Description:
A Gestalt Therapist Teaches in Ukraine offers a narrative description of encounter with the people of Ukraine in wartime and four discussions of the application of post-secular thought to the practice of psychotherapy.
Review Quotes:
"This book offers a philosophically rigorous and clinically transformative articulation of post-secular psychotherapy, advancing a position that is at once timely and overdue. Rather than offering a detached theoretical survey, Philip Brownell writes in a reflective, often narrative mode that mirrors the very claims being advanced."
Scott Churchill, PhD, editor emeritus of The Humanistic Psychologist
"This is a fascinating narrative of a journey to Gestalt therapists in Ukraine, including adapted versions of the lectures given there-discourses on such interrelated topics as post-secular critical theory, spirituality, and trauma, all conveyed with humanity, authenticity and compassion. This is a text that deserves a place on any Gestalt therapist's bookshelf."
Dave Mann, UKCP registered Gestalt psychotherapist, supervisor, trainer and author
"In this moving book, Philip Brownell takes us to Ukraine amid war, where he trains fellow therapists and bears witness to suffering, courage, and faith. Blending history, philosophy, and spirituality with clinical wisdom, he confronts the profound existential questions at the heart of psychotherapy and human resilience."
P. Scott Richards, PhD, president of the Bridges Institute for Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapies and past president of the Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality