A New Look For The IJP International Journal of PSYCHOTHERAPY Journal of the European Association of Psychotherapy Volume 24 Number 3 November 2020 A ‘Special Issue’ on Gestalt Therapy ISSN: 1356-9082 (Print) ISSN: 1469-8498 (Online) International Journal of PSYCHOTHERAPY Volume 24 Number 3 November 2020 The International Journal of Psychotherapy is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal and is published three times a year in March, July, and November, by the European Association of Psychotherapy (EAP). The EAP is a member of the World Council for Psychotherapy (WCP); and an International NGO member of the Council of Europe. Journal Editor: Courtenay Young, Scotland, UK: [email protected] Administrative Editor: Tom Ormay, Hungary: [email protected] Associate Editor: Alexander Filz, Ukraine: [email protected] Executive Editor: Alicja Heyda, Poland: [email protected] Assistant Editor: Marzena Rusanowska, Poland: [email protected] Editorial Office: [email protected] IJP EDITORIAL BOARD: Godehard Stadmüller, Switzerland Renée Oudijk, The Netherlands Snezana Milenkovic, Serbia Heward Wilkinson, UK Peter Schütz, Austria Barbara FitzGerald, Ireland Milena Karlinska-Nehrebecka, Poland Vesna Petrović, Serbia Anna Colgan, Ireland Ingrid Pirker-Binder, Austria Enver Cesko, Kosovo Susanne Vosmer, UK IJP website: www.ijp.org.uk INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD (IAB): Mohammad Quasi Abdullah, Syria; A. Roy Bowden, New Zealand; Howard Book, Canada; Paul Boyesen, France; Shaun J. F. Brookhouse, UK; Jacqueline A. Carleton, USA; Loray Dawes, Canada; Terence Dowdall, South Africa; Götz Egloff, Germany; Mony Elkaim, Belgium; Richard G. Erskine, Canada; Dorothy Firman, USA; Maksim Goncharov, Russia; Miles Groth, USA; Bob Henley, USA; Toby Sígrun Herman, Iceland; Theodor Itten, Switzerland; Thomas Kornbichler, Germany; Eugenius Laurinaitis, Lithuania; Alan Lidmila, UK; Michel Meignant, France; Dan Anders Palmquist, Sweden; Roberto Pereira, Spain; Adrian Rhodes, UK; Anna Szałańska, Poland; Andrew Samuels, UK; Ganesh Shankar, India; Peter Schulthess, Switzerland; Ulrich Sollmann, Germany; Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb, Italy; Emmy van Deurzen, UK; C. Edward Watkins, USA; Michael Wieser, Austria; Heward Wilkinson, UK; Joanne Graham Wilson, France; Herzel Yogev, Israel; Riccardo Zerbetto, Italy. All the affiliations of the members of the Editorial Board and the International Advisory Board are listed on the relevant pages of the IJP website. Published by: European Association of Psychotherapy (EAP) Mariahilfer Straße 1d/e, Stock/Tür 13, A-1060 Vienna, Austria E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.europsyche.org Copyright © 2020, European Association of Psychotherapy ISSN: 1356-9082 (Print); ISSN: 1469-8498 (Online) International Journal of PSYCHOTHERAPY Volume 24 Number 3 November 2020 A ‘Special Issue’ on Gestalt Therapy Special Issue Editors: Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb & Peter Schulthess Editorial: “Yet Another Special Issue!” COURTENAY YOUNG ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Gestalt Therapy: Relational Developments and Research MARGHERITA SPAGNUOLO LOBB & PETER SCHULTHESS .................................................................................................... 7 The Relational Turn of Gestalt Therapy Clinical Practice: From the “empty chair” to the “dance of reciprocity” in the field MARGHERITA SPANGUOLO LOBB ................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Political Implications of Gestalt Therapy PETER SCHULTHESS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Gestalt Psychotherapy Research PHILIP BROWNELL ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 The Time-Frame, Single-Case Study PABLO HERRERA, ILLIA MSTIBOVSKYI, JAN ROUBAL & PHILIP BROWNELL ................................................ 53 “Geshita Liaofa” in the People’s Republic of China: ‘Hurly-Burly’, in the ‘Here-and-Now’ ANNETTE HILLERS-CHEN & YANG-YING ............................................................................................................................................ 67 Educational System and Studying Gestalt Therapy in Russia, Ukraine, Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Kazahstan KIRILL KHLOMOV ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 79 The Relational Approach to Psychosis REZEDA RAVILEVNA POPOVA .............................................................................................................................................................................. 