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form of diagnosis that leads to differential intervention. Thus following theprocess, a central Gestalt principle, is not some mystical or esoteric process,wild and creative, beyond description or understanding, but rather a disciplinedform of recognising the obvious, a form of perceptual differentiation akin toradiologists reading of scans to detect phenomena indicating that certain processesare occurring internally. We have suggested that therapy benefits fromthe identification of certain markers as indicators of internal states that offeropportunities for particular types of actions by therapists that best fit thesestates. Viewing diagnosis and intervention in this light helps bring the art andscience of psychotherapy together in the performance of skilled practice.I congratulate the editors on producing a volume that adds to the developmentof Gestalt therapy theory and captures the complexity of the Gestalt approachapplied to clinical practice with complex problems.Leslie GreenbergToronto, December 201215