The Relational Center

increasing diversity & cultural competence
in the helping professions...

...for clients ...for students ...for donors & volunteers

Literature

The following list of titles will link to articles dedicated to the issues most relevant to The Relational Center's mission and purpose. Keep checking back for updates as more literature becomes accessible.

Paradox of Change (Beisser, 1970)

Therapist as 'Other': The Patient's Search for Relatedness (Jacobs, 1991)

The Unified Field in Practice (Parlett, 1997)

Self and Shame: A Gestalt Approach (Wheeler, 1997)

Reaching and Being Reached (Frank, 2000)

Sexuality: Old Struggles and New Challenges (O'Shea, 2000)

The Relational Attitude in Gestalt Therapy Theory and Practice (Yontef, 2002)

Gestalt Groups Revisited (Fairfield, 2004)

Gestalt Therapy: A Harm Reduction Approach (Fairfield, 2004)

Gestalt with Groups: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (Gaffney, 2006)

Gestalt Therapy Overview (Yontef & Fairfield, 2008)

Dialogue in Complex Systems: The Hermeneutical Attitude (Fairfield, At Press)

Getting 'Beyond Individualism' (Fairfield &O'Shea, 2008)

"Dialogue is a political act, and not one restricted to the dyadic encounter. If it is revolutionary to form a true partnership with another individual, then it is all the more radical when the same kind of partnership is formed in a group. When applied to larger systems, we can see with profound clarity the possibilities dialogue can have both for individual growth and radical social change."

-- Mark Fairfield