91 Inheritors of Lake Cowichan: A History of the Birth of Gestalt Therapy Research in Canada: Excerpts from an interview with Les Greenberg JAY TROPIANSKAIA & SABRINA DEUTSCH SALAMON ........................................................................................................... 101 Professional Issues & Adverts .......................................................................................................................................................... 109 International Journal of PSYCHOTHERAPY Volume 24 Number 3 November 2020 The International Journal of Psychotherapy is a future of psychotherapy and reflecting the in- leading professional and academic publication, ternal dialogue within European psychother- which aims to inform, to stimulate debate, and to apy and its wider relations with the rest of the assist the profession of psychotherapy to develop world; throughout Europe and also internationally. It is Current research and practice developments – properly (double-blind) peer-reviewed. ensuring that new information is brought to the attention of professionals in an informed The Journal raises important issues in the field of and clear way; European and international psychotherapy prac- Interactions between the psychological and tice, professional development, and theory and the physical, the philosophical and the polit- research for psychotherapy practitioners, related ical, the theoretical and the practical, the tra- professionals, academics & students. The Journal ditional and the developing status of the pro- is published by the European Association for Psy- fession; chotherapy (EAP), three times per annum. It has Connections, communications, relationships been published for 24 years. It is currently work- and association between the related profes- ing towards obtaining a listing on several differ- sions of psychotherapy, psychology, psychia- ent Citation Indices and thus gaining an Impact try, counselling and health care; Factor from each of these. Exploration and affirmation of the similari- The focus of the Journal includes: ties, uniqueness and differences of psycho- therapy in the different European regions and Contributions from, and debates between, the in different areas of the profession; different European methods and modalities in Reviews of new publications: highlighting and psychotherapy, and their respective traditions reviewing books & films of particular impor- of theory, practice and research; tance in this field; Contemporary issues and new developments Comment and discussion on all aspects and for individual, group and psychotherapy in important issues related to the clinical practice specialist fields and settings; and provision of services in this profession; Matters related to the work of European pro- A dedication to publishing in European ‘moth- fessional psychotherapists in public, private er-tongue’ languages, as well as in English. and voluntary settings; Broad-ranging theoretical perspectives pro- This journal is therefore essential reading for viding informed discussion and debate on a informed psychological and psychotherapeutic wide range of subjects in this fast expanding academics, trainers, students and practitioners field; across these disciplines and geographic boundar- Professional, administrative, training and ed- ies, who wish to develop a greater understanding ucational issues that arise from developments of developments in psychotherapy in Europe and in the provision of psychotherapy and related world-wide. We have recently developed several services in European health care settings; new ‘Editorial Policies’ that are available on the Contributing to the wider debate about the IJP website, via the ‘Ethos’ page: www.ijp.org.uk International Journal of PSYCHOTHERAPY Volume 24 Number 3 November 2020 The IJP Website: www.ijp.org.uk The IJP website is very comprehensive with many are a number of ‘Open Access’ books and articles different pages. It is fairly easy to negotiate via for you to read – if you wish. Secondly: there are the tabs across the top of the website. usually a couple of articles from a forthcoming issue, available to download, free of charge, in You are able to subscribe to the Journal through advance of publication. Then, there is an on-go- the website – and we have several different ‘cat- ing, online