February 1, 2010
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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 - conference - 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.
Conference Program
A comprehensive 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 Levine (New Zealand)
Stephen Parkinson (New Zealand)
Conference Organising Committee (G10)
Darren Cuskelly (New Zealand - Convenor)
Ian Rae (Conference Administration - GINZ Office Manager)
Lindy Elliott (GINZ Graduate)
Amanda Wilde (GINZ Graduate)
Brenda Levine (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)
TOWARDS AWARENESS OF THE MOVING BODY
Gestalt experiential workshop
Dates: Saturday, 27th & Sunday, 28th March 2010
Time: 10.30am to 5pm
Venue: The Awareness Centre, 41 Abbeville Road, Clapham, London SW4 9JX
Fee: £175
This weekend experiential workshop offers an opportunity to focus on the body and to heighten awareness of the physical experience and movement within an interactive small group environment. Participants will be guided to explore their own experience in the moment, respond to others, and give and receive feedback. There will be body and sensory awareness experiments, breath work and embodied Gestalt processing in pairs and in the whole group.
The workshop is open to anyone interested in exploring body movement and expression, in particular those working or training in the fields of counselling and therapy of all modalities, health, education, and the Arts.
The weekend is co-facilitated by Piotr Mierkowski and Ilaria Calussi, experienced Gestalt counsellors and graduates of the Gestalt Centre London. Both facilitators have extensive experience of working with body process with individuals and groups.
For further details and to book a place, contact Ilaria Calussi: Flat 1, 13 Besson Street, London SE14 5AE, phone: 07816 170 441, email: info@yourcounsellingspace.co.uk
"...die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen." Familiengeheimnissen auf der Spur
Inhalt: Innere Leere, sich nicht zugehörig fühlen, sich unwichtig fühlen, Depressionen u.a. können von verschwiegenen Ereignissen im Familiensystem herrühren. Sie führen bei den Betroffenen zu inneren Spaltungen, die an die nächste Generation weitergegeben werden. Wir arbeiten vor allem mit Traumaaufstellungen, um den Ursachen auf die Spur zu kommen.
Wann: Sa, 20.02.2010 10-17h
Wo: Ludwigsburg-Hoheneck, Parkstr. 34
Kosten: 50 €
Leiter/-in: Thomas Frister, Gestalttherapeut
Kontaktadresse: Katholisches Bildungswerk im Kreis Ludwigsburg e.V., Parkstrasse 34, 71642 Ludwigsburg-Hoheneck, Tel.: +49 (0)7141 2520 720, Fax : +49 (0)7141 2520 725
Meine Grenzen spüren u gesunde Grenzen setzen. Ein Weg aus Überforderung&Burnout
Inhalt: Ursachen sind Bindungs- und Verhaltensmuster, die in der Ursprungsfamilie "gelernt" wurden. Methode: Aufstellungen zum Erkennen und Auflösen von Verstrickungen. Dann gelingt es besser, eigene Grenzen zu spüren, nach außen zu vertreten.
Wann: 5.-6.3.2010 (18.30 h - 18 h)
Wo: Pforzheim-Hohenwart
Kosten: Kurs 105,-, DZ&VP 88,- EZ +7,-
Leiter/-in: Thomas Frister, Gestalttherapeut
Kontaktadresse: Hohenwart Forum , Schönbornstr. 25, 75181 Pforzheim-Hohenwart, Tel.: +49 (0)7234/606-0, Fax : +49 (0)7234/606-46
Metanoia Residential Workshop
WORKING WITH YOUR GROWING EDGE
Often what is our growing edge as a practitioner is closely related to our personal process and history.
This is an opportunity to explore in depth an aspect of your work as a Gestalt therapist that you find the most challenging and to develop awareness of the fixed Gestalts or shame processes which can impede us as therapists.
We will offer each other specific feedback related to these growing edges and work together to create an exploratory climate fostering self acceptance alongside challenge and the support to identify and work with these issues.
Led by Lynda Osborne and Mary Turner
DATES
From 4pm on Thursday 20th May 2010 to 3pm Monday 24th May 2010
Alresford, Hampshire, UK.
Costs: £590
Details from lynda@osborneuk.co.uk
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 cosy 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.
CONTACT US:
Konstantin Pavlov, Ph.D., M.D.
Director of EEGI
kpavlov@etelecom.spb.ru
+7 921 9664223
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 18 - 19, 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 Sean 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.
2010 dates: 6 Feb, 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.
THE ESSENCE OF DIALOGUE
"The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say," asserts philosopher Martin Buber in his 1923 classic work "I and Thou". True dialogue is no simple matter and a challenge to achieve. Listening to the other and hearing the uniqueness of that human being is one requirement. Inviting that individual to inspire us is a rare talent in today's world with its rapid pace and multi-tasking preoccupation. To be in dialogue means we are responsible for promoting the specialness of the other and for learning who we are by how we are received by the other. Through didactic presentations, experiments and exercises, we will explore the essence of dialogue in this workshop, and we will prepare participants to stimulate dialogue in new ways.
