Intro to Gestalt Theory Syllabus by El Schoepf is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
Intro to Gestalt Theory Syllabus by El Schoepf is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
Directions for Use
Use the templates in each chapter to build the course map for your course. In the course map, you will sequence your learning outcomes into modules/weeks and specify your course materials, learning experiences, and assignments/assessments. This map will help guide you as you develop and build the modules of your course.
Refer to the “Intro to the contact cycle” chapter for a complete module map. All other modules/chapters include outlines and reading lists only.
Student Learning Outcomes (Course Learning Outcomes)
Satisfies SLO/CLO #1 (Identify Gestalt values/philosophy)
Reading
Learning Experience
Assignment
Satisfies SLO/CLO #1 (Identify Gestalt values/philosophy)
Reading
A YouTube element has been excluded from this version of the text. You can view it online here: https://ubalt.pressbooks.pub/gestalttheorysyllabus/?p=27
Learning Experience
Assignment
Satisfies SLO/CLO #2 (Describe the “contact cycle” process)
Reading
A YouTube element has been excluded from this version of the text. You can view it online here: https://ubalt.pressbooks.pub/gestalttheorysyllabus/?p=30
Learning Experience
A YouTube element has been excluded from this version of the text. You can view it online here: https://ubalt.pressbooks.pub/gestalttheorysyllabus/?p=30
Assignment
Satisfies SLO/CLO #3 (Identify and differentiate “disturbances to contact”)
Reading
Learning Experience
Assignment
Satisfies SLO/CLO #3 (Identify and differentiate “disturbances to contact”)
Reading
Learning Experience
Assignment
Satisfies SLO/CLO #3 (Identify and differentiate “disturbances to contact”)
Reading
Learning Experience
Assignment
Satisfies SLO/CLO #3 (Identify and differentiate “disturbances to contact”)
Reading
Learning Experience
Assignment
Satisfies SLO/CLO #3 (Identify and differentiate “disturbances to contact”)
Reading
Learning Experience
Assignment
Satisfies SLO/CLO #4 (Devise solutions to “disturbances to contact” through role playing and analyzing case examples)
Reading
Learning Experience
Assignment
Estrup, L. (Director). (2015). Flying Without Wings: Life with Arnold Beisser [Motion picture].
Francesetti, G. (2015). From individual symptoms to psychopathological fields. Towards a field perspective on clinical human suffering. British Gestalt Journal, 24(1), 5-19.
Gehlert, T. (2020). System-Aufstellungen und ihre naturwissenschaftliche Begründung: Grundlage für eine innovative Methode zur Entscheidungsfindung in der Unternehmensführung. Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer Nature. Retrieved from https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/23154
“The Gestalt Cycle.” (2016, September 05). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZyF0JsyreM
Hycner, R. & Jacobs, L. (1995). The healing relationship in Gestalt therapy: A dialogic/self psychology approach. Highland, NY: The Gestalt Journal Press.
Kepner, J. I. (1987). Body Process: A Gestalt Approach. New York: Gestalt Institute of Cleveland Press.
Kochinka, A. (2004). Emotionstheorien. Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript Verlag. Retrieved from https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/22515
O’Koon (Latuch), B. D. (2020). Thoughts on Microaggression, Socio-Cultural Trauma and the Phenomenological Field, A Discussion Paper. New Gestalt Voices, 1-10.
Polster, E., & Polster, M. (1974). Gestalt Therapy Integrated: Contours of Theory & Practice. New York: Vintage Books.
Sternburg, R. J. and Funke, J. (Eds.). (2019). The Psychology of Human Thought: An Introduction. Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing. Retrieved from https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24812
Yontef, G. (2005). Gestalt Theory of Change. In A. Woldt, A. & S. Toman (Eds.), Gestalt Therapy: History, Theory and Practice (pp. 217-236). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.