Anglican Theological Review, January 1st, 2005
Pastoral Counseling: A Gestalt Approach. By Ward A. Knights, Jr. New York: Haworth Pastoral Press, 2002. xii + 125 pp. $39.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Pastoral Counseling: A Gestalt Approach is exactly what the title claims. Knights's text is a refreshing, clear overview of the development of the Gestalt approach to therapy. More importantly, Knights weaves theology, Scripture (employing the King James Version), an Austrian folktale, and numerous pastorally appropriate vignettes into his text. He is at home with the central tenets of the theory and accesses this knowledge with ease. For those...
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