August 2, 2010
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THE GESTALT DIRECTORY
The International Guide to Gestalt Practitioners
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THE GESTALT RESOURCE AND REFERENCE PROJECT & THE GESTALT BIBLIOGRAPHY
With over 500 new entries, the latest edition of the Gestalt Bibliography is now available in a downloadable format: Adobe PDF http://www.gestalttherapy.net/library/bib.pdf or ASCII Text http://www.gestalttherapy.net/library/bib.txt
It is a monumental task to gather all available Gestalt therapy resources. Working together we can build a comprehensive catalogue of Gestalt references in all languages! Add your own publications or contribute to the community effort by adding the works of others. Now you can e-mail us your list of references — library@gestalttherapy.net
NEW IN 2010 — THE NEW FORUMS OF THE GESTALT THERAPY NETWORK
Including the new Gestalt Therapy Referral Service
The Practitioner's Forums
Participation on this forum is limited to Gestalt practitioners in private practice, clinical, academic or training settings, Gestalt coaches or management trainers and organizational development consultants, and to trainees in ongoing Gestalt therapy training programs. Talk to colleagues all over the world.
http://www.gestaltnetwork.net/forums/
The Neighborhood Forums
The Forum for Professionals and non-Professionals — informal conversation and information exchange. Open to ALL persons interested in Gestalt theory and practice. Practitioners — connect with potential trainees, clients and workshop participants. Monitor and participate in the new Gestalt Therapy Referral Service.
http://www.gestaltnetwork.net/forums2/
THE GESTALT PRACTITIONERS REFERRAL BOARD - Now available on The Practitioners and Neighborhood Forums
A worldwide referral request network for Gestalt practitioners. Need a referral for a client? Post a request here! Available to Gestalt therapists from all over the world, who can contact you privately by e-mail if they have a suggestion in the geographic area you have requested.
THE WRITER'S PAGE http://www.gestalttherapy.net/writers/ — New Contents in 2010!
Published here are the words of Gestalt practitioners on their life and work, on theory and practice.The pieces are finished or unfinished, polished or first draft.Readers can respond to the authors directly, or discuss the topics via the link to the Forums.
NEW! — GESTALT PRACTIONERS AT WORK — http://www.gestalttherapy.net/gpatwork/
Here you will find case studies, clinical vignettes, transcripts — successes and failures, polished and unpolished, with commentary and without — all examples of the Gestalt practitioner at work. They represent the breadth and scope of the Gestalt approach and the varied styles of those whose work is at heart guided by Gestalt theoretical principles.
Interested in sending us material to be considered for Gestalt Practitioners at Work or the Writer's Page? Contact compass@gestalttherapy.net
Feel free to e-mail us compass@gestalttherapy.net We welcome your feedback and your ideas and suggestions for the Network.
The Gestalt Journal Press announces that the digital version of the International Gestalt Journal is now available in a format compatable with most eBook readers. In addition to a standard PDF format, included on the distribution disk is a copy of the same issue in the EPUB format, the standard eBook format recommended by The International Digital Publishing Forum. The disk and files are compatible with Windows, Macintosh, and Linux systems. EPUB files can be read on all Android devices, the Barnes & Noble Nook, iPads/iPhones/iPod Touch, the Kobo eReader and the Sony Reader.
For detailed subscription information vist http://www.igjournal.org/guests.
THE GESTALT INSTITUTE OF CLEVELAND presents:
GESTALT EXPERIENCE WORKSHOP: AN INTRODUCTION TO GESTALT. If you want to learn about or deepen your knowledge of Gestalt therapy theory and its applications to your personal and professional life, we invite you to attend this transformational weekend workshop. It is an opportunity to experience directly the power of the Gestalt process through activities in a lively, small group format that support your personal and professional development. Participants have an opportunity to gain increased awareness of self in relation to others, interpersonally, and in the context of a group.
When: September 10-12, 2010
Time: Friday, 1PM-7:30PM; Saturday, 9AM-6PM; Sunday, 9AM-1PM
Where: Cleveland, OH
Program Leaders: Richard B. Hancock, MA; Rosanna O. Zavarella, PhD.
More Information: 216.421.0468, or registrar@gestaltcleveland.org, or visit http://www.gestaltcleveland.org
Continuing Education: 16.5 instructional hours
THE GESTALT INSTITUTE OF CLEVELAND presents:
WORKING WITH BODY WORKSHOP. This workshop is for those who are interested in the basic principles, techniques, and approaches to body-oriented work. Participants will experience ways of integrating body-focused work in their practices and in their day-to-day lives. Topics include appreciating body patterns and phenomena; using the Gestalt "Cycle of Experience" to track changes in body experiences; using the breath to support increased body awareness. This workshop is a prerequisite for the Advanced Training Program Working with Physical Process (WWPP).
When: September 24-25, 2010
Time: Friday, 1PM-8PM; Saturday, 9AM-6PM
Where: Cleveland, OH
Program Leader: Donna Marie Berwald, MA, LMHC, LMFT, LSW
More Information: 216.421.0468, or registrar@gestaltcleveland.org, or visit http://www.gestaltcleveland.org
Continuing Education: 13 instructional hours
THE GESTALT INSTITUTE OF CLEVELAND presents:
THE GESALT COACH CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. The Gestalt Coach Certification Program is a 6 month program with 4 class sessions. It provides both the basic and specialized knowledge and skills needed to become a competent Gestalt coach. In addition, upon successful completion of the program and its requirements, participants can apply for a Gestalt Professional Certified Coach (GPCCª) certification. This certification is only conferred by the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. This program is certified by the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
Program Dates: Session I September 28-October 3, 2010; Session II November 17-21, 2010; Session III January 26-30, 2011; Session IV March 22-26, 2011
Time: 8:30AM - 6:30PM
Where: Cleveland, OH
Program Leader: Juliann Spoth, PhD.
More Information: 216.421.0468, or registrar@gestaltcleveland.org, or visit http://www.gestaltcleveland.org
THE GESTALT INSTITUTE OF CLEVELAND presents:
A GIC CONFERENCE FOR AUTHORS, PRACTITIONERS, AND JOURNALERS. If you are yearning to write, we invite you to join a community of Gestalt writers for a weekend of experiential, process-based writing opportunities. This conference is designed to support those who journal, those who write, and practitioners who utilize writing as a therapeutic tool.
PERSONAL GROWTH TRACK: October 8, 2010, 6PM-9PM
AUTHORS' TRACK: October 9-10, 2010, Friday and Saturday, 9AM-6PM
PRACTITIONERS' TRACK: October 9-10, 2010, Friday and Saturday, 9AM-6PM
Where: Cleveland, OH
Program Leaders: Karen Tomoff, LPCC, LICDC; Sarah Toman, PhD.
More Information: 216.421.0468, or registrar@gestaltcleveland.org, or visit http://www.gestaltcleveland.org
Continuing Education: 14 instructional hours for the AUTHORS' and PRACTITIONERS' TRACK
Mariah's Tales of a Wounded Healer Now In Spanish
'Historias de la Sanadora Herida', the Spanish translation of Mariah Fenton Gladis' book, Tales of a Wounded Healer has hit the top 50 on the best selling list of Sanborns, the most important bookseller in Mexico. Recently translated and published in Mexico by El Camino Rojo Ediciones, Historias de la Sanadora Herida, is also available in Salvador and Panamá.
Tales of a Wounded Healer is an extremely creative and innovative approach to teaching basic Gestalt counseling skills built into the personal story of a remarkable woman who is a 29-year survivor of a terminal diagnosis. It has solid theory brought to life by true stories of people who have changed their lives by this profound work, including that of the author. It is also a highly readable and extraordinary look into the soul of a therapist at the exact moment she is working with her clients. Mariah Fenton Gladis is the Founder and Clinical Director of the Pennsylvania Gestalt Center in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
For more information, go to
http://gestaltcenter.com/About/news_archive/2010_07_spanish.htm
"Zu sich kommen in der Wüste" 29.10.-6.11.2010
Inhalt: Ein Gemeinschaftserlebnis, gute Impulse für Ihr Leben. Zwischen Frühstück und Mittagessen sind wir ca 2 - 2 1/2 Stunden in der Gruppe. Austausch, Übungen, Gestalttherapie und Aufstellungen (vorm.) im geschützten Rahmen der Gruppe; nachmittags zu Fuß od auf Kamelen die Schönheit der Wüste genießen
Wann: 29.10.-6.11.2010
Wo: tunesische Sahara
Kosten: 1249,-
Leiter/-in: Thomas Frister /Eveline Brändle-Ouertani
Kontaktadresse: Praxis für Psychotherapie (HPG), Supervision und Coaching Thomas Frister, Böckinger Str. 21, 70437 Stuttgart, Tel.: +49 (0)711 8104872
GESTALT CENTER FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY AND TRAINING (NYC)
The Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and Training is a New York State chartered postgraduate training institute. It was founded in 1967 by Dr. Marilyn Rosanes-Berrett to carry on and expand the teachings of her friend and mentor, Dr. Frederick Perls.
