Includes bibliographical references (p.321-344) and indexes.

Pre-text: gestalt pedagogy: creating the field for teaching and learning / Ansel L. Woldt -- The history and development of gestalt therapy / Charles E. Bowman -- Classical gestalt therapy theory / Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb -- Contemporary gestalt therapy: field theory / Malcolm Parlett -- Phenomenology, existentialism and Eastern thought in gestalt therapy / Sylvia Fleming Crocker -- Gestalt therapy theory of change / Gary Yontef -- Gestalt therapy methodology / Joseph Melnick & Sonia March Nevis -- Cultural influences and considerations in gestalt therapy / Sabin Fernbacher -- Gestalt therapy and spirituality / R. Elliott Ingersoll -- Gestalt therapy with children / Cynthia Reynolds -- Adolescents: development and practice from a gestalt orientation / Sarah Toman and Ann Bauer -- Family and couples therapy from a gestalt perspective / J. Edward Lynch and Barbara Lynch -- Gestalt therapy in groups / Paul Schoenberg and Bud Feder -- Gestalt approaches with organizations and large systems / Rick Maurer -- Gestalt therapy in community mental health / Philip Brownell -- Gestalt approaches to substance use/abuse/dependency: theory and practice / Michael Craig Clemmens -- Gestalt educational therapy / Cara Garcia, Susan Baker, and Robert deMayo -- Appendix A. Digital gestalt : online resources for the discipline of gestalt therapy / Ansel L. Woldt and Philip Brownell -- Appendix B. Gestalt experience and observation guide for children: human growth and development from a gestalt/wholistic perspective / Ansel L. Woldt.