1st Edition
A Gestalt Approach to Couples Therapy The Dance of Difference
Part I: Foundations of Presence
Chapter 1: First Contact - The Phenomenological Encounter
Chapter 2: Trauma in the Relational Field
Part II: The Paradox of Change
Chapter 3: The Paradoxical Theory of Change in Couples Work
Chapter 4: The Transformative Role of Experiments in Gestalt Couples Therapy
Part III: The Field and Connection
Chapter 5: Field Theory in Couples Therapy
Chapter 6: Shame, the Pathos of the Field
Chapter 7: The Cycle of Connection - Movement Between Contact and Withdrawal
Part IV: Integration and Practice
Chapter 8: Creative Indifference: Conflict and the Therapist's Centred Presence
Biography
Nicole Chew-Helbig PhD is a certified Integrative Gestalt psychotherapist and counsellor based in Singapore. She holds a doctorate in Psychotherapy Science from Sigmund Freud University, Vienna. She is a member of the Singapore Association of Counselling, and the Singapore Psychological Society.
