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Publishing History

Recent Books

(2006) Becoming a Practitioner-Researcher - A Gestalt Approach to Holistic Inquiry. Middlesex University Press. London. (This text may be purchased from the author at £21 including postage (RRP £30) (see book review)

Recent Chapters in Books

Barber, P & Brownell, P. (2009) Qualitative Research. Chapter 3 in Brownell (ed) Handbook for Theory, Research and Practice in Gestalt Therapy. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, New York & London

Barber, P. (2008) Facilitating High Achievers to tell their Stories of Professional Entrepreneurialism: Lessons from the Doctorate in Public Works. In Young, D. & Garnett, J (eds) Work-Based Learning Futures. Bolton: University Awards CounselRecent Refereed Journals

Barber, P. (2008) The British Gestalt Conference: A Reflective Inquiry. British Gestalt Journal, vol 17, no 1.

(2006) Keeping Psychotherapy Trainees in Their Place: How Psychotherapy Institutions can Stifle Love & Breed Compliance. International Gestalt Journal. (Available as download below)

(2006) Group as Teacher: The Gestalt Informed Peer-Learning Community as a Transpersonal Vehicle for Organizational Healing. Gestalt Review, Vol 10, no 1. USA.

(2005) The Shadow-Side of Leadership – The Stifling of Creativity & the Fostering of Collusion in Training Organisations. Organisations & People – Special Leaders & Values Edition, Vol 12, No 1

(2004) Are We the True Freudians? Humanistic Psychology and Gestalt’s Honouring of Freud’s Philosophical Legacy. International Gestalt Journal 27/2/05 & Bates, A. (2004) Towards more Humanistic & Transpersonal Gestalt – A Challenge to the Gestalt Community. British Gestalt Journal.

(2003) Gestalt: A Prime Medium for Holistic Research and Whole Person Education. British Gestalt Journal. Vol 11, No 2

(2003a) Group as Teacher. ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career and Vocational Education, Ohio State University E-Press, USA

(2002) Self Development within Experiential Groups - a Gestalt Perspective. Self & Society, Vol 30, no 2.

(2002a) Coaching & Consulting: A Dialogue with Holism & the Soul. Organisations & People, Vol 9, no 1

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About Paul Barber
About Paul Barber
Born in- Middlewich, Cheshire, Northern England

1970's- I trained in psychiatric nursing at Epsom (St Ebbas & Long Grove Hospitals)and the Henderson Hospital before establishing a Therapeutic Community in acute mental health within Belmont Hospital

1980’s- I applied Humanism and Therapeutic Community practice to education and the Public sector. After being recruited to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to develop nurse tutors, I joined with the Association of Therapeutic Communities (ATC) and group analysts from the Tavistock and Institute of Group Analysis (IGA) to initiate a programme in Therapeutic Community Practice for medics, social workers and nurse.

1990’s- I applied Humanism, Gestalt and Group Analysis to education, being recruited by the Human Potential Research Group (HPRG) at the University of Surrey to design and co-deliver an MSc in Change Agent Skills and Strategies (CASS).

21st Century - I have acquired an international audience and been propelled into illuminating the potential of Gestalt to resolve conflict and to build communities - through the holistic process of its phenomenological inquiry.