EP85 Invited Address 11a - Gestalt Therapy: Evolution and Application - Miriam Polster, PhD and Mary Goulding, MSW
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- Topic Areas:
- Invited Addresses | Gestalt | Psychotherapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1985
- Faculty:
- Miriam Polster | Robert L. Goulding, MD
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 11 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 14, 1985
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Description:
Educational Objectives:
- To articulate and describe the theoretical anticedents of gestalt therapy
- To trace the development of the gestalt principle and methodology and illustrate how it is currently being practiced and taught
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Faculty
Miriam Polster Related Seminars and Products
Miriam Polster, Ph.D, is co-director of the Gestalt Training Center in San Diego, and Assistant Clinical Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego. Along with her husband, Erving Polster, she is co-author of a book on Gestalt therapy. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Case Western Reserve University in 1967.
Robert L. Goulding, MD Related Seminars and Products
Robert Goulding, MD, is one of the leading exponents of Transactional Analysis. Along with his wife Mary Goulding, they developed an approach called Redecision Therapy. Redecision Therapy also includes unique elements based on the Goulding’s own experiences as seasoned psychotherapists. Their goal was to create a psychotherapy, based on the strengths and complimentary objectives of Gestalt therapy and Transactional Analysis, that was both brief and highly effective. Robert Goulding received his M.D. in 1944 from the University of Cincinnati and practiced general medicine until he switched to psychiatry in 1958. With his wife Mary, he founded the Wester Institute for Group and Family Therapy in Watsonville, California, and authored two books. Dr. Goulding is a Distinguished Life Fellow and member of the Board of Directors of the American Group Psychotherapy Association. He served as president of the American Academy of Psychotherapists. An extraordinarily talented therapist, he has synthesized Transactional Analysis and Gestalt into his own model, Redecision therapy.