Most - Gestaltterapie, dialog mezi kulturami – Levine Bar-Yoseph Talia (2014)

The book is a unique anthology of essays written by psychotherapists from various countries and cultures, attempting to address questions typically explored by representatives of other social sciences, such as sociologists, anthropologists, or political scientists. They highlight the paradox of the contemporary world: on one hand, internet technologies are constantly improving, enabling almost immediate communication across continents; on the other hand, it is increasingly confirmed that most problems people experience are significantly related to the distortion or misunderstanding of cultural meanings and the inability to comprehend what another person is trying to convey emotionally through words or non-verbal means. The authors are gestalt therapists and perceive culture as an adaptation and identification with a specific system into which we are born and whose influences we are exposed to throughout our development. However, drawing from their own therapeutic experiences working with clients, they attempt to expand this understanding of culture. They present gestalt therapy as a dialogical approach that, by emphasizing respect for difference, the uniqueness of subjective experience, cultural background, and the context of each individual, can also be used to mediate...