March 1, 2010
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Established in 1980 and located in the heart of London, GCL provides psychotherapy training accredited by UKCP and London Metropolitan University, and BACP accredited counselling training.
We also offer a short course programme designed to meet the continuing professional needs of practitioners, and events of general interest to anyone involved in personal development.
For further information, please contact enquire@gestaltcentre.co.uk, tel: 00 44 20 7613 4480 or visit our website http://www.gestaltcentre.co.uk
CPD
Gestalt Brief Therapy, 4 to 6 March 2010, £433, with Gaie Houston
Family Constellations, 27 & 28 March 2010, from £100, with Carol Siederer
Motivational Interviewing, 11 & 12 October 2010, £281, with Toni Gilligan
CERTIFICATE IN GROUPWORK
Training in Group Facilitation, from 29 April 2010, £740 self-funded
Stages of Development in Groups, 25 June 2010, £104
Conflict, Challenge and Confrontation in Groups, 20 & 21 May 2010, £208
Developing Effective Groupwork, 21 January 2011, £106
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT GROUPS
Gestalt Personal Development 10 week group, from 6 May 2010, £244
Gestalt Personal Development weekend group, 20 & 21 March 2010, £79
INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOPS
Fundamentals of Gestalt Theory, date to be confirmed, £70
Gestalt in Action, 29 & 30 May 2010, £149
Creative Writing, 2 & 3 October 2010, £166
PRACTITIONER QUALIFICATIONS
BACP Accredited Counselling Training
UKCP Accredited Psychotherapy Training
apply online at http://www.gestaltcentre.co.uk
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.
SHAPE UP YOUR PSYCHE!
Symptoms of emotional stress or burnout, like anxiety, depression, fatigue, indecisiveness, emotional outbursts or withdrawal can be relieved and prevented by regular emotional exercises. Your emotional muscles, like your physical muscles, need to be worked out daily for optimum health and effectiveness. Come learn and practice some basic, effective, Gestalt-based "emocises" that can be done in 5-10 minutes in the morning, at bedtime and throughout your day. Participants should dress comfortably and bring a childhood self-photo if possible.
Vivien Wolsk, Ph.D.
Saturday, April 24, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
$40 (2 CEUs)
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
WORKING WITH SILENCE AND THE UNSPEAKABLE
Through visual presentation, guided meditation and standard chairwork, participants will both see and experience their inner fluidity that is the essential attunement modal for Craniosacral Therapy Bodywork. When the therapist can deepen their inner connection to their body, find the fluid nature within themselves and settle towards a spacious inner stillness, it creates a wonderful invitation for their client to also settle into a deeper, more integrated place.
Josh Horowitz
Saturday, May 8
12:00am - 5:00pm
$50 (5 CEUs)
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
WORKING AT THE CONTACT BOUNDARY
This workshop will cover the theoretical underpinnings of contact boundary work combined with a series of practical demonstrations and discussions. Workshop participants will gain an in-depth understanding of how to work with contact disturbances and impasses that allow therapists to fully draw upon themselves to deepen and enrich the complete range of contact with their clients.
Peter Turkl, LCSW
Saturday, March 27, 10:00am - 3:00pm
$50 (5 CEUs)
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
PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS
This workshop will provide a description of the general use of psychotropic medications for anxiety and mood disorders in the context of psychotherapy. We will also discuss when medication is appropriate for use. Participants will obtain a greater awareness of biological approaches in order to relieve symptoms and thus support the patient to be more amenable to psychotherapy.
Joseph Barbuto, M.D.
Friday, May 14
6:00pm - 9:00pm
$40 (3 CEU's)
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
VOICE ATTUNEMENT FOR THERAPISTS
As therapists, we use voice (ours and our clients) as part of the therapeutic process whether we do so with awareness or not. When we are not aware of our own voice, we can undermine our intention. When we are not aware of our clients' voices, we may miss important cues. Through lecture, practicum, and case study, this training will attune you to ways in which voice informs and helps guide effective practice. You will 1) build awareness of qualities of voice; 2) learn to use vocal cues to track a client; 3) use voice as a tool to help your client shift states; 4) enhance your capacity to join, support, and, when appropriate, interrupt your clients; and 5) extend your facility in designing and fine-tuning therapeutic experiments. This workshop is also open to doctors, nurses, teachers and other interactive and wellness practitioners.
Naaz Hosseini, LP
Sunday, May 16
10:00am - 3:00pm
$60 (5 CEU's)
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
MERIDIAN TAPPING
This workshop is designed for practitioners to explore and experiment with different techniques and materials that are non-threatening and non-verbal to use in the treatment of traumatized and blocked clients. We will focus on how these types of clients make contact with the environment. The brushstroke of paint on a canvas, the beat of a drum, and the step in a dance are silent expressions of feeling. Words are not always necessary. This is an experiential workshop. Participants should be prepared to get messy and please wear or bring old clothes.
Marilyn Kurzyna, LCSW
Saturday, June 12
12:00am 6:00pm
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
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. Where indicated, participants may stay for an open house where they can meet faculty and students of our Center.
Sunday, March 14, 4pm-6 pm
Saturday, April 10, 3pm - 5pm (followed by Open House from 5-6)
Sunday, May 2, 3pm - 5pm (followed by Open House from 5-6)
Sunday, May 23, 2:00pm - 4:00pm (followed by Open House from 5-6)
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, July 30, 2010 12:00pm through Sunday, August 2, 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
The Eurasian Gestalt Coaching Program Presents:
GESTALT GROUPWORKS
Working With Groups - 2010
Gestalt approach to group work will be presented and worked with in this training. This method of working with groups is utilized extensively and has been proven effective in numerous settings, such as in organizational change interventions, group coaching, therapy and workshop leading.