Registration is required for all courses and workshops. To register:
Call Anne Shenton at 212-387-9429
Email info@gestaltnyc.org
Website: http://www.gestaltnyc.org
10% discount for early (one-month prior) registration.
CEUs available for NASW and NYS OASAS for all workshops.
All training, workshops and courses will be held at 220 Fifth Avenue, Suite 802, New York, NY 10001, between 26th and 27th Streets.
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAM
Our Gestalt training, like our therapy, is both humanistic and experiential, combining a stimulating academic program with a strong emphasis on learning-by-doing through live demonstrations and direct supervision throughout the three levels of training.
INTRODUCTION TO GESTALT
This workshop will provide a beginning explanation of both Gestalt theory and practice. There will be a live demonstration of a Gestalt therapy session, and an introduction to key Gestalt therapy principles. We will also provide a brief overview of our 3-year postgraduate training program.
Friday, August 27th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
RSVP required. Free
Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and Training
220 Fifth Avenue, Suite 802
New York, NY 10001
Register: call (212) 387-9429, email info@gestaltnyc.org, or visit http://www.gestaltnyc.org
TRAINING INTENSIVE
SUMMER TRAINING INTENSIVE: WORKING IN THE NOW
We will spend the weekend in a beautiful, rural setting learning how to apply Gestalt-based skills to working with what emerges in the therapeutic encounter. Participants meet several times in large and small groups with faculty and students for experiential learning through mini-lectures, discussions, structured exercises and practicum. This training retreat is for mental health/ human service professionals, and is particularly helpful for those of you considering entrance into our postgraduate training program. Guests will also have opportunities to work as client with faculty (if desired) and witness live Gestalt sessions in which students take on the role of therapist and receive hands-on supervision.
Thursday, August 5th, 2010 12:00pm through Sunday, August 8th, 2010 2:00pm
Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and Training
220 Fifth Avenue, Suite 802
New York, NY 10001
Register: call (212) 387-9429, email info@gestaltnyc.org, or visit http://www.gestaltnyc.org
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE 2010-2011 GESTALT THERAPY INSTITUTE OF PHILADELPHIA 3-YEAR TRAINING PROGRAM.
One weekend per month during the academic year:
September 2010-May 2011
Location: Bryn Mawr College
Each month of the three-year program includes separate blocks of time for:
1. Lectures, discussions and demonstrations of theory
2. Practicum: doing and observing others doing individual psychotherapy with faculty supervision
3. Ongoing experiential training group sessions with members of the faculty and adjunct faculty
Principal Faculty:
David Henrich, L.C.S.W., B.C.D.
Mary Lou Schack, Ph.D.
For further information please contact: 610-668-5177, adminGTIP@gmail.com, or visit http://www.gestaltphila.org
THE ART OF COACHING: DEVELOPING INDIVIDUAL STYLE
The Gestalt Coaching program provides an opportunity for novices and experienced professionals to explore, learn, and develop a skill base in the theory of Gestalt Therapy as a way to inform their coaching processes. Through a progression of theoretical presentation, discussion, experiential work, supervised coaching practice and feedback, participants can understand and develop their coaching style through use of self.
When: 2010: September 24, 25, 26; October 22, 23, 24; November 19, 20, 21
CEUs: 54
Program Leaders: Mark Magerman, Ph.D., LCSW, Debra Brosan, MA, OD, and Martin J. Leahy, Ph.D.
More information: 610-668-5177, adminGTIP@gmail.com, or visit http://www.gestaltphila.org
TUSCANY 2010
October 17 - October 30, 2010
A Workshop for Therapists and Therapy Friendly Adults
Treat yourself to a two-week Gestalt workshop in the rolling hills of Tuscan wine country.
Nourish your spirit, mind & body.
Find movement in your personal challenges with support.
Access your depths of creativity
Discover ways to increase your satisfaction in relationships
Find paths to self-acceptance and experiment with new ways of being
Explore your internal world
Enjoy wonderful Tuscan meals and sample the fruits of wine country
Shop in quaint, Tuscan hill towns.
Workshop Presenters: Mary Lou Schack, Ph. D. and Cathy Gray, LCSW
More information: 610-668-5177 or adminGTIP@gmail.com, or visit http://www.gestaltphila.org
HEARTBURN: THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES
A soul scorching series of scenes, songs, and mini-lectures that answer the questions: Is there a connection between developmental wounds and behaviors of lying, secret keeping and betrayals? If so, how can that information be made practical and useful to our clients and us?
Join us for a day of education and entertainment set to the tune and panache of a Broadway play.
CEU's: 6
Location: Bryn Mawr College, Wyndham Hall
Workshop Presenters: Jackie Cohen, LCSW and Sunny Shulkin, LCSW, BCD
More information: 610-668-5177 or adminGTIP@gmail.com, or visit http://www.gestaltphila.org
EMBODIED LIFE
Much communication in the therapeutic encounter takes place in somatic rather than verbal language; yet many therapists have limited knowledge, experience, and skill to engage the embodiment of their clients. Current research provides us with new information upon which to ground our practice and points the way to greater inclusion of the body in psychotherapy in a more holistic approach.
TRAINING STRUCTURE:
Sessions will include a didactic presentation, experiential exercises, whole group and subgroup experiences, personal work with the faculty in a fishbowl format, and practicing implementing the concepts while receiving supervision.
DATES: (Participation in individual weekends is permissible)
2010: December 4, 5
2011: February 12, 13; April 2, 3
TUITION:
$350 for each segment (a 15% discount is offered for the full series and when a workshop is paid in full 6 weeks prior)
CEUs: 36
HOURS:
9:30 am until 5:00 pm.
Lunch on your own.
LOCATION:
To be determined
FACULTY:
Cathy Gray, LCSW
GTIP OFFICE:
610-668-5177 or email: adminGTIP@gmail.com
http://www.gestaltphila.org
GESTALT CENTRE LONDON (GCL)
In our 30th year, we are pleased to let our friends and colleagues know that have moved to new, improved premises very near to our previous home in Shoreditch, London. Our new address is 96 -100 Clifton Street, London EC2A 4TP.
We continue to offer rigorous training programmes and a range of short workshops centred on our deeply held commitment to gestalt philosophy and practice, bringing a desire to empower people to live life fully, improve communication, manage conflict and develop creativity.
For further information, please contact enquire@gestaltcentre.co.uk, tel: 00 44 20 7247 6501 or visit our website http://www.gestaltcentre.co.uk
CPD
Revisiting Phenomenology in Husserl and in Gestalt Therapy – led by Sylvia Crocker PhD, 18 & 19 September 2010
Exploring the Same and Different: Perception of how we belong/do not belong, with a focus on racism, 2 & 3 October 2010, with Heather Robyn & Patricia Rea-Woodhouse
Contact and Connection: Therapy, Children and the Creative Arts, 8 & 9 October 2010 with Jon Blend
Supervisor’s Training Part One, starting 21 October 2010 with Jane Puddy
Supervisor’s Training Part Two, starting 14 October 2010 with Gaie Houston
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Theory and Skills for Gestalt and Interpersonal Psychotherapists with Tommi Raisanen starting on 23 October 2010
Motivational Interviewing, 8 & 9 November 2010, with Toni Gilligan
Plain Speaking, 10 &11 March 2011 with Gaie Houston
Working with Children and Adolescents, 4-8 April 2011 with Jon Blend
CERTIFICATE IN GROUPWORK with Michael Ellis
Training in Group Facilitation, from 1 October 2010, £724 (self-funded)
Developing Effective Groupwork, 21 January 2011, £106
Understanding Group Dynamics, 10 & 11 February 2011, £212
Conflict, Challenge and Confrontation in Groups, 19 & 20 May 2011, £212
Stages of Development in Groups, 24 June 2011, £106
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT GROUPS
Gestalt Personal Development weekend group, 27 & 28 November 2010, £81
Gestalt Personal Development 10 week group, starting 7 October 2010, £249
INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOPS
Fundamentals of Gestalt Theory, 4 September 2010, £70, with Julia Wright
Creative Writing, 2 & 3 October 2010, £166, with Angelika Weinrich
Family Constellations, 16 & 17 April 2011, £175, with Carol Siederer
PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING PROGRAMME
Understanding and Applying Gestalt Therapy Theory
1 year part time course
(Advanced Diploma in Professional Development London Metropolitan University)
MA PROGRAMME
Post Graduate Certificate in Gestalt Psychotherapy Post Graduate Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy MA in Gestalt Therapy Theory Studies Psychotherapy Practitioner Diploma (UKCP Registration)
COUNSELLING TRAINING
Certificate in Humanistic Counselling Skills Diploma in Counselling (BACP accredited)
apply online at http://www.gestaltcentre.co.uk or contact us on +44 020 7247 6501 for further information
RICH HYCNER PhD.
