Joseph Zinker
Joseph Zinker (Joseph Chaim Zinker) is a master therapist whose influence has been fundamental in the growth and development of Gestalt theory and also Gestalt methodology. He co-founded the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland.
Early life
Joseph Zinker was born in Central Europe (Luck) in 1934 in a Jewish family. He was raised in Poland.
He lost an important part of his family during Second World War and lived with his parents in refugee camps in Austria and Germany. In 1949, they came to New York [1][2]. When Joseph Zinker was young, he spoke Russian, Polish, English, Yiddish, some German and a little Hebrew[3].
Education & work
Joseph Zinker studied Russian Literature, Psychology, Philosophy and Art at Queens College and New York University. Then he earned a Master of Science and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland (in 1963). His doctoral dissertation, Rosa Lee: Motivation and the Crisis of Dying (1966) became his first publication[4].
In the 1960's, he trained with Fritz Perls, a German-born who was one of the founders of Gestalt therapy, and others important psychiatrists and psychotherapists. He became a pre-eminent Gestalt therapist and was a co-founder of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland[5]. At this institute, he was during a long time a member of the teaching faculty, the head of the postgraduate faculty and a member of the Center for the Study of Intimate Systems[6]. Together with Sonia Nevis, he headed this center which has taken a leading role in the application of the Gestalt model to work with families and couples[4].
In the 1970's, Miriam Polster, Bill Warner and Joseph Zinker developed Gestalt theory with the formulation of the contact cycle and also the awareness-excitement-contact cycle[7]. Joseph Zinker is known for refining the clinical concepts of complementarity and middle ground in couple work and for the creative application of Gestalt therapy. He pioneered the principles of Gestalt group process[8] and the place of the Gestalt experiment in therapeutic work[9].
In 1980, Zinker continued to develop the cycle of experience: he applied it to groups and group development[10]. With his wife, Gestalt therapist Sandra Cardosa-Zinker, he published several articles about couples therapy [11].
As a Gestalt therapist, he has a private practice since 1962. He's also a teacher of therapists, a painter and a sculptor[3].
Books
Joseph Zinker is the author of several books like Creative Process in Gestalt Therapy, In Search of Good Form, Motivation and the Crisis of Dying, Sketches... He has also published numerous articles in journals (about psychotherapy, arts, the phenomenology of love...) and has served on the editorial board of different journals[12].
Creative Process in Gestalt Therapy was judged "Book of the year" by the magazine Psychology Today in 1977. It is now a classic[13] [9] and a best-seller[6]. It has been translated into several languages[4].
References
- ↑ "Gestalt - SP " Joseph Zinker (EUA)". gestaltsp.com.br (in português). Retrieved 2018-08-18.
- ↑ "Joseph Zinker - CV - Gestalt International Study Center, Cape Code, USA - Istituto di Gestalt HCC Italy". Istituto di Gestalt HCC Italy (in italiano). Retrieved 2018-08-18.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Zinker, Joseph (2001). Sketches: An Anthology of Essays, Art, and Poetry. Cambridge, MA (USA): The GestaltPress. ISBN 978-0-88163-339-9. Search this book on
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Zinker, Joseph (1994). In Search of Good Form. Massachusetts: Gestalt Press. ISBN 978-0881632934. Search this book on
- ↑ Brownell, Philip (2010). Gestalt Therapy: A Guide to Contemporary Practice. Springer Publishing Co Inc. ISBN 978-0826104540. Search this book on
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gordon Wheeler and Stephanie Backman (editors) (1997). On Intimate Ground: A Gestalt Approach to Working with Couples. Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. ISBN 978-0881632644.CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link) Search this book on
- ↑ Polster, Erving & Miriam (1974). Gestalt Therapy Integrated: Contours of Theory & Practice. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0394710068. Search this book on
- ↑ Clarkson, Petruska; Mackewn, Jennifer (1993). Fritz Perls. California: Sage Publications Inc. ISBN 978-0803984523. Search this book on
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 L. Woldt, Ansel; M. Toman, Sarah (2005). Gestalt Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice. Sage Publications Inc. ISBN 978-0761927914. Search this book on
- ↑ "Cleveland Consulting Group".
- ↑ Gestalt Review. vol. 5, n°1. Gestalt International Study Center. 2001. Search this book on
- ↑ "Joseph Zinker | Penguin Random House Canada". Penguin Random House Canada. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
- ↑ O'Leary (Editor), Eleanor (2013). Gestalt Therapy Around the World. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-0470699379.CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link) Search this book on
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