Atmospheric Landscapes

“This volume represents a main achievement in contemporary European thought, successfully bridging the traditionally disparate fields of neo-phenomenological philosophy and clinical psychotherapy […] This volume is a quintessential example of the vitality of European thought. It draws upon a rich lineage—including Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Schmitz, and Bion—to address modern crises […] “Atmospheric Landscapes” is more than a textbook; it is a manifesto for a more “pathic”, embodied, and relational understanding of the human condition. It reinstates the importance of “the vague” and the “indeterminate” in a world increasingly obsessed with clinical objectivity” […] I have no doubt that this work will become a seminal reference point for philosophers, clinicians, and scholars of “ambiance” across the continent and beyond. It is a work of immense intellectual courage that reminds us that “there is nothing so practical as a good theory”.”

Bruce Bégout, directeur de SPH, Professeur des universités Philosophie-phénoménologie, Université Bordeaux-Montaigne

“As Gestalt therapy continues to evolve, an exciting center of theoretical and methodological development has emerged in Italy, influenced by the work of Gianni Francesetti, MD, and Michela Gecele, MD, who co-edited this volume with Professor Tonino Griffero. With its focus on atmospheres, this book brings together leading Gestalt therapy voices offering reflections across many areas of interest, including psychotherapy, theater, psychiatric emergency, fiction, child development, and beyond. This consideration of atmospheres broadens the Gestalt therapist’s way of being and attending, providing new modes of understanding and new avenues of connection. I highly recommend this important volume.”

Peter Cole, LCSW, Sierra Institute for Contemporary Gestalt Therapy; Berkeley, California, USA

“The introduction alone is worth the price of this book! A rich, clear, humane discourse on therapy that will lift your sights and hearts, and cannot help but enrich your capacities as a therapist and a fellow human.”

Lynne Jacobs, PhD, Dir. Pacific Gestalt Institute, Los Angeles, USA