We are pleased to announce the launch of Two-you work: How to work with the self in conflict by Vancouver psychologist Dr. Bea Mackay. Peter Philippson, M.Sc., Founder Member of the Manchester Gestalt Centre and Full Member of the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, as well as author of Self in Relation and The Emergent Self’ wrote:
I am glad that Dr. Mackay has written this book. Too often, two-chair work has been taught as a technique, or as the whole of Gestalt Therapy, but without an understanding of how it fits with the theory and practice of the approach.
What Dr. Mackay has achieved is to produce a clear, usable account of the method that honors its origin in a theory of relational selfhood and polarities. While there are some areas I would debate with Dr. Mackay (and have done!), I have no hesitation in commending this book as an important addition to training literature.
Dr. Mackay’s book will be officially launched on October 26, from 5:30-8:00, at Hycroft Mansion. Contact us if you are interested to join us for the launch!
Dr. Arden Henley’s book titled Social Architecture launched on May 27, 2011.
Praise for Social Architecture
Arden Henley swims resolutely against the current that is sweeping us into backwaters of lonely egocentricity. He challenges those of us trapped in cells of organizational bureaucracy to escape from our “me” wired chat room existence to a new social architecture. Arden explains how this “me to we” shift opens the door to living and learning with others. If you enjoy examining old problems through executing new constructs, you’ll love this book. Dave Jackson, Ph.D., Founder and President of Jackson Leadership Systems
This book is a brisk walk with a good friend. It is a wink and nod, a handshake, a good meal, a clear spring day, the smell of a wet dog. More than a pleasure, it is what strangers and loved ones need us to remember. Simply and poetically, without advice or criticism, Arden Henley reminds us how to belong each other, how to create habitable relationships in diverse settings, even in this era of remote communication. Social Architecture is a kind word from a respected elder, at once a challenge and a hug. Allan Wade, Ph.D, Center for Response-Based Practice
Arden Henley addresses the factors that make our social organizations and communities workable and ‘inhabitable’ through a deep and fascinating reflection on belonging and connection. Henley skillfully steps the reader away from modernist considerations of the isolated individualist ‘self’ and moves us forward towards a reconsideration of the profoundly connected, communalized, co-authored, interdependent shaping and influence we have in relationship with each other. This is one of those rare ‘must read’ books. Stephen Madigan, PhD, Director Vancouver School for Narrative Therapy
Arden Henley, the Master Builder shares with us the fundamental principles of his kind of design: the art of subtraction. Summarily put, the art is about removing what’s in the way so that what’s always and already there—common humanity–simply bursts forth and flows. In this book Henley releases us from our strained morality, whispers poetics back into our consciousness, and arouses the deepest longing within our hearts—belonging with one another with compassion and kindness. Heesoon Bai, Associate Professor, Philosophy of Education, Simon Fraser University
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