TY - BOOK AU - Joyce, Phil AU - Sills, Charlotte TI - Skills in gestalt counselling & psychotherapy T2 - Skills in counselling & psychotherapy SN - 978-1-4462-7587-0 AV - 616.89143 J85s 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - SAGE Pub. KW - Gestalt therapy KW - Gestalt Therapy KW - Methods N1 - Includes bibliographic references and index; Preparing for the journey -- Phenomenology and field theory -- Awareness -- Establishing the therapeutic relationship -- Assessment and diagnosis -- Treatment considerations -- Strengthening support -- Experimenting -- Modifications to contact -- Unfinished business -- Transference and counter-transference -- Body process and regression -- Practice issues -- Developing your personal style -- Time-limited counselling -- Groupwork -- Dreamwork -- The assessment and management of risk situations : the threat of suicide; acute psychotic episodes -- The wider field -- Counselling in a multicultural society -- Ethical dilemmas -- Spirituality -- Ending the journey N2 - Gives an introduction to the different techniques used at each stage of the counselling process. This book takes the reader through the process from beginning to termination and focuses on skills which arise out of Gestalt theory as well as those invoked by the counselling relationship. It also examines the spiritual dimension of counselling. ER -