In this training:
* Program participants will be presented with Gestalt theory, concepts and practice that influence observation and intervention skills for working at multiple levels of group process.
* There will be teaching and practice sessions designed to support skill development in working with groups.
* A personal learning group is designed to facilitate participant's integration of group leadership issues.
* The experiential learning power of this Gestalt workshop is enhanced by working for three afternoon sessions with a volunteer client group.
* At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to identify and use the basic method of Gestalt Group work and lead various kinds of groups.
This workshop will support the participants to become effective facilitators of group process in various setups, including coaching groups and teams, organizational development, change management leadership, etc. We will be working in English. Maximum number of participants is twenty.
Who Should Attend:
People who want to learn how to lead and work with a group and who want to develop professionally and personally. Coaches, therapists, organizational and business consultants, leaders, trainers, teachers, HR professionals, change leaders, executives, and any others that are interested in working with groups.
Program date: May 22 - 27th, 2010
Venue: BUMED, Rumelihisari, Istanbul
ICF Accreditation Information: ICF-CCEU by May
For information via phone, please contact (t) +90(212) 325 98 50
Via email:
Dorothy Siminovitch at awareworks@aol.com
Gila Seritcioglu at gilaincrea@gmail.com
Dost Deniz at dost@marefidelis.com
Eurasian Gestalt Coaching Program in Istanbul starts in August, 2010
The Eurasian Gestalt Coaching Program in Istanbul, an ICF Accredited Coach Training Hours provider, is a Gestalt-based approach to coaching that incorporates cutting-edge coaching theories from thought leaders worldwide. This program is founded on core Gestalt values which hold that it is the awareness of self and others, in the context of aware possibilities, that support choice for intervention and success. A core gestalt coaching belief is that it is the nature of the coach's support and presence which assists the client to do the desired work in service of goals that are achievable, believable, concrete and deliverable.
The program is designed to teach the theory and practice of coaching leadership and management using a Gestalt theoretical and conceptual orientation. Coaching theory, concept, method, and technique from the fields of Gestalt theory, concepts and practices will shape the program curricula. Participants will develop a practice of ongoing assessment, practice coaching, and receive feedback and guidance in the coaching behaviors needed for individual, organizational and executive coaching engagements. This program will be targeted to support effective coaching interventions with individuals, groups, and complex systems. Participants will also learn to design their coaching practice to stimulate learning, development, creativity, intentional and transformational change.
Program dates:
August 31-Sept. 4, 2010 (Tue-Sat)
Dec. 1- Dec. 5th, 2010 (Wed-Sun)
Jan. 19- Jan. 23, 2011 (Wed-Sun)
March 23-March 27th, 2011 (Wed-Sun)
Venue: BUMED, Rumelihisari, Istanbul
Prices: 6,700 Euros +VAT
ICF Accreditation Information: ICF-ACSTH-Accredited Coach Specific Training Hours
For information via phone, please contact (t) +90(212) 325 98 50
Via email:
Dorothy Siminovitch at awareworks@aol.com
Gila Seritcioglu at gilaincrea@gmail.com
Dost Deniz at dost@marefidelis.com
UNLEASHING THE POWER OF STORY
This workshop offers an interactive opportunity to become aware of how we, ourselves and others, experience the telling, hear and shape these narratives, and how we are impacted by our telling and listening. We will also look at using stories in the traditional sense-extended metaphors that build on shared experience-to intentionally influence perspective, and to awaken curiosity and energy to expand our possibilities and combining that with developing the effective performance of story-as a practical tool to create growth.
We will tell our stories, listen to the stories of others, co-create, improvise and enact stories. We will play together in a serious but not solemn manner.
When: Saturday and Sunday, March 20 and 21, 2010
Time: 9 am to 6 pm
Where: Bryn Mawr College
CEUs: 12 Credits available
Program Leaders: Carol Brockmon, LICSW; Christiane Frischmuth; Deborah Stewart, MSWW (Faculty members of the Gestalt International Studies Center
More information: 610-668-5177, adminGTIP@gmail.com, or visit http://www.gestaltphila.org
THE GESTALT THERAPY INSTITUTE OF PHILADELPHIA PRESENTS: LIVING WITH LOSS
Workshop participants will learn about Gestalt therapy's perspective on grieving by observing or joining in work with the trainers. Placing a special emphasis on emotionally focused, present-centered, experiential methodology, GTIP co-directors David Henrich and Mary Lou Schack will demonstrate how Gestalt therapists facilitate transformation through grief.
When: Saturday, April 17, 2010
Time: 9 am to 5 pm
Where: Bryn Mawr College, English House
Program Leaders: Mary Lou Schack, Ph.D and David Henrich, LCSW, BCD, GTIP Co-Founding Directors
More information: 610-668-5177, adminGTIP@gmail.com, or visit http://www.gestaltphila.org
THE GESTALT THERAPY INSTITUTE OF PHILADELPHIA PRESENTS A WEEKEND OF GESTALT THERAPY.
This workshop will provide attendees with an overview of basic Gestalt Therapy theory, followed by examples of the theory through experiential demonstrations showing how the therapy works, and concluding with discussion on how the theory applies to the work.
Participants can observe the three GTIP Directors' training and therapy styles. The Workshop serves as an introduction to the three-year Gestalt Therapy training program.
