<p>COMBINING TWO SEPARATE WRITINGS INTO ONE SINGLE CHAPTER FOR A SELF-HELP BOOK </p><p> </p><p>I will be needing your editing services for a chapter in my self-help book. In this self-help book, I will be covering a range of psychological theories and explaining some of the most fascinating concepts from my point of view. </p><p> </p><p>The services I will be needing are based on Gestalt Psychotherapy. </p><p>I will be needing your services to beautifully and smoothly combine two separate writings that I will be sending to you into one single chapter for a self-help book. </p><p> </p><p>Like I just said, I have two separate essays. The first covers Arnold R. Beisser's Paradoxical Theory of Change (Gestalt Theory). And the second one covers “The concept of polarities”. They are both from Gestalt Theory of Psychotherapy.</p><p> </p><p>In the first essay (the one on paradoxical theory of change) what I aimed for is a chapter that is explanatory of what is paradoxical theory of change, how does it work, how can we apply it to everyday life. I chose the Paradoxical Theory of Change because it proposes a very unique and nonconventional way of looking to our problems. </p><p>This section is supposed to have examples from everyday life or from the personal life of the writer. It should give tips and methods for the reader to apply to his/her everyday life. It should not be hard to read, meaning it should attract readers from all levels, with or without psychological background. However, it should not be looked down upon when read by a person in the psychology field. It should be creative enough to make the reader want to go on reading and should have take home messages.</p><p> </p><p>It should explain how change takes place according to the paradoxical theory of change.</p><p> </p><p>It should give out take home messages and advices for the reader without sounding like a life coach that only has a few seminars of experience:)</p><p> </p><p>The second essay’s guidelines are below (the one about the concept of polarities):</p><p>The concept of polarities in Gestalt Theory focuses on the internal conflicts we all have. The classic example of a person saying "a part of me wants to change but a part of me keeps doing whatever I am doing". We all have polarities; the responsible part of us versus the impulsive part of us, the jealous part of us versus the trusting part of us, the strong part of us versus the weak part of us, the scared part of us versus the brave part of us, the competent self versus the incompetent self etc... The examples could go on forever:)</p><p> </p><p>So here is what this paper should focus on:</p><p>1) explain the concept of polarities, having two parts that contradict one another</p><p>2) talk about polar differentiation</p><p>3) Try to give as many examples as you can to the types of polarities one can experience. </p><p>4) talk about the Impasse (Perls) : how until one solves his/her problem, he/she is in the uncomfortable, frustrating and immobilizing state called, "The Impasse".</p><p>5) talk about integration: how to accept self as it is, how to own both polarities without fighting and without one trying to win over the other, talk about how to create harmony between those polarities</p><p>6) Talk about the process of getting unstuck in addressing this dilemma or polarity. How a person can move out of the inertia.</p><p>7) talk about how each part, each polarity plays a certain and a very important role even we don't like that part and would like to get rid of it by having the other pole win. </p><p>8) talk about how to communicate with parts of ourselves that is so deep however so unfamiliar to us, the parts that we have had no communication with so far.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since the two essays are very related to one another, I would like to combine them together into a one single chapter. The title would be: The parts of the self that have been disowned and how to renown those parts!</p><p> </p><p>So please help me combine these two separate writings into one single chapter of a self-help book. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT: Since there are a lot of self-help articles and books out there, mine has to stand out and in order to stand out it needs to be written differently without making it hard for the reader of different academic levels to understand. So I aimed for a chapter that is creative, literary and poetic. Something different than a traditional self-help writing style, something more catchy.</p><p> </p><p>These are what I will be needing from your services besides combining the two separate writings into one:</p><p>I am looking to improve my work. So I will be needing input at overarching feedback on the structure and concept of the chapter, critical review on the flow and transitions.</p><p> </p><p>I need a comprehensive editing service because I would like to know if I am being helpful through what I wrote, if it is creative, if it is conveying the message, if it is well explaining the theory, is there anything missing, are there any repetitions, am i loosing you at any point, is it reader friendly for the general public who have no psychology background, does it have a "how to" section in which readers can learn skills to have a better, meaningful life etc.</p><p> </p><p>If there is anything missing, or anything that does not sound right or boring or etc., I will also be needing help that goes beyond the scope of editing. So I will also be needing rewriting or paraphrasing existing content, or ghostwriting original content services to add content and depth to this chapter.</p><p> </p><p>I am attaching both chapters. The first one is 4782 words. And the second one is 3557 words. </p><p> </p><p>Thank you so much!</p>