EN 02/2020 Istituto di Gestalt Therapy Kairos Dance of the Chairs and Dance of the pronouns GTK BOOKS/04 02/2020 Istituto di Gestalt Therapy Kairos ISSN 2039-5337 Family Gestalt Therapy Therapy Gestalt Family of thepronouns Chairs andDance Dance ofthe /04 BOOKS GTK RICERCA FORMAZIONE PSICOLOGIA Gestalt Therapy hcc Kairos Institute Post graduate school in Gestalt Psychotherapy In its quarter of a century, the institute the most illustrious representatives of significantly contributed to the history and second generation Gestalt therapists – E. progression of Gestalt psychotherapy, Polster, M. Polster, S.M. Nevis, Ed Nevis, R. forming about a thousand Kitzler and others – committing psychotherapists and intersecting various themselves to international research and fruitful relationships of cooperation projects about Gestalt psychotherapy and aliation with many national as well theory and therapy. The institute weaved as international corporations and bodies didactic and scientific exchanges with the directed to scientific exchange and most prestigious Gestalt therapy institutes research in the specific field of in Italy and abroad, as well as with the most psychotherapy and treatment connections. qualified Gestalt Therapy associations From the beginnings, the institute has been worldwide, maintaining relationships of in contact with Gestalt psychotherapy cooperation. In 2001, the institute started a founders that were living at that time – collaboration with the Università Cattolica Isadore From, Jim Simkin – and handled to del Sacro Cuore, establishing second level start didactic and scientific exchanges with Master courses, today at their 16th edition. THE INSTITUTE ORGANISES AFFILIATIONS ■ Professional Master's Programmes in Pastoral EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy) Counselling" and in Psycho-oncology in EAP (European Association for Psychotherapy) collaboration with the Italian Università Cattolica SIPG (Società Italiana di Psicoterapia della Gestalt) del Sacro Cuore, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery FISIG (Federazione Italiana Scuole e Istituti di Gestalt) of Rome, co-managed with the Institute of CNSP (Coordinamento Nazionale Scuole Psicoterapia) Neuroscience and Gestalt Therapy "Nino Trapani”, FIAP (Federazione Italiana delle Associazioni di in Sicily, Latium and Veneto Psicoterapia). ■ Continuing Medical Education Courses - ECM ■ International training in Gestalt Family Therapy WEB ■ Higher Education School in Pastoral Counselling www.gestaltherapy.it ■ Training courses for teachers accredited by MIUR, in collaboration with the Phronesis Center BLOG www.gestaltherapy.it/blog/ OFFICES RECOGNISED BY THE MIUR SCHOOL MANAGEMENT Sicily Ragusa AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Latium Rome Giovanni Salonia Scientific director Veneto Venice Valeria Conte Didactic program director D.M. 9.5.94, D.M. 7.12.01 e D.M. 24.10.08 Silvia Salcuni Member of the scientific committee Gestalt Therapy hcc Kairos Institute Post graduate school in Gestalt Psychotherapy In its quarter of a century, the institute the most illustrious representatives of significantly contributed to the history and second generation Gestalt therapists – E. progression of Gestalt psychotherapy, Polster, M. Polster, S.M. Nevis, Ed Nevis, R. forming about a thousand Kitzler and others – committing psychotherapists and intersecting various themselves to international research and fruitful relationships of cooperation projects about Gestalt psychotherapy and aliation with many national as well theory and therapy. The institute weaved as international corporations and bodies didactic and scientific exchanges with the directed to scientific exchange and most prestigious Gestalt therapy institutes research in the specific field of in Italy and abroad, as well as with the most psychotherapy and treatment connections. qualified Gestalt Therapy associations From the beginnings, the institute has been worldwide, maintaining relationships of in contact with Gestalt psychotherapy cooperation. In 2001, the institute started a founders that were living at that time – collaboration with the Università Cattolica Isadore From, Jim Simkin – and handled to del Sacro Cuore, establishing second level start didactic and scientific exchanges with Master courses, today at their 16th edition. THE INSTITUTE ORGANISES AFFILIATIONS ■ Professional Master's Programmes in Pastoral EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy) Counselling" and in Psycho-oncology in EAP (European Association for Psychotherapy) collaboration with the Italian Università Cattolica SIPG (Società Italiana di Psicoterapia della Gestalt) del Sacro Cuore, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery FISIG (Federazione Italiana Scuole e Istituti di Gestalt) of Rome, co-managed with the