When: Saturday and Sunday, April 24 and 25, 2010
Where: Bryn Mawr College, English House
CEUs: 12 Credits available
GTIP Co-Founding Directors and Weekend presenters: Philip Lichtenberg, Ph.D.; David S. Henrich, L.C.S.W., B.C.D; Mary Lou Schack, PhD.
More information: 610-668-5177 or aminGTIP@gmail.com, or visit http://www.gestaltphila.org
LOOKING INWARD, LOOKING OUTWARD: A Residential Workshop in the Colorado Rockies
Sponsored by the Gestalt Therapy Institute of Philadelphia, this is a week-long workshop for adults seeking more fulfilling relationships with peers, partners, family, and friends at Crestone Mt. Zen Center on the edge of Colorado's magnificent Sangre de Cristo range.
Explore your accustomed way of being and experiment with new ways through experiential exercises, movement, talk, music and creative imagery. Afternoons are free for participants to sightsee and or meet for individual sessions with workshop leaders, and evenings are spent integrating the day's activities and for deepening relationships.
When: June 22 through June 30, 2010
Where: Crestone Mt. Zen Center
CEUs: 40
WORKSHOP PRESENTERS: Cathy Gray, LCSW and GTIP faculty member; Gary Gray, MAT
More information: 610-668-5177 or aminGTIP@gmail.com, or visit http://www.gestaltphila.org
East European Gestalt Institute (EEGI), Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA
WHO: Prof. Sean Gaffney (Sweden-USA) Organizational Consultant.
WHAT: Four days Advanced Gestalt-OD Training Workshop. "Mastery & Paradoxes of Leadership and Management"
WHEN: June, 17-th - 20-th, 2010.
WHERE: Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA
HOW MUCH: 750 EURO
This workshop is the second session from the long-term (2009-2010) NEW International OD-Project, specially designed for BOTH Consultants, who want to improve their skills AND Managers, wishing to develop their leadership abilities!
EEGI and GISC started this common OD-Project consisting of 3 sessions, 4 days of training each. All the sessions are facilitated by Sean Gaffney (USA-Sweden).
EEGI's project Managers will help You to book reasonably cheap and cozy hotel in our beautiful City. VISA support possible. All the OD-Project registration is possible (discounts!) Early registration is highly recommended! Some scholarship money is available.
WHO: Lynn Stadler, MA, MFT (USA). Lynn is a Gestalt psychotherapist, Trained by Violet Oaklander, working in Santa Barbara, California and Internationally.
WHAT: Three days Advanced Gestalt Training Workshop. "Working with Children and Families"
WHEN: November, 26-th - 28-th, 2010.
WHERE: Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA
HOW MUCH: 350 EURO
This workshop is the first session from the long-term (2010-2011) NEW International Project, specially designed for those Psychotherapists and Consultants, who want to learn new style (Dr. V.Oaklander Model) of working with children and families.
EEGI started this Project consisting of 4 sessions, 3 days of training each. All the sessions are facilitated by Lynn Stadler (USA).
EEGI's project Managers will help You to book reasonably cheap and cozy hotel in our beautiful City. VISA support possible. All the Project registration is possible (discounts!) Early registration is highly recommended! Some scholarship money is available.
CONTACT US:
Konstantin Pavlov, Ph.D., M.D.
Director of EEGI
kpavlov@etelecom.spb.ru
+7 921 9664223
March 6th and 7th, North London- Fathers and Sons- Men’s Gestalt Group Weekend- exploring this key relationship in our lives and its impact on our identity as men. Visit http://www.davidpolak.bacp.co.uk for details.
MARIANNE FRY LECTURE
Saturday 17th July, 2010, at Wesley College, Bristol, UK
Dr Sally Denham-Vaughan on
The Liminal Space: from Cycle of Experience to Transformational Shift
This lecture provides an opportunity to share Sally Denham-Vaughan's reflections concerning the transition she has witnessed within gestalt psychotherapy theory and practice since she started training with Marianne Fry, (and Dr Malcolm Parlett) some 25 years ago. In particular she will focus on a theme that she has explored within her writing and teaching, namely that of the move from a "Perlsian", figure-bound, agentic therapy to a more relational, aesthetically orientated approach that increasingly works with structures of ground. Sally Denham-Vaughan has experienced this change in a number of ways: from an ego-based approach to a more emergent, "Id" orientated therapy, from "masculine", left-brain action towards "feminine", right brain receptivity and from "Will" towards "Grace", (see Denham-Vaughan, British Gestalt Journal, 2005, 1). In this lecture she will discuss these different theoretical formulations with particular reference to the gestalt cycle of experience. She hopes to demonstrate how redirecting attention from figure to ground, from doing to being and from action to stillness opens up an unexplored liminal space, rich in possibilities and potential that we could not have been thought of or anticipated.
Dr Sally Denham-Vaughan, DPsych, UKCP Reg’d Psychotherapist, is a Clinical/Counselling and Coaching Psychologist and Gestalt Psychotherapist, Trainer, Supervisor and Writer. She holds a senior managerial position in an NHS Trust which delivers mental health services to over half a million people. At Metanoia Institute in London, she is a primary tutor on the Gestalt Psychotherapy Masters programme, an academic advisor on the Doctoral programme and joint course director of the Organisational Gestalt Diploma programme. She is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the British Gestalt Journal, Organisational Faculty member and Board Advisor at The Relational Center in Los Angeles and International Faculty Associate at the Pacific Gestalt Institute.
