A practical guide to the skills and techniques of the gestalt approach used at each stage of the therapeutic process, from the therapeutic relationship, assessment and treatment considerations, to managing risk, resourcing the client and ending therapy. Underpinned throughout by key gestalt principles and an awareness of difference and diversity, and features including case examples and suggested activities and reflective exercises.

Updated in its Fifth Edition, it includes:

• New content on difference and power and virtual therapy
• New chapters on the change process, the concept of polarities, neurodiversity, the erotic, therapist self-disclosure and stuckness in therapy.

This book is a must-read for trainees on gestalt, humanistic and integrative counselling and psychotherapy courses, and for qualified practitioners needing an accessible introduction to gestalt skills in practice.