3 Intro to the contact cycle

Satisfies SLO/CLO #2 (Describe the “contact cycle” process)

Reading

• Polster, E., & Polster, M. (1974). Gestalt Therapy Integrated: Contours of Theory & Practice. New York: Vintage Books.
  • Chapter 1: The Now Ethos, up to pp. 23
  • Chapter 8: Awareness, pp. 207-232
• “The Gestalt Cycle” video:

Learning Experience

• Lecture: Gestalt Guest Lecture 2020.10.08

Assignment

• Journal prompt: write about a time when you (or a client) were aware of experiencing a contact cycle.