The Marianne Fry Lectures began after Marianne's death in 1998. Her friends and students wanted to perpetuate, for the benefit of later generations of Gestalt therapists and trainees, the values and interests of a distinguished and beloved Gestalt trainer.
More information and booking arrangements are at:
http://www.mariannefrylectures.co.uk/9/2010-Lecture.html
GATLA - GESTALT ASSOCIATES TRAINING LOS ANGELES is offering the following training opportunities:
1. SUMMER 2010 EUROPEAN RESIDENTIAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS - Our 39th year.
GATLA is extremely pleased to announce that our 39th Summer European Residential Training Workshops will be held at the Zamek Ryn Castle located in the lake district of Poland. (http://www.zamekryn.pl/en/) The second largest of it's type in Europe, this incredible castle, built by Teutonic knights/monks, has had many lives. In the 1950’s and ‘60’s it was a women’s prison. In 2001, the decaying ruins were bought by a hotel group and after 4 years of painstaking restoration, has been reborn as a true 4 star hotel.
The food is wonderful, facilities and rooms great and the jewel in the crown is a recently enclosed magnificent 900 square meter (9,000 square foot) interior courtyard – where we will be having dinner, concerts and occasional medieval fairs. The castle is located in the town of Ryn, situated on a small isthmus of land between two beautiful lakes. All outdoor land and water sports are there plus billiards, archery, three lane bowling alley, a laser rifle shooting range, spa and beautiful indoor pool and more. Lastly, this 800 year old castle has it’s own ghost.
Dates: A. NUEVO Entrenamiento en Psicoterapía Gestaltica
enteramente en Espanol July 4-10, 2010
B. Couples Therapy Training Workshop: July 4-10, 2010
C. Gestalt Therapy Training Workshop: July 11-23, 2010
A. NUEVO ENTRENAMEIENTO EN PSICOTERAPIA GESTALTICA ENTERAMENTE EN ESPANOL
AL MODELO GATLA
July 4-10, 2010
Este taller es compuesto de una semana dedicada a entrenamiento solamente en Espanol.
No habra una sola palabra en Polaco o Ingles!
Todd Burley, Ph.D., ABPP de la Facultad Central de GATLA fue criado en Cali y Medellin, Colombia de modo que habla el Espanol tan bien como habla el Ingles. Las clases teoreticas, demostraciones, y practica supervisada, se daran enteramente en Espanol. Tambien habra practica supervisada en grupos pequenos (3 o 4 personas).
B. COUPLES THERAPY TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR THERAPISTS:
JULY 4-10, 2010: “A Couple of Individuals”
Robert W Resnick, Ph..D. and Rita F. Resnick, Ph.D. are international Couples Therapy trainers. The workshop will begin with an overview of their model of relationships and couples therapy. Live and video demonstrations will follow on each day. All clinical work will be related to the theoretical presentations, hopefully both more meaningful. Discussion and comparison of this model with other approaches to couples therapy will be encouraged. Basic group participants will be given time to work “hands on” with role-play couples with faculty supervision and Advanced group participants will be given significantly more practice time to work with the Model Couples under the supervision of Bob and Rita Resnick. Small process groups for discussion and processing of personal reactions to the work and the theory are a daily occurrence for all participants.
C. SUMMER EUROPEAN RESIDENTIAL GESTALT THERAPY TRAINING PROGRAM:
JULY 12-24, 2009
A nine-day (12 night) workshop will be offered from July 11 – 23, 2010. This intensive training program provides multiple levels of training from Basic to MasterClass. The 80% return rate attests to the quality of this highly regarded program that has become a model for training in many parts of the world. The program consists of theory, “hands on” practice, the opportunity to see seasoned International therapists work, an option for daily individual therapy, and international community of participants from 25 countries around the world. This may be the oldest annual European psychotherapy training program in the world.
2. GESTALT THERAPY: BASIC & ADVANCED TRAINING IN LOS ANGELES.
Weekend Dates: Apr. 17-18, 2010, May 1-2, 2010
Contact: Rita Resnick ritaresnick@gatla.org (310) 395-6844
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
3. INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS EUROPE
KILLARNEY, IRELAND
Couples Therapy Open Workshop
Two Become One and Then There Are None
Faculty: Robert Resnick, Ph.D., Rita Resnick, Ph.D.
Dates: March 5-7, 2010
Contact: Ger Sheedy - gsheedy@ireland.com
OSLO, NORWAY
Gestalt Therapy Workshop
Faculty: Rita Resnick, Ph.D.
Dates: March 12-13, 2010
Contact: Guro Oiestad - guro.ole@online.no
BERGEN, NORWAY
Couples Therapy Workshop
Faculty: Robert W. Resnick, Ph.D.
Dates: March 12-13, 2010
Contact: Peter Rongved - Peter.Rongved@bufetat.no
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA
Gestalt Therapy Workshop
Faculty: Todd Burley, Ph.D. ABPP
Dates: March, 12-14, 2010
Contact: Tomaz Flajs: Tomaz.flajs@masicom.net
BERGEN, NORWAY
Gestalt Training Workshop
Centre for Relational Development
Haraldsplass Deaconess University College
Faculty: Rita F. Resnick, Ph.D.
Dates: March 15-17, 2010
Contact: Berit Bardsen - bebb@haraldsplass.no
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
Gestalt Therapy: A Contemporary View
Copenhagen Gestalt Institute
Faculty: Robert W. Resnick, Ph.D.
