Peter Cole, LCSW is the co-director of the Sierra Institute for Contemporary Gestalt Therapy and was an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry with the UC Davis School of Medicine for 30 years (now retired). He is the co-author of three previous books including New Directions in Gestalt Group Therapy, and has published numerous articles.

Foreword Preface Introduction: The Emergence of the Relational Perspective in Gestalt Therapy Section One: An Relational Gestalt Therapy Theory 1. Aesthetic Relational Knowledge and the Dance of Reciprocity in the Therapeutic Field: Post Pandemic Gestalt Therapy in Practice 2. Engaged Surrender 3. Field Theory in Psychopathology and Clinical Practice 4. Gestalt Therapy Theory in an Age of Turmoil 5. To Hold the Hands that Hold our Hands: Responsivity of Contacting 6. The Gifts and Risks in Relational Empathy: An Historical Perspective 7. Living in a World of Meaning Section Two: Applications of the Relational Gestalt Perspective 8. A Classical Beginning and a Relational Turn: A Gestalt Therapy Case Study 9. When the World Changes in an Instant: Exploring the "Cracks in the Continuity of Experience" 10. What My Client Taught Me About Dialogic Presence: A Case Study of Client and Therapist in Relational Gestalt Therapy 11. On Regret: A Relational Gestalt Therapy Perspective 12. The Encounter Process 13. Shame and Relational Gestalt Group Therapy: Restoring the Interpersonal Bridge Section Three: Integrative Relational Approaches 14. Embodies Relational Presence in Buddhist Psychology Informed Gestalt Therapy 15. The Here and Now of Sandtray Therapy: Sandtray Therapy Meets Gestalt Therapy 16. The Mountain and the River: Stillness and Flow and the Art of Therapy