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  • Paperback: 180 pages
  • Publisher: Karnac Books (24 Feb 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1855755254
  • ISBN-13: 978-1855755253
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 14.7 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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This book tracks a particular understanding of self, philosophically, from research evidence and in its implications for psychotherapy. At each step, the author includes first the theory he is working from, then the clinical implications of the theory, followed by some links to the philosophical outlook inherent in the theory, and finally a more extended case example.


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Peter Philippson, M.Sc. (Gestalt Psychotherapy) is a UKCP Registered Gestalt psychotherapist and trainer, a Teaching and Supervising Member of the Gestalt Psychotherapy & Training Institute UK, a founder member of Manchester Gestalt Centre, Full Member of the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, senior trainer for GITA (Slovenia) and a guest trainer for many training programmes internationally. He is the author of 'Self in Relation', co-author of 'Contact and Relationship in a Field Perspective', chapter respondent in 'Gestalt Therapy: History, Theory and Practice', ed. A. Woldt & S. Toman, editor of 'The Nature of Pain' and, (with John Harris), co-author of 'Gestalt: Working with Groups', co-editor of 'Topics in Gestalt Therapy', and author of many papers on Gestalt therapy in British, French, American, Australian, Canadian and Spanish Gestalt Journals. He is on the Editorial Board of Studies in Gestalt Therapy, an Editorial Advisor of the British Gestalt Journal, and is currently President of the Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy. Peter is a teacher and student of Traditional Aikido.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Emerging from a rich field of ideas, 26 Mar 2009
By Mae Tang "maetang" (York, UK) - See all my reviews
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Peter Philippson presents his view of self as relational and emergent, and poses existential questions such as: What is the nature of self, mind and consciousness? What is the relationship between these and body? What happens when we die? Do we have free will, and if so, how can this emerge in a scientifically lawful universe?

In answering these questions, Philippson draws on Eastern and Western philosophies, recent findings from the fields of neuroscience, chaos theory, quantum mechanics, mathematics, and he also discusses the clinical implications of this view of self, with case studies which relate theory to practice.

I enjoyed this book. It's a slim volume, and also a big read. On the one hand, this is a book with exciting, high-concept thinking integrating material from a wide range of different disciplines, and posing some deep existential questions. On the other hand, it's also accessible and practical because the concepts are grounded in and by the clinical examples which are given. For instance, in the chapter on "Chaos, Process and Structure", I enjoyed the sections which drew on Taoism, chaos theory, and then the shift into considering clinical applications of this perspective - for instance, looking at neurosis and psychosis, and expressive and defensive transference - and then another movement into looking at philosophy, followed by a case study to end the chapter. The writing flows easily from theory to practice, and coherently through a wide range of ideas from different disciplines.

I think a strength of this book is that it reads as if it's emerging fluidly from a very rich and diverse field of ideas (from the relationship between gestalt psychotherapy theory and other disciplines), and that it moves easily between theory and practice. There's a real range and depth to it conceptually, and yet it also feels very practical.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent, informative and easy to read., 28 May 2009
By simdeva (Malvern, UK) - See all my reviews
I really enjoyed this book. "The Emergent Self" is the "Tao of Physics" for the 21st Centuary, but with feet firmly on the ground. The science is totally kosher, and the book successfully combines QM, Chaos theory, the dynamics of non-linear systems, neuroscience and Darwinian evolution with the 'Wisdom Traditions' of Taoism and Buddhism (and also Aikido!) - all under the umbrella of Gestalt psychotherapy.

His view of self is holistic, grounded in the belief that we are not separate from our environment, but also not determined by it: Quantum superposition of possibilities and Chaos theory combine to allow each of us to change fixed patterns at any stage, which in turn alters our environment, which changes us further - and so on.

Phillipson is an experienced Gestalt therapist, so he illustrates the theory at each stage with interesting clinical examples. Above all, his view of the self has practical application, and an aspiration towards authenticity, flexibility and relationship. I was left feeling inspired to throw off my old rigid patterns and vigorously dive into the dynamic dance of life! Life's a party after all...
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Emergent Self, 5 Oct 2009
By Roni Beadle "Roni" (Hull, England) - See all my reviews
This book is oine which I found intruiging and informative, and that I believe has been needed in Gestalt and Existentialism. It brings new thought and insight into the subject of the self and the self in relation to the field.

I was persoanlly especially interested in the chapter 'Choice and Will' , and I found myself gaining a deeper and fuller insight and knowledge both personally and professionally on many of the concepts in this chapter as well as in the whole book.It brings more depth and understand as well aas challenge to existing Gestalt principles and the theory of self from a Gestalt perspective. I see this book as a forerunner of the further development of Gestalt psychotherapy and theory.
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