Dates: March 15-16, 2010
Contact: Jesper Rassmussen at: jr@kgicph
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
Edinburgh Gestalt Institute – Closed Training Workshop
Faculty: Todd Burley, Ph.D. ABPP
Dates: March 19-21, 2010
Temporary Contact: egi@edinburgh-gestalt-institute.co.uk
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
Advanced Workshop in Gestalt therapy
Faculty: Todd Burley, Ph.D. ABPP
Dates: Tentative date: March 27-28, 2010
Contact: Louise Tait: info@louisetait.co.uk or
egi@edinburgh-gestalt-institute.co.uk
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 - by invitation only.
Faculty: Todd Burley, Ph.D., ABPP
Dates: November 3-7, 2010
Temporary Contact: birgit.erichsen@kriminalforsorgen.dk or vibeke@worldonline.dk
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.
BELFAST GESTALT INSTITUTE
2010 PROGRAMME
For any information and application forms email us at gestaltireland@yahoo.com
CPD OPPORTUNITIES:
GROUPWORK MASTERCLASS WITH SEAN GAFFNEY PhD
April 17 - 18, 2010, Belfast venue
Fee: £145. A few low-wage places available. Organisational discount for 3 or more participants. Contact us for details.
Sean Gaffney needs no introduction in the gestalt community. This workshop will enable participants to learn from Sean's lifelong experience and his practical and theoretical approaches to working with all kinds of groups - work groups, management groups, personal and/or professional development groups, social groups and community groups - groups in every shape, form and purpose. Sean will offer consultancy, facilitation and training in a group setting. His approach to groups is to combine the functional and relational aspects so that this combination of aspects can provide the group concerned with new choices.
For further background and details about Seen Gaffney, his approach, his experience and his publications, please go to http://www.egenart.info/gaffney
WORKING WITH BODY PROCESS (THE THERAPIST'S AND THE CLIENT'S) - a package of two workshops with internationally renowned practitioners, for gestalt therapists interested in developing a more embodied dialogue in their work.
Fee: £280 for both workshops, £150 per workshop. A few low-wage places available. Organisational discount for 3 or more participants. Contact us for details.
1. VOICE, BREATH AND BODY PROCESS IN GESTALT PRACTICE, A WORKSHOP WITH SUSAN GREGORY
September 4-5, 2010, Belfast venue.
A welcome return visit to Belfast by Susan Gregory who delivered two well-received workshops in April 2009 on 'Breath, Voice and Gestalt'. She will return for further work, and in particular a two-day workshop on Body Process for gestalt practitioners.
2. SKILLS FOR DEVELOPING EMBODIED AWARENESS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY: A WORKSHOP WITH MICHAEL CLEMMENS
15-16 November 2010, Belfast venue.
This two-day workshop will explore the embodied relational field of the therapeutic relationship. We will focus on specific skills that support increased awareness in the client of their process and needs. The structure of the session will be experiential, theory and small group practices. There will also be a one-day workshop on 17 November addressing itself to a wider group of practitioners not necessarily gestalt-trained.
Michael Clemmens PhD, is a licensed psychologist working with individuals, couples, and groups. He has 20 years' experience working with chemical dependency and personality disorders. He is trained in various forms of body work. One of his special interests is consulting with therapists to develop and maintain self-support. He is the author of Getting Beyond Sobriety.
BGI REGULAR EVENTS
MONTHLY GESTALT GROUP: an ongoing personal development opportunity that can be joined at any time.
Fee per Saturday: £90. Block booking of four consecutive Saturdays: £320. Concessionary fee available. For further details and application form email us.
This group is for you if you want time to look at your life and relationships.
It is a gestalt process group, facilitated by two experienced gestalt practitioners, Br’d Keenan and Jo‘lle Gartner both MBACP(Accred).
Eight Saturdays per year. 10:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Upcoming 2010 dates: 13 Mar, 24 Apr, 22 May, 19 Jun, 18 Sep, 23 Oct, 27 Nov
WEEKLY THERAPY GROUP (OPEN-ENDED):
This will begin early 2010. Contact us for details.
TRAINING IN GESTALT
GESTALT FOUNDATION COURSE
Starts in September 2010, under the auspices of the Northern Regional College of Further and Higher Education in Newtownabbey.
Trainer: Jo‘lle Gartner.
This course is particularly suited to people working in counselling and therapeutic contexts, education, the helping professions, community and organisational development and generally any job involving process facilitation, or a high level of human interaction.
The skills it imparts include: self-awareness, immediacy, clear communication, the ability to give and receive authentic feedback, through participation in a open-ended process group.
The course will introduce the basic concepts of Gestalt Therapy Theory through participation in an. Each class will consist of an extended group work session led by the trainer, followed after a short break by theoretical considerations of the group's experience in the light of Gestalt Therapy Theory concepts.
Group meets weekly for 2.5 hours, with three one-day workshops through the year. Total training hours: 95. Fee is set by the College (http://www.nrc.ac.uk).
This course is certificated by the College and can be used as a Unit of Training towards BACP accreditation.
WEST COAST INSTITUTE FOR GESTALT THERAPY WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Felicia Carroll, M.Ed., MA Director and Advanced Trainer
http://www.feliciacarroll.com
July 31 - August 8, 2010 Summer Intensive Training
Gestalt Therapy with Children/Adolescents
60 hrs. Solvang, California
Check website for more details
May 18, 2010 Play for Life - World Congress 2010
Marakesh, Morocco
Working with developed and emerging economies to provide psychosocial support for children/adolescents
May 22-30, 2010 Basic and Advanced Workshops in Gestalt Therapy with children/adol.
