Series Preface
How to Use This Book With APA Psychotherapy Videos
Acknowledgments
Suggested Readings
References
Index
About the Authors
About the Series Editors
Gordon Wheeler, PhD, is a licensed psychologist with many
years' experience writing, teaching, training, and practicing using
a contemporary field-relational Gestalt therapy model. He is the
author or editor of numerous books and articles in the field, most
recently, CoCreating the Field: Intention and Practice in the Age
of Complexity (with Deborah Ullman, 2009). Dr. Wheeler is on the
visiting faculty of many Gestalt training institutes around the
world, and is long-time president of the Esalen Institute in Big
Sur, California, where he also served for some years as CEO.
Together with Nancy Lunney Wheeler, he teaches Gestalt Relational
Constellations widely around the world. His private practice of
coaching, counseling, psychotherapy and consulting is located in
Santa Cruz, California.
Lena Axelsson, PsyD, was educated and received her Gestalt
training in Sweden, moving to the United States in 2000 . Following
4 years living and studying at Esalen Institute in Big Sur,
California, she completed her doctoral work at Ryokan College,
where her dissertation was The Use of Relational Gestalt Therapy
Informed by Neuroscience in the Treatment of Single Event and
Developmental Trauma. After serving for several years as a
clinician and a clinical supervisor at Pajaro Valley Prevention and
Student Assistance Center, working with troubled young people and
families in a diverse population, Dr. Axelsson entered private
clinical practice with children, adolescents, adults, couples and
families. In addition to her clinical Gestalt training, she has
also trained extensively with Peter Levine in Somatic Experiencing.
She presents regularly at conferences and in training sessions on
Gestalt-based multicultural work, as well as on single event and
developmental trauma and the neuroscientific basis of contemporary
Gestalt-based trauma and recovery work. Dr. Axelsson presents as
well as part of the faculty of the Esalen Institute Evolution of
Gestalt Symposium Series (selected proceedings published in the
GestaltPress book series). Her forthcoming work on this topic as
applied to couples work will appear in The Couple in the Relational
Field (Eds. M. Kraus, A. Robers, & G. Wheeler, in press). Dr.
Axelsson lives in Santa Cruz, California, where she practices as a
member of an integrative medical health team.
"Gestalt Therapy represents an incredibly impressive work that, to
students and veteran psychologists alike, provides a meaningful
gift that invites us to examine and expand our perceptions, not
only of our clients, but also of ourselves and our field. " -
PsycCRITIQUES
"This essential primer, amply illustrated with case examples
featuring diverse clients, is perfect for graduate students
studying theories of therapy and counseling, as well as for
seasoned practitioners interested in understanding how this
approach has evolved and how it might be used in their own
practice."-Counseling Today
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