, but a must for a Gestalt psychotherapist.

Excelente libro! EsImpresionante todo lo que Goodman ha escrito. Precisa los conceptos clave de la terapia Gestalt sin reducirlos en lo absoluto.

Über den Text dieses Klassikers muß man kein Wort verlieren, der steht für sich. Lausig schlecht und kaum akzeptabel ist die Machart des Buchs. Ich habe selten ein derart lieblos gemachtes Buch in der Hand gehabt. Das Layout (z.B. keine ausreichend breiten freien Ränder rechts auf den Seiten) behindert einen beim Lesen. Die Buchstaben fallen optisch von der Seite runter. Als Verlag ist "Printed in Poland by Amazon Fulfillment" angegeben. Da will wohl jemand das gedruckte Buch endgültig aus dem Markt vertreiben. Kann man jedenfalls nicht empfehlen.

It's a series of ones and zeros that was sent electronically to a device that I have, which turns that pattern into words that I can read.That is the now.

Having read the first 3 earlier reviews presented here, I find that I agree with most of what has been written, and I don't have anything of importance to add. Especially because I dont have any serious first hand experience with the therapeutic method. So what is left to me is to share a bit of my personal enthusiasm.I bought the kindle edition, which is for me a delightful improvement of my reading environment, and I read just a few pages every day, highlighting the essence.I experience the text as a wonderful practical philosophy of human nature, a great theoretical concept, and a wonderful series of practical excercises.Many years ago I had a copy of the book, and then, too, I was very delighted, but skipped much of the theoretical discussion, and was enchanted mainly by the practical self-training.Now also the theory is as useful and mind-opening to me, perhaps no less then the practical excersises.The image of the many aspects of myself as an organism interacting with many aspects of a larger field is vitalizing and liberating.I rank the book as top value in my modest library, and hope that more and more people will adopt this or a similar orientation when dealing with issues of human interaction with society, culture, and many other aspects of the world in which we live.