Symbolon Institute Nuremburg, Germany
June 23-24, 2010 Two day conference Presenter on Gestalt Play Therapy: Oaklander Model
Appalachian Center at Lindsey Wilson College Columbia, Kentucky
August 16-20, 2010 Kompakttraining 2010 Institut fur Integrative Gestalttherapie
Wurzburg St. Arbogast, Austria
October 4-8, 2010 Advanced Workshop: Neuroscience of Gestalt therapy with children/adolescents.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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.
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
PORTLAND GESTALT TRAINING INSTITUTE, Portland, Oregon
Gestalt Group Training - 2009 - 2010
"EXPERIENCE MEETS MEANING"
Explore the integration of Gestalt Therapy, which provides clinicians much freedom and creativity when engaging with their clients; and the Contemporary Relational Theory, an approach offering a very useful developmental perspective and stance to “make sense together”. The integration of Gestalt with the relational model brings the best of both orientations to the clinical hour. Three intensive weekends will include theory presentations, the opportunity for consultation, and exploration of the use of creative experiments that enliven both therapist and client.
3 Weekend Seminars (36 CEUs), with Jeffrey Sher, PsyD & Carol Swanson, LCSW.
Call Carol @ 503-758-9528 for more information.
Dates: Oct 31/Nov 1, 2009; Jan 30/31, & Mar 27/28, 2010
Location: 1020 SW Taylor #750, Portland, Oregon
Cost: $225 per weekend
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 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 (from mid October 2009 - http://www.ganz.org.au/?q=node/4 - 2010 Conference Queenstown NZ). 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).
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!
Call for Experiential Workshops
To encourage engaged participation and clarity of focus on the conference theme only experiential workshops are being called for from the community. Anyone who would like to present a two-hour, team based, experiential workshop (i.e. three or more presenting facilitators) on any aspect of the conference theme and related questions (refer to website for a full description of the conference theme and process) can find the detailed submission guidelines and forms on the GANZ website. There will be a limited number of peer-reviewed experiential workshops that will encourage representation from as many voices as possible including trainers, students, recent graduates and experienced practitioners from a wide range of practice contexts and professions.
Art! A way to play a part. GANZ Conference 2010 Art Exhibition. Submission Deadline 30 April 2010. See GANZ website for details (http://www.ganz.org.au)
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).
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
Registration Form (see GANZ website)
The BRITISH GESTALT JOURNAL
anticipates there will be much interest in the following guest speaker and, in consideration of readers' diaries, would like to give advanced notice of:
PROFESSOR SIR DAVID GOLDBERG
from
THE INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY
speaking on
"NEUROSCIENCE AND ATTACHMENT THEORY."
Professor Sir David Goldberg will be speaking at our Lecture Day on Saturday November 13th.
This year the Lecture Day is being held in conjunction with the Gestalt Centre (London) to mark their thirtieth anniversary. We shall inform readers of further details closer to the time.
We would like to remind readers that subscriptions to the journal, and ordering of back-copies can be made online at:
http://www.britishgestaltjournal.com/
Freeforming Spring Weekend Intensive 20-21 March 2010
Freeforming is a co-creative, meditative practice exploring connective awareness through movement and voice.
The practice illumines the experience of being with variously described as Inclusion, I-thou relating, attunement, Intersubjectivity, mutual mindfulness, entrainment and kimusubi.
Its aim is to find and maintain a "live", pre-verbal connection in the present moment. Focusing on the shared attention between participants. Freeforming is present-centred, improvisational, embodied, relational
and.... fun!
Workshop with be held at
Edmund Waller School Waller Road London SE14 5LY
£160 weekend (insurance included).
£80 for current Konjiki Dojo members.
Some scholarship places may be available and should be applied for by contacting Peri peri@i-u.org.
For further information and booking form
http://www.freeforming.net
call Peri on 07947369990
email peri@i-u.org
NAAZ HOSSEINI, MA, LP
Psychotherapy, Clinical Training, Gestalt Supervision, Voice Empowerment
Nyack, NY 10960 U.S.A.
Email: naaz@naazhosseini.com
Web: http://www.naazhosseini.com/EventList.htm
1) NYACK GROUPS:
* NEW GESTALT GROUP FORMING (Wednesdays, Time TBA)
* Voice Empowerment
* Gestalt Supervision for Therapists
CONTACT Naaz Hosseini at naaz@naazhosseini.com or 845.353.1974
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2) ESSENCE OF GESTALT: Introductory Course to an Experiential Approach to Therapy
Sunday, March 7, 2010
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
This one-day course provides an overview of the theoretical framework underlying the practice of gestalt therapy. Learn about and explore a variety of tools and techniques, such as present-centered awareness, chair work, contact boundary, layers theory (as it relates to the transformation process) and dream work. This dynamic course will include a combination of lectures, experiential exercises and live demonstrations of gestalt therapy. Open to all who are interested in learning about and experiencing Gestalt therapy. There will be an opportunity for a follow-up experiential group for those who want to deepen their understanding of gestalt therapy.
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, Continuing Education, Westchester Campus, 400 Westchester Avenue, West Harrison, New York.
CONTACT JANE EDWARDS AT 914.367.3100 OR JEDWARDS@FORDHAM.EDU.