Rich has been profoundly influenced by Martin Buber's philosophy of dialogue and Erving and Miriam Polster's creative clinical work. He is especially interested in the therapeutic relationship as the nexus for healing, and views the therapist's presence as the especially unique and challenging medium for exploring the relational and experiential dimensions of Gestalt Therapy. Rich brings a different emphasis each year to his workshops and his interest this year includes exploring more about relational interactions in intimate relationships as well as clinical.
WORKSHOP The Therapist as Relational Artist.
Date: evening of Friday 20th and all day Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd August 2010
Venue: Lydiard Park Conference Centre. This comfortable venue is situated in the beautiful Lydiard Park in Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. A special residential rate is available.
Cost of workshop: £399 includes lunch on Saturday & Sunday + all coffees and teas.
Deposit: £100 non-refundable
To book and place and for further details please contact,
Liz Holloway, Lantern Cottage, Elcombe, Swindon. Wilts. SN4 9QL
Tel: +441793 845909. Email: lanternliz@aol.com
WORKSHOP WITH TODD BURLEY
DIAGNOSIS AND CLINICAL PRACTICE: WORKING EFFECTIVELY
Most diagnoses are done by criteria that in fact are the side-effects or outcome of experiences like depression or anxiety. As a result, treatment is usually focused on those exact same side-effects and outcomes — with at times less than optimal effects. As a process theory, Gestalt Therapy has a way of describing the process in such a way that allows us to see how the disorder is constructed and maintained and then allows us to treat the disorder itself rather than its result. Todd will draw on his extensive experience of using Gestalt Formation and Resolution Cycles as a Map to Diagnosis and Treatment. In that sense the workshop will be focusing on more accurate process diagnosis thereby making your treatment much more effective and shorter
TODD BURLEY, Ph.D., ABPP . trains Gestalt Therapists in the U.S. as well as internationally and is on the Graduate Faculty in Psychology at Loma Linda University where he teaches courses in Gestalt Therapy, Neuropsychological Assessment, Treatment and Research in Schizophrenia. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Gestalt Review. His publications and presentations have included such issues as the diagnosis and treatment of depression and anxiety based upon Gestalt Principles, integrative approaches to the treatment of trauma and anxiety, insight and awareness in Gestalt Therapy, implications of current psychological research in psychology for the practice of Gestalt Therapy, contemporary Gestalt theory of personality, the development of personality structure from a Gestalt cognitive perspective, field theory, and the analysis of various personality disorders based upon the disruption of the gestalt formation/destruction process.
His keen ability to observe, capacity for clinically sensitive intervention and dedication to keeping the humanism in Gestalt therapy on the developing edge of psychological science characterize and inform his teaching and research consultation.
Cost : £260 for members of Metanoia
£300 for non members
The workshop is on 22/23 November 2010 from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm at
Metanoia Institute,
13 North Common Road,
Ealing, London, W5 2QB
To reserve your place, please send a 50% deposit (non - refundable) to Tamsin Williams at Metanoia Institute or ring 0208 832 3075
WORKSHOP WITH DONNA ORANGE
BEYOND BURNOUT: WHY OUR CLINICAL WORK REALLY STILL MATTERS
This workshop will engage participants in thinking about the values and assumptions we bring to our clinical work, and the ways our work in turn challenges those values and assumptions. Together we will engage the philosophers Buber, Wittgenstein, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas and Gadamer in dialogue with us and with our suffering patients/clients.
DONNA ORANGE, PHD, PSYD, is a training and supervising analyst and faculty member at ISIPSe [Institute for Specialization in the Psychoanalytic Psychology of the Self and Relational Psychoanalysis]); faculty and supervising analyst, Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, New York. Trained in both philosophy and psychoanalysis, she is author of Emotional Understanding: Studies in Psychoanalytic Psychology, and with George Atwood and Robert Stolorow, of Working Intersubjectively: Contextualism in Psychoanalytic Practice and of Worlds of Experience: Interweaving Philosophical and Clinical Dimensions in Psychoanalysis
Cost : £260 for members of Metanoia
£300 for non members
The workshop is on 18/19 October 2010 from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm at
Metanoia Institute,
13 North Common Road,
Ealing, London, W5 2QB
To reserve your place, please send a 50% deposit (non - refundable) to Tamsin Williams at Metanoia Institute or ring 0208 832 3075
Alyson Schwabe, Certified Gestalt Therapist; LPC
Is moving her practice from Boulder Colorado to Clearwater Florida September 1, 2010
Over fifteen years experience working with individuals, couples and families. Naropa University and Gestalt Institute of the Rockies Trained.
Call 303-960-7917 or email TherapistAlyson@mac.com for more info and referrals
Also very open to connecting with local Gestalt institutes in Florida! (I've been teaching gestalt at the graduate school of psychology here in Boulder)
GESTALT THERAPY APPROACH TO PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND CONTEMPORARY DISTURBANCES
TWO YEARS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
ROME, 2010 - 2012
Istituto di Gestalt HCC Italy
Scientific Director: Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb - Program Coordinator:Gianni Francesetti
Trainers: M. Spagnuolo Lobb, C. Vazquez Bandin, J.M. Robine, G. Francesetti
Main topics: Gestalt therapy approach to psychopathology and diagnosis-Phenomenological field, anxiety and emergent Gestalten - Personality disorders as creatively adjusted Gestalten (narcissistic experience, borderline experience) - Anxiety, shame and their Gestalten (panic attacks and phobias - obsessive and compulsive experience) - Identity difficulties as field emergent Gestalten: psychotic experience - Losses, trauma and their Gestalten - Depressive experience and its Gestalten - When the body is the emergent dysfunction: psychosomatic disturbances, experiences of dependency, anorexia, bulimia and other forms of alimentary disorders.
Location: Rome - Language: English - Year schedule: Two 5 days seminars per year (from Wednesday to Sunday)- Cost: euro 600 per seminar (board and lodge excluded) - Credits: Continuing education credits from the Italian Minister of Health - Participants: Maximum 25 people, a previous training in gestalt psychotherapy and a minimum of clinical experience are required Accommodation: Information on different categories of accommodations in the area where training will take place (the historical centre of Rome) will be provided Dates: November 17-21, 2010 March 23-27, 2011 November 9-13, 2011 March 21-25, 2012.
Information and registration http://www.gestalt.it/trainings gianni.francesetti@gestalt.it
CENTER FOR SOMATIC STUDIES
TRAINING PROGRAM 2011-2013, NEW YORK CITY
DEVELOPMENTAL SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
Ruella Frank, Ph.D.
Starts October 2011
Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy is a relational and movement-oriented approach to psychotherapy within a gestalt therapy framework. The training offers a template for understanding and working with early psychophysical blocks as they emerge in the here-and-now of the adult therapy session. Attending to movement patterns within therapy is particularly powerful when guided by contemporary developmental theory.
Four Training Modules, two per year in fall and spring, seven days each.
For further information: visit http://http://www.somaticstudies.com, or email Ruella Frank at ruellafrank@nyc.rr.com
Workshop
INTRODUCTION TO
DEVELOPMENTAL SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY, CLEVELAND
With Ruella Frank, Ph.D.
January 28th - 30th, 2011, Cleveland
Friday 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Saturday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Sunday 9:00am - 1:00pm
Fee: $250, $200 for students
Location: To be announced (Cleveland Downtown)
Ongoing nonverbal interactions with our primary caregivers during the first year of life set a relational foundation that is apparent both in the everyday life of the adult and in psychotherapy. Even though our adult postural attitudes, gestures, gait and breathing patterns have changed over time, the foundations established in our first year remain readily observable and available.
Further information and to register: Kirste Carlson at kirste27@gmail.com or Ruella Frank at ruellafrank@nyc.rr.com, or visit http://www.somaticstudies.com
Workshop
INTRODUCTION TO
DEVELOPMENTAL SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY, NEW YORK CITY
With Ruella Frank, Ph.D.
February 25th - 27th, 2011, New York City
Friday 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Saturday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Sunday 9:00am - 1:00pm
Fee: $250, $200 for students
Ongoing nonverbal interactions with our primary caregivers during the first year of life set a relational foundation that is apparent both in the everyday life of the adult and in psychotherapy. Even though our adult postural attitudes, gestures, gait and breathing patterns have changed over time, the foundations established in our first year remain readily observable and available.
For further information and to register: Ruella Frank at ruellafrank@nyc.rr.com, or visit http://www.somaticstudies.com
Workshop
DISCOVERING OUR EMBODIED HISTORY, OSLO, NORWAY
With Ruella Frank, Ph.D.
