Kincel, Adam,
Exploring masculinity, sexuality, and culture in gestalt therapy : an autoethnography / Adam Kincel. - 1 online resource (xix, 165 pages) : illustrations. - The Gestalt therapy books series .
"Sexuality, Masculinity and Culture in Gestalt Therapy is an invitation to explore social and political issues within the psychotherapeutic framework. It describes and analyses the author's journey of becoming a Gestalt therapist in Poland and England, through analyses of masculinity, sexuality, relationality and culture. This book addresses the collective gestalts exploring the psychotherapeutic taboos of sexual transference, same-sex attraction, use or lack of touch, gender equality and inter-cultural conflicts. Each chapter is an exploration of prejudices embedded in our cultures and therapeutic work, and provides a theoretical challenge to current practices within Gestalt therapy and beyond. The author advocates for a more collective understanding of embodied sensations emerging in the therapeutic context as collective gestalts. Through the use of autoethnographic research methodology, this book shows how personal embodied experiences are intertwined with the social, political and material context. It is essential reading for Gestalt therapists, as well as readers interested in Gestalt approaches"--
9781003118732 1003118739 9781000298567 1000298566 9781000298482 1000298485 9781000298529 1000298523
10.4324/9781003118732 doi
Gestalt therapy.
Psychotherapy.
Ethnology.
PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health
PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Gestalt
RC489.G4 / K56 2021
616.89/143
Exploring masculinity, sexuality, and culture in gestalt therapy : an autoethnography / Adam Kincel. - 1 online resource (xix, 165 pages) : illustrations. - The Gestalt therapy books series .
Chapter 1. Welcome
Chapter 2. Defining the collective gestalt -- what I have learned from large groups
Chapter 3. Masculinity and male sexuality -- how did teenage years shape the man that I am becoming
Chapter 4. Embodiment of heteronormativity -- building the field for addressing collective gestalts
Chapter 5. (Un)related bodies -- collective gestalts that shape Gestalt training
Chapter 6. Philosophies that inspired this bookChapter 7. Culture as ground, personal becoming as figure: autoethnography and Gestalt therapy
Chapter 8. Conclusion
"Sexuality, Masculinity and Culture in Gestalt Therapy is an invitation to explore social and political issues within the psychotherapeutic framework. It describes and analyses the author's journey of becoming a Gestalt therapist in Poland and England, through analyses of masculinity, sexuality, relationality and culture. This book addresses the collective gestalts exploring the psychotherapeutic taboos of sexual transference, same-sex attraction, use or lack of touch, gender equality and inter-cultural conflicts. Each chapter is an exploration of prejudices embedded in our cultures and therapeutic work, and provides a theoretical challenge to current practices within Gestalt therapy and beyond. The author advocates for a more collective understanding of embodied sensations emerging in the therapeutic context as collective gestalts. Through the use of autoethnographic research methodology, this book shows how personal embodied experiences are intertwined with the social, political and material context. It is essential reading for Gestalt therapists, as well as readers interested in Gestalt approaches"--
9781003118732 1003118739 9781000298567 1000298566 9781000298482 1000298485 9781000298529 1000298523
10.4324/9781003118732 doi
Gestalt therapy.
Psychotherapy.
Ethnology.
PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health
PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Gestalt
RC489.G4 / K56 2021
616.89/143