$100 ($90 Alumni/Field Instructor, $80 student/2009 grad)
URL: http://www.fordham.edu/academics/colleges__graduate_s/graduate__profession/social_service/continuing_education/opportunities_at_for_31168.asp
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3) GESTALT TECHNIQUES 1: EMPTY CHAIR & DREAM WORK
Sunday, March 14, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
In this course we will examine the gestalt concept of creating experiments for our clients as a means of raising awareness of their internal processes and defense systems. We will learn and practice the traditional gestalt technique of chair work, its origins, goals and theoretical underpinnings, as well as how it is particularly effective for working with projections, introjections, conflicts and splits. Then we will consider alternative techniques to chair work, including dream work, visualization, movement, art, music, writing and other creative techniques, stressing the importance of practitioners having at their disposal a wide array of techniques for working with their clients. Students will have the opportunity to practice these techniques working in dyads.
Pre-requisite: Essence of Gestalt
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, Continuing Education, Westchester Campus, 400 Westchester Avenue, West Harrison, New York.
CONTACT JANE EDWARDS AT 914.367.3100 OR JEDWARDS@FORDHAM.EDU.
$100 ($90 Alumni/Field Instructor, $80 student/2009 grad)
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4) VOICE ATTUNEMENT FOR THERAPISTS
DATE: Sunday, May 16, 2010
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
As therapists, we use voice --ours and our clients -- as part of the therapeutic process whether we are aware of it or not. When we are not aware of our own voice, we can undermine our intention. When we are not aware of our clients' voices, we may miss important cues. This training will attune you to ways in which voice reveals and informs, and will include attunement exercises and practicum.
GESTALT CENTER FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY AND TRAINING, 220 Fifth Avenue, Suite 802, New York, New York 10011
CONTACT GestaltCenter@earthlink.net
COST: $60
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Facilitator, Naaz Hosseini, MA, LP, is a certified gestalt therapist, voice empowerment coach and performing artist with a private practice in Nyack, NY. She serves as faculty and supervisor at Columbia University Teachers College and the Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and Training, New York City.
GESTALT IN NEW JERSEY
Westfield Gestalt Associates continues an ongoing theory and practice group one Friday evening per month, meeting from 7 PM to 10:30 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.
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 and informative experience.
Future meetings are scheduled for March 26, (please note change) and April 16. 2010.
For additional information call (908) 232-7274 or email to nancy@ndbristol.com.
Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles
Salon Series
"Dreams and the Spiritual Path" Led by Janice Roosevelt Gerard, Ph.D.
Thursday, March 11, 2010 7:30 - 9:00 PM at
Wheel of Wellbeing 1575 Westwood Blvd., Suite 303, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Sharing our dreams with others can extend our awareness to experience higher levels of consciousness where healing energies can be found, used and distributed. We can invoke these healing energies directly and use them in our everyday life. The presentation will include experiencing guided imagery and symbolic visualization to further build our skills in working with dreams and invoking their healing powers.
JANICE ROOSEVELT GERARD, Ph.D. is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and trainer in private practice in West Los Angeles and is past President of GTILA. She received her Doctorate in Psychology in 1986 from the California School of Professional Psychology-Los Angeles and became a Certified Gestalt Therapist in 1994. For many years she has led training groups, dream workshops, relational gestalt groups, and has presented at international conferences on the subjects of Gestalt Dreamwork and transpersonal psychology. She is currently writing a book about her experiences with her dream groups.
"Gestalt Therapy and Teen Angst" Led by Chris Massey, MFTI and Nina Rubin, MFTI
Thursday April 8, 2010 7:30 - 9:00 PM at
Wheel of Wellbeing 1575 Westwood Blvd. Suite 303, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Do you work with teenagers who routinely report problems with explosive anger, defiance toward parents and teachers, and oppositional attitudes in the home? Working with this population, we have found ways to cut through the immediate anger and help teens (and their parents) find words for their feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. Our talk will help you conceptualize your cases differently and meet your clients where others often miss. Join us in melding the wholeness of Gestalt Therapy and teen angst, allowing you to better serve your clients. \
CHRIS MASSEY, MA, MFTI, does work in-home and in the community with adolescents, children, their families/teachers/doctors and sometimes their friends and pets, as a clinician with SFVCMHC, Inc. Children's FSP Division. Chris has previously worked with adolescents, children and adults in dual diagnosis residential rehab, outpatient community clinic, and educational/residential placement settings. He has completed two years of training with PGI and is in his second year on the board of GTILA.
NINA RUBIN, M.A., MFTI, currently works in West Los Angeles in a private practice setting with adults and couples, and at a mental health agency with foster children and their parents. Nina is in her third year of Gestalt training at the PGI and serves on the GTILA board.
All Salons are free - $5 for CEU processing
RSVP to Michelle Lang @ michellelang@me.com
All Salons are listed on the GTILA website: http://www.gtila.org
WORKSHOP: USING GESTALT DREAMWORK FOR PLAYWRITING AND VIDEO PROJECTS.
AT: MERKAVAH THEATER
IN JERUSALEM, ISRAEL. MARCH 21-25, 2010
DIRECTOR: FRANKLYN WEPNER, M.A.