March 17 & 18th, 2011
Oslo, Norway, "Galleriet" at Håndverkeren
Fee for 2 days: EUR 430.-/NOK 3500.-
This two-day workshop will explore a basic system for analyzing postural patterns of both client and therapist as they emerge within the moment-to-moment processes of therapy. Workshop participants will learn how to bring the prior relational field to awareness—the embodied history and its enduring relational theme—that exists within their client’s and their own emerging postural patterns. Understanding these interactive patterns will enhance therapists’ abilities to observe themselves and their clients within session and to use their observations to make skillful body-based interventions.
For further information: Center for Somatic Studies: http://www.somaticstudies.com Norsk Gestaltinstitutt Høyskole: http://www.gestalt.no/
To register: Norsk Gestaltinstitutt Høyskole: http://www.gestalt.no/index.asp?id=30543
The PACIFIC GESTALT INSTITUTE welcomes your participation in our two programs for this coming academic year:
The WEEKEND PROGRAM.
Relational Gestalt Therapy: Integration of Theory and Practice. 6 Weekends, beginning October 2, ending May 22.
The RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM.
One in lovely Montecito, CA. A week in which the background of relational theory is explicated and new theory and practice are explored. Join us this year as we explore the themes of belonging, inclusion and exclusion. March 17-25.
Details, links and other resources can be found on our website. Please visit us at http://www.gestalttherapy.org.
PGI Co-founders, Gary Yontef and Lynne Jacobs. Faculty includes also, Ann Bartelstein, Lillian Norton, Jan Ruckert, Friedemann Schulz.
Lynne Jacobs, Ph.D.
1626 Westwood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310-446-9720
info@gestalttherapy.org
Gestalt! A part of the whole, a part to play
Community, Practice and Life.
The 7th GANZ International Conference
2-5 September 2010
Guest Facilitator: Dr Malcolm Parlett
A residential, community gathering at the Heritage Hotel
Queenstown New Zealand
Invitation
In the spirit of Manaakitanga (hospitality and generosity) we invite you to come and create a community experience with us in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Queenstown is at the foot of the towering Remarkables on the shores of Lake Wakatipu and is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful places on earth (go on a Google tour and see for yourself). We promise you will find yourself in a place of awakening. There could be no better place for GANZ to create a dynamic community experience and to engage in dialogue about what matters to us as Gestalt practitioners.
The conference will be held at the Heritage Queenstown Hotel. This is a resort with conference and accommodation facilities that will simply leave you breathless (check it out http://www.heritagehotels.co.nz and click Queenstown Hotels).
We invite you to join us in the mountain adventure playground of Queenstown; come and indulge your senses, be inspired and have a real break. This unique conference will be a time for reflection, renewal, reconnection, relaxation, fun, feasting and entertainment. Read on and get a better idea of what we have planned for you; regular updated information will be on the new GANZ website (http://www.ganz.org.au). You will also receive regular electronic updates and you can refer to the detailed program as it evolves on the website.
Come on - decide now and book your flights to Queenstown (get in while they are cheap - September 2010 has just been released). We know our biggest job is going to be trying to get you on the plane to go home! We look forward to seeing you in September 2010.
Conference Themes
The radical contextual, experiential, holistic and relational perspective of Gestalt supports us to make a contribution to finding solutions for the challenges of our times. We are part of the whole, and we have a part to play.
Community: We live with global issues in the foreground of our awareness, even if our inclination is to bury them in the immediate personal concerns of our everyday life. We think and act as if we are alone.
* Does contemporary gestalt therapy have a distinctive contribution to offer, in the matter of serving the needs of communities?
This gathering will explore a part that we can play as citizen practitioners who are awake and attending to what is happening around us, politically, socially, culturally, and ecologically.
Practice: A range of contemporary scientific, economic and bureaucratic influences are challenging how we practice - especially as counselling and psychotherapy professionals. Our practice is challenged with the need for adjustment and transformation.
* Does contemporary gestalt therapy have a distinctive contribution to offer, in the matter of developing effective counselling, psychotherapy and consulting practice?
This gathering will explore a part that we can play as gestalt practitioners who are embedded in the contemporary context, who are integrative of other theories of practice, and who are faithful to the essence of Gestalt.
Life: Our being-in-the-world is deeply personal. We are continually responding, interrelating, self-recognising, embodying and experimenting; and in the process we make a life for ourselves and others.
* Does contemporary gestalt therapy have a distinctive contribution to offer, in the matter of living well in our personal lives?
This gathering will explore a part that we can play by prioritizing the personal and connecting to this as our inspiration and pathway to the political.
Conference Process
The 7th GANZ International Conference will be a lived experience of community building. The conference vision is to create a residential, community gathering that supports dialogue, inclusion and participation. Those attending the conference are encouraged to stay at the conference venue. The theme of the gathering will be explored using open space technology with self organising processes and structured experiential activities supported by a team of conference facilitators. The invited guest facilitator for the conference will be Dr Malcolm Parlett (see his profile below and the profiles of the facilitation group on the website)
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As Laura Perls observed, Gestalt is existential (we will talk about what matters to us), experiential (we will talk in ways that are embedded in our immediate experience), and experimental (we will explore our ideas and experience enlivened by risk-taking and immediacy). These are the underlying values of the gathering.
The content and activities in the open spaces will be guided by the needs and emerging energies of participants. Some of these open spaces will be founded upon "pre-conference warm-ups" (i.e. pre-conference individual and small group inquiries and activities that will prepare the ground and support the emergence of rich and lively figures of interest during the conference).
We invite you to come and be part of the whole and play your part!
There will be five, 2 hour, plenary session through out the conference facilitated by Malcolm Parlett. The plenary sessions are at the start of each day and aim to set the inquiry theme for the day. Each plenary session will have specific inquiry questions to explore - these questions relate to the reflections offered by Malcolm Parlett and identified in the conference theme statement. For more details of these plenary sessions see the new ganz website (http://www.ganz.org.au).
To encourage engaged participation and clarity of focus on the conference theme 16 experiential workshops are being presented following the plenary sessions. For more details of the experiential workshops please visit the new ganz website.
Conference Program
A comprehensive and up to date version of the conference program is available on the GANZ website (conference - 2010 Conference Queenstown NZ).
Post-Conference Workshops
See GANZ website
Conference Facilitation Group
The Conference Facilitation Group (CFG) has the primary responsibility for designing the conference program in advance of the conference and facilitating the program at the conference. This group will work with the emerging process at the conference in the various open experiential spaces that are part of the conference program (see profiles on the GANZ website)
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Malcolm Parlett PhD practiced Gestalt therapy and consultation for 30 years before retiring in 2008. He co-founded Gestalt SouthWest and also the Gestalt Psychotherapy and Training Institute (GPTI) in the UK in the 1980s. Malcolm was editor of the British Gestalt Journal for fifteen years until 2006, when he also retired from being a visiting professor of Gestalt psychotherapy at the University of Derby and from being a chartered psychologist in the UK. He has taught and led Gestalt groups in Britain and overseas, and has written extensively about Gestalt therapy, field theory, and the five abilities.
Malcolm is one of the organizers of the annual Marianne Fry Lectures, and continues to do some coaching and occasional organizational work, but he is mainly taking time to support his writing, thinking, and personal development. His interests include social, environmental, and educational questions, and - outside Gestalt - fiction writing, walking by the sea, and his own family history. Sustaining friendship, health, and family connections seem ever more important to him.
Gabe Phillips (Australia - Convenor)
Kerry Devine (Australia)
Brenda Levien (New Zealand)
Stephen Parkinson (New Zealand)
Conference Organising Committee (G10)
Darren Cuskelly (New Zealand - Convenor)
Ian Rae (Conference Administration - GINZ Office Manager)
Lindy Elliot (GINZ Graduate)
Amanda Wilde (GINZ Graduate)
Brenda Levien (Conference Consultant - DOT GINZ)
Conference Secretariat: New Zealand
Office Manager: Ian Rae
E: admin@gestalt.org.nz
T: +64 3 379 2040
Skype: gestaltinstituenz
Office Hours:
Registration Form (see GANZ website)
THE GESTALT INSTITUTE OF THE ROCKIES
Summer Intensive
Good Grief: The Spectrum of Love and Loss
Utilizing Gestalt’s creative approach to the human relationship we will explore the process of living and working with the issues of grief and loss in our life span.
Love and Loss creates faces and facets that we will explore in the process of this intensive workshop. We invite you to join us in this exploration.
