This compelling and comprehensive volume is an anthology of current thinking by many of gestalt therapy’s leading theoreticians, clinicians, and researchers.

Published by Routledge in 2022, The Relational Heart of Gestalt Therapy Includes many well-known voices in the field and introduces several new ones to the current gestalt therapy literature, the book presents a broad-ranging compendium of essays, scientific articles, clinical applications, and integrative approaches that represent the richness and vibrancy of the field.

My contribution is writing chapter nine: “When the World Changes in an Instant: Exploring the ‘Cracks in the Continuity of Experience’,” which can be found in the “Applications of the Relational Gestalt Perspective” section of the book.

Each contributor brings intellectual rigor, honest personal reflection, and humanism to their area of inquiry. This ethos―the spirit of relational gestalt therapy―infuses the whole book, bringing a sense of coherence to its seventeen chapters. Following an introduction written by Mark Winitsky, PhD, as an entry point into the field for students and psychotherapists from other schools of thought, the book is organized into three sections: Theory, Clinical Applications, and Integrative Approaches. Readers will encounter new ways of thinking about psychotherapy, new skills they can bring to their work, and new ways of integrating gestalt therapy with other approaches.

The Relational Heart of Gestalt Therapy is essential reading for Gestalt therapists as well as other mental health professionals with an interest in Gestalt approaches.