DETAILS: fwep@earthlink.net
Dialectical thinking underlies both the gestalt process and literary processes that form the foundation of much drama. Perls, Goodman, Stanislavski and Brecht were masters of dialectical philosophy. Therefore by thinking structurally in terms of dialectical variables a playwrite who also has access to the log of several Gestalt dreamwork sessions done with a single protagonist is in a position to combine therapy and literary creativity. Specifically, follow these steps: (1) Record the Gestalt sessions, or take near verbatim notes. Analyze in depth the series of Gestalt sessions and summarize the overall action. Then, if possible find a parallel action pattern in the classical theater literature. For example: is he a "Hamlet" type, or is she a "Blanche" type from "Streetcar Named Desire"? See Fergusson's "The Idea Of A Theater" for examples. (2) Note where the action progresses and where the blocks are, and label each step of the process that the protagonist goes through, such as "topdog/underdog self-interruption" or "retroflection". (3) Of course, change all names and eliminate any specific biographical data in the therapy log which might jeopardize privacy or invite a law suite. (4) Feel free creatively to play with all the data in your playwriting process, such as dividing the therapy action among several characters in your storyline. Lay out the stages your Gestalt client went through in peeling the onion as parallel stages your characters go through in the theatrical action. (5) Choose whether to emphasize the centering action (Aristotle, Stanislavsky, Chabad) or extreme polarities leading to the void (Plato, Brecht, Breslav). The path your Gestalt client followed may be your guide here, since Gestalt work can go in either direction. (6) Another option is actually use a video of the dreamwork process with a committed competent performer (actor, dancer, singer) as raw footage for work on a personalized multimedia video project. Here the possibilities are endless, given the vast amount of video editing technology on the market today. On Facebook see essays describing this process and examples of musical shows written by Franklyn Wepner using this process, in particular the script of "Once Upon A Cave". Also, see Wepner's video version of his musical, "Rahel! Rahel!" on Facebook. The Jerusalem workshop contents will depend on needs and skills of the participants, and may include individual gestalt dreamwork sessions, theoretical analysis of gestalt sessions, work on playwriting projects, video-ing and editing of gestalt sessions as "theater". Fees will depend upon which subjects need to be taught. For details: fwep@earthlink.net.
GESTALT THERAPY WITH CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS
2nd Annual 21st CENTURY PERSPECTIVES Summer Training - August 16-20, 2010 at the Serra Retreat in Malibu, California
This 30-hour training is offered by Lynn Stadler, Sue Ellen Talley, and Karen Fried -- all founding members of the Violet Solomon Oaklander Foundation (VSOF.org). Our program is designed for psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, counselors and other professionals who want to learn the Oaklander Model. Participants will gain hands-on experience with creative projective techniques and media, such as drawings, clay, sand play, music, puppets, imagery and fantasy. Experience will be combined with theory presentations, small group work, demonstrations, and case consultation to provide for comprehensive learning.
The Serra Retreat is a beautiful refuge located in the hills above the breath-taking Malibu beaches. For more information, please visit
http://www.21stcenturyperspectives.org or call 805/962.9992.
GESTALT CENTER FOR ORGANIZATION & SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
GO TO HTTP://WWW.GESTALTOSD.ORG FOR REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION ON ALL AVAILABLE OFFERINGS
ADVANCED GROUP TRACK, March 23-28, 2010 in Cleveland, OH. This advanced training in group dynamics from a Gestalt perspective provides grounding and intensive instruction over a six-day period in systems level understanding and intervention design. For more information, contact Gigi Maganja at osdpayments@gestaltosd.org.
EDINBURGH GESTALT INSTITUTE
Address: 51 Lothian Road, EDINBURGH, EH1 2DJ
Telephone: +44 (0) 131 228 3841
Website: http://www.edinburgh-gestalt-institute.co.uk
Working Effectively with Post-Traumatic Stress
with Todd Burley PhD
This will be a practical, hands-on workshop with opportunities for therapists to undertake supervised practice within the group and to discuss theoretical issues with specific reference to working with post-traumatic stress and neuroscientific research. Todd is particularly skilful at close supervision and at linking theory to practice. All clinical work will be related to theory, making both more meaningful. This will be a small group of about 14 participants, so please book early to guarantee your place. It is suitable for all gestalt practitioners who have completed their initial training.
Dates: 27-28 March 2010
Times: 10.00am - 5.30pm
Cost: 190GBP, 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.
ONLY TWO SPACES REMAINING - FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED!
A Kaleidoscope of the Mind: Working with Dreams in Psychotherapy
weekend workshop with Helen Kennedy
This two-day workshop will enable counsellors/therapists from all modalities to work with dreams with individuals and groups. It will teach different approaches to working with dreams using creative and experiential methods involving the participants’ own dream material. It is intended to support the counsellor/therapist to become familiar with dream work so that s/he can hear the client’s communication through dreams and integrate this with ongoing counselling/therapy work.
Dates: 10-11 April 2010
Times: 10.00am - 5.30pm
Cost: 175GBP, including a non-refundable deposit of 75GBP
Venue: The Tom Allan Counselling Centre, 23 Elmbank Street, Glasgow, G2 4PB
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.
Being & Becoming
with Helen Kennedy and Lannie Peyton
The emphasis of this ongoing group 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: ongoing - please contact us for dates
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.
Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy
starts Autumn 2010
This three-year training develops and extends the work of our Foundation Course, providing a thorough grounding in Gestalt psychotherapy theory and a rigorous training in Gestalt psychotherapy skills and clinical practice. It is possible to join this training at any stage, provided you have undertaken sufficient equivalent training and have some experience of Gestalt. This course leads to accreditation with GPTI and registration with UKCP.
If you have sufficient Gestalt training experience, you may be eligible to join the third and final year of our current Diploma course which runs from Autumn 2010 to Summer 2011.
If you are interested in applying, please contact us to discuss your particular circumstances and experience.
For
information about submitting contributions to News and Notes,
send an email requesting information to news@gestalt.org.
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Visit the new website for the Gestalt therapy community
the Gestalt Therapy Network
where you will find discussion boards exploring topics of interest, an "add-a-link" project where institutes, centers, and individuals can post links to their own web sites -- a continually updated bibliography of Gestalt resources, and other materials of timely interest