-- Holding onto and letting go of our attachments
-- Dreams realized, Dreams lost
-- The natural rhythm of loss, healing and re-connection
-- The intrinsic healing process
-- Organismic wisdom of the field
-- Polarities of life and death
ESPECIALLY FOR THERAPISTS WORKING WITH GRIEF AND LOSS
DATES: August 18, 19, 20 21, 2010
FEE: $750.00
TIMES: 8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
LOCATION: The Jefferson Unitarian Church, 14350 32nd Avenue West, Golden, CO
(Applewood)
TO REGISTER: Send $150.00 deposit by August 1, 2010 to:
GIR – Good Grief
800 Washington Avenue, Unit D
Golden, CO 80401
GIR FACULTY CONTACT INFORMATION:
Duey Freeman, MA LPC, Director – 303-426-8211
Duane Mullner, Mth, LPC – Co-Director – 303-985-3534
Victoria Story, MS – Director of Curriculum – 303-582-1584
http://www.gestaltoftherockies.com
Gestalt Therapy Australia (Melbourne)
2010 Workshops and Seminars
Gestalt Therapy Australia is a Centre for Relational Skills Training and Psychotherapy established in 1996 and based in Melbourne. GTA offers a two year Advanced Certificate in Relational Gestalt Counselling and a following two year Advanced Diploma in Relational Gestalt Psychotherapy as well as the following professional development workshops and seminars.
GTA, 333 Heidelberg Road, Fairfield, 3078 VIC, Australia
http://www.gestalt.com.au or gestalt@gestalt.com.au
Introduction to the Enneagram- Pathways to Wisdom with Dave Mutton
Friday 24th & Saturday 25th September 9.30-4.30
This workshop is for anyone committed to acquiring further insight into themselves and others. It may be used in the quest for deeper self understanding or for professional development and looks at the mix of mystery and complex contradiction, in ourselves and each other, where wisdom and folly collide through an introduction to the enneagram.
Relational Gestalt Therapy: An Introduction with Camille Mc Donald & Tony Jackson
Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd October 9.30-4.30
GTA is offering this 2-day introduction to the relational Gestalt approach to those wanting to find out more about this exciting approach through an experiential workshop. Linkages will be made between practice and theory using the format of the learning group. Participants will have an opportunity to experience and how relational Gestalt might be used effectively in counselling and psychotherapy practice for enhanced living and relationships based on relational Gestalt principles.
Art Therapy Workshop: Understanding and practicing the creative arts in psychotherapy with Camille McDonald
19th & 20th November
This two day professional development workshop introduces art therapy through the framework of relational gestalt psychotherapy. The worldview that underpins the relational gestalt approach understands that people make sense of their experience based on their unique perspective. Meaning is personal, context related and clarified through interaction.
The Art Therapy Workshop will explore interaction, inquiry and meaning making using the creative arts. The weekend covers theoretical principles that provide a rationale for the use of the arts in psychotherapy. The course is experiential in nature and will offer the opportunity for participants to use a variety of art materials
Relational Paths to Mindfulness, Mindful Pathways to Dialogue: A relational approach to mindfulness, inquiry and the paradox of change with Claire Taubert & Noel Haarburger
3 day workshop
COMING IN 2010 Dates to be confirmed
The ancient Buddhist practice of Mindfulness has become one of the most popular trends in contemporary psychotherapy. The skill of mindfulness offers the opportunity to develop greater capacity for present centred living, awareness and choice. This three-day workshop will combine the best in mindfulness psychotherapies, and the gestalt relational approach to working with the domains of the client’s core themes, self as therapist, and the relational space of the in-between.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT http://www.GESTALT.COM.AU OR EMAIL US AT gestalt@gestalt.com.au FOR FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING ALL WORKSHOPS
THE BRITISH GESTALT JOURNAL
We would like to express our thanks, and welcome, to our new subscribers from the AAGT conference in Philadelphia.
We are also pleased to announce our special issue on Gestalt and Education, Volume 19, No 1:
BELINDA HARRIS: Editorial
SEÁN GAFFNEY: Roots of Gestalt in education Abstract
MALCOLM PARLETT: Paul Goodman on education Abstract
BELINDA HARRIS: Gestalt legacy and education now Abstract
JOHN FREW: Gestalt group supervision as education Abstract
LYNDA OSBORNE: Managing a Gestalt training department Abstract
RICHARD REEP: Loving leadership Abstract
HELEN GEDGE: Group therapy in the primary school Abstract
TALI MIRKIN: Gifted children and Gestalt Abstract
Letters to the editor:
LIN HARRISON Response to Des Kennedy
DES KENNEDY Reply to Lin Harrison
MFL COMMITTEE Tribute to Marianne Fry
Book reviews:
PHILIP BROWNELL reviews Relational-centred Research for Psychotherapists: Exploring Meanings and Experience edited by Linda Finlay and Ken Evans
KATY WAKELIN reviews The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Building and Rebuilding the Human Brain by Louis Cozolino
Opinion:
MARIA FARMAKI and ANTIGONE ORFANOU Psychotherapy and schools – A Greek perspective
Subscriptions to the journal, and individual back copies, can be purchased online at:
http://www.britishgestaltjournal.com/
COUPLES THERAPY WORKSHOP: THE THERAPIST'S USE OF SELF AND THE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE; ROY RESNIKOFF, MD, WITH GUEST LIVE COUPLES CONSULTATION BY ERVING POLSTER, PHD; SATURDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2010, LA JOLLA, CA; FEE $155; CALL 858 454 1650, FAX 858 454 0692
The Gestalt Equine Institute of the Rockies in the UK! A Place in the Herd: Gestalt Equine Assisted Psychotherapy 3 day workshop led by Joan Rieger, MA LPC & Duey Freeman, MA LPC of the Gestalt Equine Institute of the Rockies.
Workshop Friday 22nd - Sunday 24th October 2010 Ticknall, Derbyshire in association with Ticknall Riding & Equestrian Centre.
Cost: £400 including lunch
Workshop will focus on cultivating the therapeutic relationship between the therapist, client and horse, group dynamics and developmental issues. No riding experience necessary. Deadline for registration: 27th August 2010. For more information, please contact Veronica Lac (veronica@atrueimage.com) or call 07985247296.
GESTALT AS A WAY OF LIFE AND AS A THERAPY
Day 1: Gestalt Practices as a Way of Life
Day 2: Gestalt as a Therapy
September 11 &/or 12, 2010
Seattle Healing Arts Center
7-14 CEUs for Professionals & Open to the Public
There is a Gestalt Renaissance happening on the West Coast of the USA including Vancouver BC. Therapists and counselors are yearning to do more meaningful work and the public is yearning for deeper contact and community especially during these changing times. We trainers have been teaching these Gestalt practices (way of life) to our students and clients for years, leaving out a huge interested group in the public at large. Now it is time to reach out to them, too!
Cyndy Sheldon, MSW, trained with Fritz Perls and James Simkin and co-founded the original Gestalt Institute of San Francisco in 1967, where she practiced for 25 years. She then immersed herself working for the Navajos and in Sedona in Northern Arizona for 15 years and now she resides near the Canadian border in Washington State. She is currently working on a book of these practices called Pay Attention to the Obvious.
For details contact cyndy.sheldon@comcast.net, http://www.cyndysheldon.com, Sponsored by the Association of Humanistic Psychology (AHP)
INTERDISZIPLINARES GESTALT TRAINING INSTITIUT e.V. Deutschland
ERDMUTTER-HIMMELSTAENZERIN
Ein Workshop in koerperorientierter Gestalt Therapie fuer Frauen. Neben den klassischen Elementen der Gestalttherapie wie Hot-Seat Arbeit,Kontaktuebungen,Traumarbeit und Phantasiereisen nutzten wir auch kreative Medien,Kreisgspraeche,Rituale,Maerchen u.Mythen und vielerlei mehr.
Leitung:Estelle Stern-Eilers und Susanne Rost (Gestalttherapeutinnen und Trainerinnen am Interdisziplinären Gestalt Training Institut IGT e.V.)
Freitag 24.-26. September 2010 bei Hannover
Kosten:Seminargebuehren 175 Euro
zzgl. 90 Euro im Mehrbettzimmer an das Tagungshaus http://www.tuwasev.de
Kontakt und Anmeldung: susannerost@igt-ev.de
homepage http://www.igt-ev.de
Tel +49-0202/420717
Westfield Gestalt Associates concludes the training year with the final meeting of an ongoing theory and practice group one Friday evening per month, meeting from 6:30 PM to 10 PM. Attendees may participate in whatever way they choose that meets their professional or educational needs. This is an opportunity to observe the Gestalt therapy modality ‘in action’, clarify principles fundamental to Gestalt work, and an occasion to practice skills in this modality, ‘hands-on’, with supervision. CEU’s are available for NJ Licensed Social Workers.
The holistic and humanistic philosophy basic to Gestalt practice will be emphasized and various elements of Gestalt theory will be clarified at each meeting. Join us for a lively, creative and informative experience.
The final meeting is scheduled for August 6, 2010.
For additional information call (908) 232-7274 or email to nancy@ndbristol.com.
