Ruella Frank, Ph.D., is on the training faculty at the Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy, the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, adjunct faculty at the Gestalt Institute of Norway in Oslo, and the Center for Psychotherapy and Psychology in Madrid. She also trains within the United States and throughout the world.

Introduction. Part I: Opening Dialogue. The Emerging Dyad: Rachel and Alex. The First Session. Part II: Developmental Patterns and the Processes of Differentiation. Contacting and the Emergence of Pattern. Primary Supports for Contacting and Their Disruptions. A Closer Look at Differentiation. The Emergence of Toddling. The Adult Psychotherapy Client: Karla. Primary Orienting: Gravity, Earth, and Space. Orienting Through Weight. The Developing Experience of Weight. Yielding. The Moro Response. Orienting Possibilities and the Adult Therapy Client. Sharon: The Process of Yielding and the Experience of Support. Rhonda: Losing and Making Support. Part III: Reaching and Being Reached. The Developing Dynamics of Reaching. The Rooting Response: Reaching with the Mouth. The Adult Therapy Client. Bob. Cynthia. Brenda. Part IV: The Upright Stance. The Anatomy of Upright Being. Difficulties of Being Upright. Upright Behaviors in Infant Development. How Disruptions Develop. Dilemmas in Righting: The Adult Client. Lisa. Karen. Part V: Coming Into Wholeness: Annie's Story. Annie: 1985. Our Early Sessions. The Therapy: 1985-1996. Annie: 1996. Part VI: Resources for Therapists.