
Now,
as international communities face rapid social and scientific changes,
the world of psychotherapy is re-discovering its core paradigms of dialogue
and interconnectedness - yet using the specific theoretical language of
different approaches.
In
this new play of figures and grounds, traditional concerns – such
as, body/mind, conscious/unconscious, rational/irrational, individual/social,
theory/practice, experience/interpretation, and personal/political - are
being re-examined in the light of relational perspectives and evidence
based research.
Once
nearly alone at its frontier of innovation, contemporary gestalt therapy
finds itself in a parallel path with other psychotherapies. This journal
is dedicated to exploring the development of gestalt therapy through dialogical
bridges with these other psychotherapeutic approaches.
We
believe that our understanding and practice of gestalt therapy will deepen
through this venture in contacting.
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