Inquiries are invited regarding the next training year, which will begin in October.
Anyone wishing to ‘try us on’ is welcome to attend on a 'drop in’ basis.
Gestalt Therapy Training Center--Northwest / Portland, OR
Buddhist Psychology and Contemporary Gestalt Therapy:
Bringing Mindfulness to Psychotherapy Practice
Applications now available for weekend intensive training beginning November, 2010. Application deadline September 15th.
Join Senior Faculty Eva Gold, Psy. D. and Steve Zahm, Ph. D. for this 6 weekend intensive didactic and experiential training integrating Buddhist psychology and mindfulness methods into a comprehensive Gestalt therapy training program. For more information, visit our web site at http://www.gttcnw.org or call 503 230-0900.
ATTACHMENT, SEXUALITY AND THE BODY: A COMPREHENSIVE THERAPY FOR
RELATIONSHIP AND SEXUAL CONCERNS
Presenter: Stella Resnick, PhD
October 8-9, 2010
12 CE credits (APA, MCEP, LCSW, MFT, AASECT)
This training examines the research on the interaction between adult attachment and sex drive, and offers a holistic model and embodied Gestalt approach to resolving unfinished business from the past and deepening sexual fulfillment.
Utilizing breath work, embodied Gestalt processing, and experiential exercises, we explore methods for becoming more attuned to present experience, to the subtle cues of the body, and to micro-communications transmitted through gesture and facial expression. Our objectives are to enrich our work with clients and ourselves on issues of intimacy and sexual enhancement.
When: Friday and Saturday, October 8 and October 9, 10am-6pm each day
Where: Beverly Hills, California
Fee: $325 by 9/1; $350 after 9/1
Students: $275 by 9/1; $300 after 9/1
Stella Resnick, Ph.D. is a body-based Gestalt therapist in Beverly Hills, California who specializes in relationship and sexual enhancement. She is the author of The Pleasure Zone, a past-president of the Western Region of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and an AASECT certified sex therapist, clinical supervisor, and CE provider.
Stella Resnick, PhD
8484 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 260
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(310) 855-7565
http://www.drstellaresnick.com
GATLA - GESTALT ASSOCIATES TRAINING LOS ANGELES is offering the following training opportunities:
1. U.S. WORKSHOPS
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Gestalt Therapy/Couples Therapy: "A Couple of Individuals"
(Continuing series.)
Faculty: Robert W. Resnick, Ph.D., Rita F. Resnick, Ph.D.
Dates: Oct. 9 - 10, 2010 Nov. 6 - 7, 2010
Contact: Bob Resnick: bobresnick@aol.com
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
GESTALT THERAPY: BASIC & ADVANCED TRAINING
NEW TRAINING GROUP BEGINNING OCTOBER 2010 -
Weekend Dates: Oct. 16-17, Nov. 20-21, 2010; Jan. 15-16, Feb. 19-20, Apr. 9-10, May 14-15, 2011
GATLA is offering a multi-year post-graduate training program in Gestalt Therapy in Santa Monica, California that meets six weekends per academic year. This is a hands-on training program in which trainees work as therapist under live supervision and can actually observe the faculty working. Cutting edge Gestalt theory is an integral part of the training as is the opportunity to do personal work within the context of the training group. Each training day groups are divided into trios or quartets for more practice and individualized supervision.
Fees: $1800.00
Location: Santa Monica, California
Contact: Rita Resnick: ritaresnick@gatla.org
(310) 395-6844
NEW YORK CITY, NY
MasterClass in Gestalt Therapy (Northeastern Advanced Gestalt Training)
Faculty: Robert W. Resnick, Ph.D., Rita F. Resnick, Ph.D., Allan Cohen, LCSW, Connie Newman, M.A.
Dates: Fall, 2010 Sampler followed by a series of several workshops per year.
Contact: Bob Resnick at : BobResnick@aol.com
An ongoing training program for experienced Gestalt Therapists who have completed their training either at a Gestalt Therapy training center or by equivalent training and experience. The focus of this group will be:
1. Live clinical work by very seasoned Gestalt Therapy faculty to observe, question, comment and relate the work to the theory.
2. To practice hands on clinical work with live supervision followed by group discussion relating the clinical work to various theoretical lenses both within Gestalt Therapy as well as to other theoretical models.
3. Contemporary theory presentations and discussions.
4. To further expand, develop and integrate your own personal style based on your background, training, interests, expertise, style, etc.
2. INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS EUROPE
CZECH REPUBLIC
Training Workshop
Faculty: Todd Burley, Ph.D., ABPP, Rita F. Resnick, Ph.D. Robert F. Resnick, Ph.D.
Dates: September 7-8, 2010
Contact: Juraj Rektor, M.D. rektor@psche.cz
BERLIN, GERMANY
EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy) Conference
Couples Therapy Revisited: Two Become One and Then There are None!
Faculty: Robert Resnick, Ph.D., & Rita Resnick, Ph.D.
Date: September 10, 2010
Contact: Registration: http://www.gestalt2010.eu/eng/anmeldung.html
BERLIN, GERMANY
EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy) Conference
Contemporary Gestalt Therapy Film Demonstrations
Faculty: Robert Resnick, Ph.D.
Date: September 11, 2010
Contact: Registration: http://www.gestalt2010.eu/eng/anmeldung.html
MALMO, SWEDEN
Annual Advanced Gestalt Therapy Workshop
Faculty: Todd Burley, Ph.D. ABPP
Dates: October 28-31, 2010
Contact: Charlie Yeh: yeh.gestalt@gmail.com
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
Advanced Workshop for Experienced Gestalt Therapists - Aarbus Research Group by invitation only.
Faculty: Todd Burley, Ph.D., ABPP
Dates: November 3-7, 2010
Contact: birgit.erichsen@kriminalforsorgen.dk or vibeke@worldonline.dk
MOSCOW, RUSSIA
Moscow Institute for Gestalt Therapy and Psychodrama
Training Workshops
Faculty: Todd Burley, Ph.D., ABPP
Dates: November 11-16, 2010
Contact: Nadia Lubyanitskaya nadia-l@mail.ru
LONDON, ENGLAND
Training Workshop in Gestalt Therapy
Faculty: Todd Burley, Ph.D., ABPP
Dates: November 22-23, 2010
Contact: lynda@osbroneuk.co.uk
BISHKEK, KYRGYSTAN
Bishkek Gestalt Institute Training Program
Faculty: Rita F. Resnick, Ph.D. & Robert W. Resnick, Ph.D.
Dates: November 2011
Contact: alexandreremeev@yahoo.com
KILLARNEY, IRELAND
Couples Therapy Training Workshop
Faculty: Rita F. Resnick, Ph.D. Robert F. Resnick, Ph.D.
Date: March 2011
Contact: Ger Sheedy gsheedy@ireland.com
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
Couples Therapy (part of a series) Kobenhavns Gestalt Institute
Faculty: Robert W. Resnick, Ph.D. & Rita F. Resnick, Ph.D.
Dates: March 17-19, 2010
Contact: Marianne Horst marianne@horst.dk
LJUBLIANA, SLOVENIA
Gestalt Therapy Workshop
Faculty: Todd Burley, Ph.D., ABPP
Date: March 2011
Contact: Tomaz Flajs Tomaz.flajs@masicom.net
OSLO, NORWAY
Institute of Active Therapy
Gestalt Therapy Workshop
Faculty: Rita F. Resnick, Ph.D. Robert F. Resnick, Ph.D.
Date: March 2011
Contact: Bob Resnick bobresnick@aol.com
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
Edinburgh Gestalt Institute - Closed Training Workshop
Faculty: Todd Burley, Ph.D., ABPP
Date: March 2011
Temporary Contact: Helen Kennedy Kenhelenmc@gmail.com
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
Advanced Workshop in Gestalt Therapy
Tentative date: March 2011
Faculty: Todd Burley, Ph.D., ABPP
Contact: Louise Tate: info@louisetait.co.uk
GATLA is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing credit. GATLA maintains responsibility of the program. GATLA is also approved by the BBSE to offer continuing credit to MFT's and Social Workers.
WORKSHOP: USING GESTALT DREAMWORK FOR PLAYWRITING AND VIDEO PROJECTS.
AT: MERKAVAH THEATER, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
DIRECTOR: FRANKLYN WEPNER
DATE: AUGUST 22-26, 2010
On YouTube, Myspace or Facebook see my essays describing this process and video versions of musical shows written by me using this process. In particular see the video of my musical THE CAVE OF MACHPELAH & US. For details: fwep@earthlink.net or call (in Israel) 050-366-5669. From the US dial my Vonage number, 305-735-3643.