Institute of CNSP (Coordinamento Nazionale Scuole Psicoterapia) Neuroscience and Gestalt Therapy "Nino Trapani”, FIAP (Federazione Italiana delle Associazioni di in Sicily, Latium and Veneto Psicoterapia). ■ Continuing Medical Education Courses - ECM ■ International training in Gestalt Family Therapy WEB ■ Higher Education School in Pastoral Counselling www.gestaltherapy.it ■ Training courses for teachers accredited by MIUR, in collaboration with the Phronesis Center BLOG www.gestaltherapy.it/blog/ OFFICES RECOGNISED BY THE MIUR SCHOOL MANAGEMENT Sicily Ragusa AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Latium Rome Giovanni Salonia Scientific director Veneto Venice Valeria Conte Didactic program director D.M. 9.5.94, D.M. 7.12.01 e D.M. 24.10.08 Silvia Salcuni Member of the scientific committee GTK books of GESTALT THERAPY KAIRÒS journal of psychotherapy Scientific Director Translations and English Consultancies Giovanni Salonia Elina Carmela Guastella Glenda Lowe Managing Director Simona Gargano Concetta Bonini Editing Chief editor Elina Carmela Guastella Laura Leggio Sergio Russo Simona Gargano Law Office Silvia Distefano Illustrations Angelo Ruta Scientific Committee Angela Ales Bello Vittoria Ardino Paola Argentino Graphic project Eugenio Borgna ’AFTERSTUDIO Vincenzo Cappelletti Piero Cavaleri Art director Valeria Conte M’AS Marco Lentini Ken Evans ✝ 15 luglio 2015 Sean Gaffney Graphic designer Erminio Gius P’AS Paolo Pluchino Bin Kimura Aluette Merenda © Copyright 2020 Gtk Rosa Grazia Romano Antonio Sichera The Texts of GTK Psychotherapy Review Christine Stevens and GTK Books are subjected to a Silvia Salcuni double-blind peer review system. Member of the Scientific Committee of the Institute for MIUR Address for all correspondence: Abbreviation GESTALT THERAPY KAIROS journal of psychotherapy EN english 97100 Ragusa Sicilia Italia Via Virgilio, n°10 Enquiries Editorial +39 0932 682109 Subscriptions +39 0932 682109 For more information [email protected] www.gestaltherapy.it Index EN Biography ...................................................................................................................................... pag. 9 Some premises ....................................................................................................................... pag. 11 From Gestalt and Family Therapy (GFT) to Family Gestalt Therapy (FGT) .......................................................................... pag. 11 Gratitude .......................................................................................................................................... pag. 12 Ariadne’s thread ...................................................................................................................... pag. 13 Postmodernism and the family: basic relational models .. pag. 17 1. Relational models and historical context ...................................... pag. 17 2. Changes, gains and disturbances in family life .................... pag. 20 Developing models of family therapy between historical continuity and present perspectives ......................... pag. 25 1. The context of origins .......................................................................................... pag. 25 2. Towards an epistemology of processes .......................................... pag. 25 3. The pioneers of Family Therapy: vestiges and values .... pag. 26 3.1. Psychoanalytical (psychodynamic) theories ............................. pag. 27 3.2. The Philadelphia school and the Intergenerational approach ........................................................................... pag. 28 3.3. Systemic therapies .................................................................................................... pag. 30 3.4. Strategic therapies...................................................................................................... pag. 31 3.5. Experiential therapies: the Symbolic-experiential approach and Integrated humanistic approach .................... pag. 31 4. Family therapy and the liquid family .................................................. pag. 33 Occurances and models of Gestalt and Family Therapy .....pag. 37 1. Background ....................................................................................................................... pag. 37 2. Stage one: focus on awareness and on the expression of emotions ..................................................................................... pag. 37 3. Stage two: contact quality among family members .... pag. 40 GTK BOOKS / Dance of the Chairs and Dance of the pronouns 5 EN Index Towards a new model of Family Gestalt Therapy, dance of the chairs and dance of the pronouns ..................... pag. 45 Premise: limits of GT or limits of GT therapists? ......................... pag. 45 1. Rethinking