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Maya I just finished it last night. I read it because it was mentioned in Ann Farraday's (Faraday?) "Dream Power" and I found a copy that was free (just ha…moreI just finished it last night. I read it because it was mentioned in Ann Farraday's (Faraday?) "Dream Power" and I found a copy that was free (just had to pay a few dollars shipping for it to be mailed to me). I'm a therapist, so it was good to learn more about gestalt therapy.(less) Community Reviews· 110 ratings · 14 reviews Start your review of Don't Push The River (It Flows By Itself)
Dec 17, 2016 Fr Meyers rated it it was amazing This was one of the handbooks I devoured while living in
a commune in Booneville, California. During the same time as experimenting with organic psychedelics (avoiding the manufactured "bad" ones), I remembered so many of this book's lessons. While spending 35 years in governmental heath service, frequently being frustrated, I found peace by reminding myself that "it (all) flows by itself. Now at age 71 and in declining health, I realize how truly this book's message has been to me. I highly recom During the same time as experimenting with organic psychedelics (avoiding the manufactured "bad" ones), I remembered so many of this book's lessons. While spending 35 years in governmental heath service, frequently being frustrated, I found peace by reminding myself that "it (all) flows by itself. Now at age 71 and in declining health, I realize how
truly this book's message has been to me. I highly recommend this book to help with managing the impossibilities of understanding and accepting life's twists and turns. Life truly is unfolding exactly as it is supposed to be. ...more
Barry Stevens illustrates a life better lived then read. The book flows just like life; sometimes exciting, boring, thought provoking etc.
un clásico de psicología, humanista y con elementos de gestalt. Explica en simple el ejercicio de la aceptación consciente
This was an attractive
free-spirited premise - Barry Stevens of "Person to Person: The Problem of Being Human" retreats in the late 1960s to the Canadian wilderness and Fritz Perls Gestalt community. (I anticipated an interesting contrast to the formalism of Petruska Clarkson's 1980s
"Gestalt Counselling in Action" which I had read a year earlier). The book is initially enthusing with insightful Native American wisdom/parables peppering her acclimatization period, and a profound awareness arises The book is initially enthusing with insightful Native American wisdom/parables peppering her acclimatization period, and a profound awareness arises from the author's engagement with the first stage of the Gestalt - the human being as natural organism. But, the book quickly becomes a laborious diary, limited, and confused. We realise that Gestalt here is the way of any way, and no way; of which the originator Fritz seems disinterested. The community consists
of members organising themselves in a kind of self-absorbed and self-defeating neurotic relativism. The author's form of communicating follows this environment; she moves from kitchen, to group therapy room, to her private quarters, concerned with the immediate problems of group relations. She has made an ethical decision to withhold from us the details of the people in these relationships and conflicts. The attitude is extended to the world she brings to the community. Historical issues are
suggested as motivating factors for her interest in psychotherapies but they remain opaque, and this is the big problem with the book... or problem with this context of Gestalt. The therapeutic form is unclear, which is then difficult to communicate on the page. What happens to the person over time in a particular self-searching environment? How does this affect the continuity of the person? If a person expects to change their relationship to past experiences then why would it not be necessary
to address them (the experiences) directly? The answers have probably been answered in other Gestalt texts, but "Don't push the river" - in the best sense - inadvertently answers them by the authors choice of journalistic form. Intriguingly, the Gestalt way was a recommendation from her son, and it would seem that he (in his familiarity with her) would be the person who would find this book most rewarding. A lovely thought.
Apr 08, 2009 Harley rated it it was amazing Oh gosh, those wonderful 60s and 70s. We were so in touch.
Dec 08, 2021 Scott rated it it was amazing Very good, sort of a relic of the late 60s and early 70s period – probably not that easy to find these days but worth the effort if you’re interested in the counterculture of the period, particularly in the realm of psychology. Sort of a journal kept by Stevens while she was doing Gestalt Therapy training as a therapist with Fritz Perls, she also includes a few stories that she’d written previously which have a Gestalt vibe to them. Definitely on the four to five star spectrum, I’m going with fi Very good, sort of a relic of the late 60s and early 70s period – probably not that easy to find these days but worth the effort if you’re interested in the counterculture of the period, particularly in the realm of psychology. Sort of a journal kept by Stevens while she was doing Gestalt Therapy training as a therapist with Fritz Perls, she also includes a few stories that she’d written previously which have a Gestalt vibe to them. Definitely on the four to five star spectrum, I’m going with five because I enjoyed the book itself and the trip back to that era so much. ...more
Apr 23, 2009 Andy rated it it was amazing Without a doubt, the most amazing book I have ever read. Barry is incredible, this is a book that redefines how you see your moments, its all about living each of them and experiencing them to the full by being self aware. Gestalt Therapy is intriguing, a way to move towards becoming free within yourself and seeing yourself as you truly are, which is a difficult task. Barry gives some glimpses into what this is like as the book is written in the moment, very unique, hard to explain, it will eith Without a doubt, the most amazing book I have ever read. Barry is incredible, this is a book that redefines how you see your moments, its all about living each of them and experiencing them to the full by being self aware. Gestalt Therapy is intriguing, a way to move towards becoming free within yourself and seeing yourself as you truly are, which is a difficult task. Barry gives some glimpses into what this is like as the book is written in the moment, very unique, hard to explain, it will either blow your mind or do your head in I suppose :) The thing I love is that just reading a couple of pages when in the right frame of mind can radically change the way you see things for a while and help you to live in the moment. That may be just my experience though, as that is what I am trying hard to do with my life at the moment. Essentially Barry lives by having less should and must do and more feel/react. I also recommend 'Person to Person' (with carl Rogers) she is a true shining star! ...more
Sep 17, 2008 Aaron rated it it was amazing Stevens uses autobiographical accounts to illustrate the effects of Gestalt therapy in her own life. She has a unique style and draws on a number of sources from modern psychotherapy to American Indian culture to East Asian philosophy to stories from her life and her
family. While so much similar literature of the era has thankfully been swept away by time, her writing stands out for its sincerity, clarity and humor. It's a bit dense and at times I found it hard to get though. I strongly recomme It's a bit dense and at times I found it hard to get though. I strongly recommend starting with her final book Burst Out Laughing, which is in a more accessible format.
I will attempt to make this non-scathing. This is just a confusing mix of confusing ideology mixed with diary entries / random musings. Whatever Gestalt Therapy is…i have gained 0% more understanding of it. This may be for some people but not for me. Couldn’t wait to be done with it. Hard to imagine someone giving this 5 stars. On a positive note I’m looking forward to my next read!
Jun 01, 2016 Modya rated it liked it Interesting read of someone's take on life with Fritz Perls. Her blend of gestalt
and First Nations philosophy was interesting, but a little too much journal entry style writing - "I put the kettle on, then I took it off," type of thing. Glad I read the book, but I wouldn't list it high on my recommend list for anyone interested in gestalt, or biographies or otherwise. Glad I read the book, but I wouldn't list it high on my recommend list for anyone interested in gestalt, or biographies or otherwise.
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