The Center for the Integrative Psychotherapy of the Addictions Presents:
TRANSFORMATIONAL CHAIRWORK: A ONE-DAY TRAINING
Drawing on the clinical wisdom and practice of a wide range of Gestalt and integrative psychotherapists, Transformational Chairwork Training is designed to introduce therapists to the art and science of chairwork or psychotherapeutic dialogues in an active, creative, and clinically-useful manner.
Using didactic presentations, scripted and unscripted role-plays, and live demonstrations, participants will see how to use this technique to address several common clinical situations:
1. Making Decisions;
2. Resolving Loss, Grief, and Unfinished Business;
3. Combating the Inner Critic;
4. Healing from Abuse; and
5. Working with Addictive Disorders.
This training is focused on empowering both Mental Health Professionals and those who work with Addictions and Co-Occurring Disorders.
The next Transformational Chairwork Training will take place:
Date: Friday, August 6, 2010
Time: 9:30am - 4:00pm
Location: New York University, Deutsches Haus, 42 Washington Mews
New York, NY 10003 New York, NY
Fee: $60; $30 for Students
For more information about chairwork, please go to: http://transformationalchairwork.com
If you are interested in attending, please contact Scott Kellogg, PhD at scott.kellogg@nyu.edu
(Please forward to interested colleagues and students. Thank you.)
GO TO HTTP://WWW.GESTALTOSD.ORG FOR REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION ON ALL AVAILABLE OFFERINGS
OSD PROGRAM (STANDARD FORMAT) begins October 27- November 1, 2010 in Seattle, Washington. This program is being conducted in collaboration with the Organization Systems Renewal Master's Degree Program (OSR) at Seattle University. The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland’s Organization and Systems Development Training Program was the first training program in the world to integrate Gestalt theory, systems theory, and organization development theories into a coherent curriculum in the field of organizational change consulting. Our perspective provides individuals with the theory, concepts, methodology, skills, and techniques for effectively intervening at the individual, two-person, group, and organizational and larger levels of systems. It offers a unique Gestalt OSD framework for designing interventions, managing change, and developing professionals in the systems within which we live and work. Current training programs conducted by the Center reflect an over 30-year evolution of concept application, teaching strategies, hands-on skill enhancement, and opportunities for both personal and professional growth. Our aspiration is that through increased awareness, knowledge, and skill, individuals can walk into a room containing any number of people anywhere in the world and make a difference with their presence. Go to http://www.gestaltosd.org “Training Programs” to register or for more information.
OSD PROGRAM WEEKEND FORMAT Begins February 11-13, 2011. This program format provides individuals with the theory, concept, methodology, skills, and techniques for effectively intervening at the individual, two-person, group, and organizational levels of system from a Gestalt OSD orientation while requiring minimum time away from work. The program includes 9 weekends, scheduled once a month across two calendar years. Each weekend will include a Friday evening session, a full day on Saturday, and a Sunday morning session. One of the weekends will run from Thursday through Sunday. Go to http://www.gestaltosd.org “Training Programs” to register or for more information.
OSD BECOMING A BETTER INTERVENER TRAINING PROGRAM Starts February 6-11, 2011. BBI is a dynamic one-year, five-module training program designed for people involved in organizational change and large-scale organizational transformation. BBI provides an introduction to and practice in the body of knowledge developed in the Gestalt Center for Organization & Systems Development programs. This program is offered as a certificate program in collaboration with National Training Laboratories, NTL. A variety of methods are used in this program, including demonstrations, readings, simulations, role-plays, fieldwork assignments, small group practice, and step-by-step skill building experiences. Go to http://www.gestaltosd.org “Training Programs” to register or for more information.
Plus 2 BBI Workshops Open for Registration, Becoming A Better Intervener: A Gestalt Organization & Systems Development Workshop, April 18-22, 2011 and Nov 28 - Dec 2, 2011. See more at http://www.gestaltosd.org "Workshops - Current Offerings".
Sierra Institute for Contemporary Gestalt Therapy
OAKLAND/SACRAMENTO
http://www.sicgt.org
Fall Event:
Please join us for a day of learning and growth with
ERV POLSTER, PhD
“NEW KEYS TO CONNECTEDNESS”
Saturday Nov 6, 2010
10 am – 4pm
Hiller Highlands Clubhouse
110 Hiller Drive
Oakland, CA 94618
Please call Peter Cole, LCSW to register 510-647-8894
$130 Professionals
$110 Groups of three or more
$100 Interns & Students
Box Lunch Included
5 Cont Credits for Psychologists, MFTs & LCSWs
New Keys to Connectedness
Connectedness has many dimensions, each of which Dr. Polster will explore experientially and conceptually. Through guided experiences, group and individual therapy sessions, he will demonstrate how connectedness can be enhanced in individual and group therapy.
He will show how a deep relational duet can be evoked in a landscape of high focus, surprise, directionalism, humor and radiance.
Creation of fluidity, dependable identity, microcosmic relational lessons, and fresh storytelling will serve as major therapeutic purposes.
• Enjoy the company of old and new friends
• Enhance your professional network
• Enjoy a Day with a Master Psychotherapist
• Learn & Grow with like-minded Colleagues
CREATIVE LEADERSHIP IN AN INCREASINGLY UNPREDICTABLE WORLD
Facilitator: Jenny Mackewn
United Kingdom Association of Gestalt Practitioners (UKAGP) one-day event.
and 2010 AGM on Friday 1st October 2010 in Birmingham. A day in which to meet, experience and learn through CPD
This day will pick up on the themes that are currently affecting psychotherapy in the UK today. Given the political and economic climate we will examine in a creative and experiential way issues of leadership. There will be the opportunity to develop many themes as though resonating with a pulse of the times.
Costs Students £40, UKAGP Members £45, Non Members £65. This includes lunch, all refreshments and a CPD Certificate of Attendance. No refunds available after 20th September 2010.
For booking and further information, check our website http://www.ukagp.org.uk or contact UKAGP Conference Administration, 8 Lancaster Avenue, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8JY
EDINBURGH GESTALT INSTITUTE
Address: 51 Lothian Road, EDINBURGH, EH1 2DJ
Telephone: +44 (0) 131 228 3841
Website: http://www.edinburgh-gestalt-institute.co.uk
Stepfamilies: Dynamics, Challenges & Possibilities
with Dr Claire Asherson Bartram
This one-day workshop is open to counsellors and therapists from all modalities. It will include presentations and experiential exercises designed to illustrate stepfamily dynamics and relevant therapeutic interventions. There will be opportunities to discuss personal and client issues in relation to stepfamilies. The facilitator has both personal and professional experience of working with people in stepfamily situations.
Date: 21 August 2010
Time: 10.00am - 5.30pm
Cost: 100GBP, including a non-refundable deposit of 45GBP
Venue: Edinburgh Gestalt Institute
Please email info@edinburgh-gestalt-institute.co.uk for more information or to book a place.
Residential Workshop for Male Practitioners
with Graham Colbourne & Lannie Peyton
This three-day workshop welcomes male counsellors/therapists of any modality who wish to extend their awareness, understanding and range of self and therapeutic competence. The workshop will offer a space to explore issues around gender, sexuality, relationship and power in the context of our work as therapists through personal reflection, dialogue, creative/body process and group exploration. We will draw on a range of clinical, anthropological, existential and spiritual conceptual frameworks. We positively value diversity and we welcome men of all ages, gender preferences, cultural backgrounds and ranges of experience.
Dates: 20-22 September 2010
Cost: 320GBP, including a non-refundable deposit of 100GBP
Venue: Fawcett Mill Fields, Lake District
Please email info@edinburgh-gestalt-institute.co.uk for more information or to book a place.
Diploma Course in Gestalt Psychotherapy
starts October 2010
This three-year training in Gestalt psychotherapy develops and extends the work of our Foundation Course. It provides a thorough grounding in Gestalt psychotherapy theory and a rigorous training in Gestalt psychotherapy skills and clinical practice, with experiential and taught components. The course leads to the EGI Diploma in Gestalt Therapy and the GPTI Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy. It is possible to join this training at any stage, provided you have undertaken sufficient equivalent training and have some experience of Gestalt.
Early applications are encouraged – the deadline is 31 July 2010. Please contact EGI for more information or if you would like to discuss the course informally.
Bodywork & Family Constellations Workshop
with Gillian Kelly
This weekend event is open to counsellors and therapists from all modalities. It will provide an opportunity for personal and professional development through the lens of bodywork and family constellations work. Participants in this group will be invited to create a safe and containing space for personal enquiry and exploration. There will be support to deepen your self-understanding and awareness, and to develop an embodied understanding of the family system through whatever approach is most useful, whether this be subtle enquiry in the present moment, bodywork or setting up a family constellation. If there is sufficient interest, this may become an ongoing group.
Dates: 16-17 October 2010
Times: 10.00am – 5.30pm
Cost: 180GBP, including a non-refundable deposit of 80GBP
Venue: Edinburgh Gestalt Institute
Please email info@edinburgh-gestalt-institute.co.uk for more information or to book a place.
