Human interaction and emotional awareness in Gestalt therapy : exploring the phenomenology of contacting and feeling /: exploring the phenomenology of contacting and feeling. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: H. Peter Dreitzel.
• Authors: Dreitzel, Hans Peter
• Contents: Contents Acknowledgements Translator’s Note, by Michaela von Britzke Foreword, by Michael Vincent Miller, PhD I. Introduction II. Historical Context The Fate of the Body and the Senses in the Civilizing Process III. The satisfying Experience The Contacting Process in the Interaction between Humans and their Environments 1. Figure and Ground The process of gestalt formation in the contacting situation 2. The Phases of the Contacting Process The unfolding of the self 3. The Instincts Needing and desiring 4. Sensori-motor Functions Perceiving and acting 5. Consciousness and Awareness Accepting and rejecting 6. Aggression Destroying and annihilating 7. Integration Surrender and enjoyment 8. Post Contact Enjoying the afterglow of an experience and affirming 9. Assimilation Remembering and forgetting 10. Self-Identification and social Anchoring Identifying oneself and taking responsibility IV. Emotional Orientation in the Phases of the Contacting Process Considering the Significance of Emotions in the Contacting Process The Relationship between the Senses and the Emotions. On physical Pain and the Nature of Suffering Emotional Expression and emotional Experience On the anthropology of emotions 3. The fore-contact Emotions Aversion and attraction 4. Aggression The differences between aggression and assertiveness 6. Smiling, Laughing and Crying Emotional gestures and emotional expressions 7. Beyond the Moment Timeless emotions 8. Post-contact Appreciative emotions 9. The inhibiting Emotions Being anxious and feeling ashamed V. The Impact of Emotions on Personality and Society On the many Ways our Civilization depends on the refinement of our feelings 1. The Problem of Violence The limits of emotional freedom 2. Un-integrated Affects and emotional Habits Emotional attitudes and character 3. Forms of Sympathy Contagious emotions and shared emotions 4. Forms of Empathy To be emotionally sensitive to others and to identify with them 5. Catharsis and Therapy On the relationship between involvement and distance in emotional experience 6. Aliveness and the Joy of Life: General goals of Gestalt Therapy VI. Cultural Context Man´s Transformations in the Age of Environmental Destruction 1. Looking down from the Moon or End and Eternity of Nature 2. Anxiety and Civilization in everyday Life on Earth 3. Pressure of Time and the Fragility of Hope 4. The Uncertainty of the Future and the Certainty of Death 5. Flight into the trans-human Realm and the Misery of Power VII. Epilogue: Gestalt Therapy of Environmental Destruction Attachments Bibliography
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 616.89143; Gestalt therapy; Emotions
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000346039; 9781000345971; 9781003124580
• Related ISBNs: 9780367644567; 9780367644543
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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