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On the Other Side of the Moon: The Import of Implicit Knowledge for Gestalt Therapy

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Thank you, Margherita and Giovanni. Actually, I guess this is our third meeting. We seem to have met through the literature before Palermo,’ which was a sort of preparing the territory. When we met in Palermo, I think that the three of us fell in love with each other. So the real reason why I’m here is to continue our affair. In fact, like most lovers, we’re going to have many disagreements, and that will be the fun part to talk about, I think.

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Stern, D.N., Boston Change Process Study Group. (2003). On the Other Side of the Moon: The Import of Implicit Knowledge for Gestalt Therapy. In: Lobb, M.S., Amendt-Lyon, N. (eds) Creative License. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6023-7_3

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