Being & Becoming
with Helen Kennedy and Lannie Peyton
This new ongoing group will run for five weekends over the year. The emphasis will be on developing our capacity to be fully engaged in the present moment and staying with our direct experience. To this end, we will focus on personal exploration and self-awareness using dialogue, body process, meditation, dreams, artwork and anything available which will enrich and enliven our process. The group is intended to provide a nourishing and supportive place for each member to explore their experience and experiment with new possibilities for living. It will provide a good experiential introduction to Gestalt and will be useful for anyone who is interested in Gestalt Therapy in its broadest form, whether as a support in their personal lives or as potential for GP professional development.
Dates: 23-24 October 2010, 29-30 January 2011, 12-13 March 2011, 30 April - 1 May 2011 and further dates to be confirmed
Times: 10.00am – 5.30pm
Cost: 950GBP for five weekends, including a non-refundable deposit of 90GBP
Venue: Edinburgh Gestalt Institute
Please email info@edinburgh-gestalt-institute.co.uk for more information or to book a place.
Training in Supervision of Counselling & Psychotherapy
with Graham Colbourne
This is a 10-day course for experienced counsellors and psychotherapists from all modalities, run over five two-day blocks (mostly weekends). It will teach a creative and practical Gestalt-integrative-based model, covering theory, themes and issues relating to supervision. It will include skills practice, support for finding practice placements and preparation for accreditation as a supervisor. This format provides flexibility for group members to work according to their own needs within a wide range of possibilities.
Dates: 9-10 December 2010 and further dates to be arranged with the group
Cost: 1250GBP, including a non-refundable deposit of 200GBP
Venue: Edinburgh Gestalt Institute
Please email info@edinburgh-gestalt-institute.co.uk for more information or to book a place.
Working with Body Process
Nine-day postgraduate training with James Kepner
This is for Gestalt therapists who wish to work in a more body-focused way and deepen their understanding of embodied life. Gestalt Body Process Psychotherapy (GBPP), developed by Dr Kepner, is grounded in phenomenological and experiential principles while extending Gestalt practice into more deeply embodied approaches. Each weekend involves experiential exercises, lectures, demonstrations and practice sessions.
Weekend 1: 28-30 January 2011
Focuses on central principles and practices of body process work and enhancing the therapist’s connection to their own body, including: a developmental overview; embodied language and the embodied field; enhancing sensation through breathing, energy and touch; and the use of modeling as embodied phenomenological practice.
Weekend 2: 15-17 July 2011
Focuses on understanding body structure theoretically and experientially, including: body character structure and contact processes; developing experiments with body structure; touch interventions in body structure; and developing embodied resources for contact.
Weekend 3: 18-20 November 2011
Focuses on understanding extensions to the experimental process, including; developing movement experiments related to structure; energy work perceptions and skills; and special topics such as use with particular populations and ethics.
Cost: 950GBP, including a non-refundable deposit of 200GBP
Venue: Edinburgh
Please email info@edinburgh-gestalt-institute.co.uk for more information or to book a place.
Experiment & Creative Change
with Lannie Peyton
This workshop will support you to extend your range of interventions in counselling/psychotherapy and to facilitate change through experiential learning and creative techniques. Participants will be able to experience how the ‘safe emergency’ situation can provide a balance between risk and support, thereby enabling clients to actively explore limitations, fears and possibilities for growth through a variety of different techniques. Open to all modalities, this workshop will emphasize spontaneity, fun, flexibility, pacing and the use of the moment to open new possibilities.
Dates: 12-13 February 2011
Times: 10.00am – 5.30pm
Cost: 180GBP, including a non-refundable deposit of 80GBP
Venue: Edinburgh Gestalt Institute
Please email info@edinburgh-gestalt-institute.co.uk for more information or to book a place.
The Gestalt of Addiction: A Developmental Relational Model to Addiction Treatment and Recovery
with Michael Clemmens
This workshop will explore the developmental stages of addiction and recovery from the perspectives of self-modulation and relational contexts. Recovery will be presented as the acquisition of a broader repertoire of self-management skills and increasing awareness of the relational field. We will explore how the therapist can utilize the opportunity of being a “contact partner” to support and highlight the addicted client’s self process and relational possibilities. The workshop will include theoretical presentation, experiential exercises and opportunities to practice skills in small group configurations.
Venue: Edinburgh
Dates: 26-27 February 2011
Cost: 250GBP, including a non-refundable deposit of 100GBP
An Introduction to Gestalt Psychotherapy: Working with Process
with Helen Kennedy
This professional development workshop in Glasgow is intended for counsellors, therapists and people working in the caring professions. It will introduce the fundamental principles of Gestalt theory and offer an experience of Gestalt as currently practised using demonstration and groupwork. There will be an opportunity for skills practice in pairs / small groups. The focus of the workshop will be on process, working relationally in the here-and-now, using the presence of the therapist to facilitate contact, choice and change. This workshop will be of interest to those who want to add Gestalt skills to their practice and those considering doing further Gestalt training.
Venue: The Centre of Therapy, 402 Sauchiehall Street, GLASGOW, G2 3JD
Dates: 26-27 February 2011
Cost: 180GBP, including a non-refundable deposit of 80GBP
Working with Clients with Severe Disorders
with Todd Burley PhD
This workshop is for postgraduate therapists who have completed their core Gestalt training and is intended to support them in working with more difficult contacting processes. The teaching will focus on working with clients with severe disorders, such as those with borderline, schizoid and psychotic processes. There will also be ample time for personal work, supervised practice and other topics requested by the participants.
Dates: 2-3 April 2011
Times: 10.00am – 5.30pm
Cost: 195GBP, including a non-refundable deposit of 95GBP
Venue: Edinburgh Gestalt Institute
Please email info@edinburgh-gestalt-institute.co.uk for more information or to book a place.
Difference & Diversity - What Difference Does it Make?
with Jules Howdin
Being aware of difference and how it influences dialogue and presence is important in all our relationships, whilst also having a particular significance in the development of the therapeutic relationship. This workshop will provide an opportunity to explore difference and how its presence manifests both personally and professionally. We will focus on the impact of diversity and how being in a majority or minority influences our sense of being and belonging in the world. We will draw from experiences within the group and provide an opportunity to reflect on how we project and organise ourselves in relation to difference. The workshop will involve experiential exercises and consider theoretical perspectives relevant to this topic.
Dates: 7-8 May 2011
Times: 10.00am – 5.30pm
Cost: 180GBP, including a non-refundable deposit of 80GBP
Venue: Edinburgh Gestalt Institute
Please email info@edinburgh-gestalt-institute.co.uk for more information or to book a place.
http://www.TheForeSightGroup.org
Gestalt in Chicago
The ForeSight Group, LLC is an Affiliate of The Gestalt Institue of Cleveland and jointly sponsor training activities in the Chicago area. Continuing education credits are available for psychologists from APA and for social workers in Illinois.
Gestalt Practice Training Program enhanced with distance learning
Begins October 2-3, 2010
See: http://theforesightgroup.org/1/Chicago/Training-program/gotp10g11a.htm for details.
Gestalt practice training and personal development opportunities are available in the Chicago area.
Visit http://www.TheForeSightGroup.org (See Chicago Training Activities) for our programs.
Live Voice Conferencing
Connect with other Gestaltists across the world for live voice and webcam conferencing sessions on Gestalt practice theory and development issues.
No membership fees to join our virtual community!
Log on to http://www.TheForeSightGroup.org to join and meet others.
Our Internet-based voice/webcam conference sessions are opportunities to join other Gestaltists in sharing and learning: Gestalt theory, practice wisdom, case issues and ethical dilemmas. Participants receive access to supportive materials, view slide presentations and papers during the voice conference sessions.
Free introductory sessions are regularly provided to familiarize you with the simple process.
To view the schedule for voice/webcam conference sessions and to see and hear samples of sessions go to http://www.TheForeSightGroup.org
See Calendar of online Activities
Sessions can be recorded for later listening, viewing and sharing with others.
Contact: LesWyman@TheForeSightGroup.org for details
Case and Practice Supervision and Consultations via Internet-based voice and video conferencing.
Physical distance is not a barrier to getting support for your Gestalt practice with clients and your development as a Gestalt practitioner.
Case and practice consultation and supervision via Internet-based voice/webcam conferencing reflect over 30 years of Gestalt practice with individuals, couples and groups. Supervision provided is consistent with the training and practice model of The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland.
Contact leswyman@TheForeSightGroup.org to set up a demonstration session and for a fee schedule.
Lester P. Wyman, Ph.D., LISW-S, LCSW
Member, European Association for Gestalt Therapy (EAGT)
Faculty, The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland (1981-)
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