Human Interaction and Emotional Awareness in Gestalt Therapy:Exploring the Phenomenology of Contacti

Historical context The fate of the body and the senses in the civilizing process The satisfying experience The contacting process in the interaction between humans and their environments Emotional orientation Considering the significance of emotions in the contacting process The impact of emotions on personality and society On the many ways our civilization depends on the refinement of our feelings Cultural context Humankind's transformations in the age of environmental destruction I Looking down from the Moon, or the end and eternity of nature Anxiety and civilization in everyday life on Earth Pressure of time and the fragility of hope The uncertainty of the future and the certainty of death Flight into the trans-human realm and the misery of power Notes Epilogue Gestalt therapy of environmental destruction First tenet: Anxiety must turn into fear - Getting ready for action Second tenet: Emotional sensibility instead of environmental morality - motivating resistance Fourth tenet: Paying attention not just to needs but also to satisfaction - never neglecting zest for life Fifth Tenet: It is not nature which heals but awareness -developing embodied mindfulness is the path Notes