When: Saturday, February 20, 2010; 9 am to 5 pm
Where: Bryn Mawr College, English House
CEUs: 6 Credits available
Program Leaders: GTIP Founding Directors Philip Lichtenberg, Ph.D. and Mary Lou Schack, Ph.D.
More information: 610-668-5177, adminGTIP@gmail.com, or visit http://www.gestaltphila.org
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
Last chance to attend the February/March workshops
CHARACTER STYLES presenter GILLES DELISLE PhD,
Director of Clinical Training, CIG Montreal, Psychologist, psychotherapist and trainer, Founder/Director of Neurogestalt and author, Personality Disorders: a Gestalt therapy perspective (further books in translation)
A GESTALT THERAPY PERSPECTIVE - Level One
How they develop. Optimal therapeutic processes in the here and now experience The co-creation of meaning in the therapeutic dyad.
Gestalt-neurodynamics of affect regulation in the therapeutic relationship. Presentation, exercises, clinical vignettes, supervised practicum
26th/27th February 2010 - £300,--
AFFECT REGULATION AND THE CO-CREATION OF MEANING - Level Two
"PD patients need to make sense of their immediate experience and of how their developmental history infiltrates their current relational experience, outside their awareness. This requires the capacity to mentalize, a capacity that is poorly developed in PD patients. Mentalization is a complex neurodynamic developmental process that rests on the ability to regulate affect in times of stress. Evidence suggests that regulated affect facilitates the creation of meaning and the functioning of biographical memory. Participants will acquire the knowledge, and practice the specific skills required to promote optimal therapeutic attunement that leads to meaningful affects as well as affectful meaning"
28th February/1st March 2010 £330,--
(open to those who have completed Level One)
In the beautiful Lydiard Park Conference Centre, Swindon
£75,-- Dinner, Bed and Breakfast http://www.chartridge.co.uk
Enquiries: jvbentley@tiscali.co.uk
J V Bentley, Highlands, 50 The Droveway, St Margaret’s Bay, Dover, CT15 6BZ
CHEQUES PAYABLE TO Jacqueline Bentley
GESTALT CENTRE LONDON (GCL)
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
Motivational Interviewing, 15 & 16 March 2010, £281, with Toni Gilligan
Working with Children and Adolescents - 5 day Certificate course , 22 - 26 March 2010, £590, with Jon Blend (trained with Violet Oaklander and participated in the "Relational Child" conference at Esalen)
Family Constellations, 27 & 28 March 2010, from £100, with Carol Siederer
CERTIFICATE IN GROUPWORK
Understanding Group Dynamics, 12 & 13 February 2010, £208
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
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, 27 February 2010, £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
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
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:
Gestalt Group Therapy
Voice Empowerment
Gestalt Supervision for Therapists
CONTACT Naaz Hosseini at naaz@naazhosseini.com or 845.353.1974
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
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)
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: TBD
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.
The PGI RESIDENTIAL WORKSHOP:
COMING HOME - RELATIONALITY FROM A GESTALT PERSPECTIVE
workshop is currently filled. IF you wish to be on the waiting list, please contact Lynnejacobs@gestalttherapy.org for more information. Thank you.
WORKSHOP: TALKING TO GOD (HITBOD'DUT)
FEBRUARY 21-25, 2010
AT MERKAVAH THEATER, JERUSALEM
DIRECTOR: FRANKLYN WEPNER, M.A.
COST: ZERO. THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE.
"Talking to God, Here & Now". Free introductory workshop at the Yeshiva of the Arts & Sciences, a project of Merkavah Theater (Jerusalem). Learn to distinguish "smart hitbod'dut" from "dumb hitbod'dut". In dumb hitbod'dut you get stuck in your own ego trips, projections and games, and your message goes no further than that. This class aims to put you back on track. The workshop combines learning Torah texts and Gestalt Therapy work on awareness, dreams & personal relationships. Texts include Maimonides' "Guide", Nachman of Breslav's "Likutei Moharan", the Chabad "Tanya" and Luzzatto's "Derech Ha-shem". For a free sample lesson pdf download, just send your email address to: fwep@earthlink.net, or call director Franklyn Wepner at 050-366-5669. The Yeshiva of the Arts & Sciences has the endorsement of Rebbe Mordecai Goldstien, head of Diaspora Yeshiva, Mt. Zion, Jerusalem, and some of our classes are offered at his institution.
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 Entrenamiento en Psicoterapía 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. U.S. WORKSHOPS
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Gestalt Therapy/Couples Therapy: "A Couple of Individuals"
(Freestanding workshop and "seeding" for an ongoing series)
Faculty: Robert W. Resnick, Ph.D., Rita F. Resnick, Ph.D.
Dates: February 27-28, 2010
Contact: Brien Wood at Brienwood@gmail.com
3. GESTALT THERAPY: BASIC & ADVANCED TRAINING IN LOS ANGELES.
Weekend Dates: Feb. 20-21, 2010, 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
4. 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.
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 February 5, 2010 and March 5, 2010.
For additional information call (908) 232-7274 or email to nancy@ndbristol.com.
Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles (GTILA)
"Anxiety!" Led by Michelle Lang, LMFT and Christine Campbell, LMFT
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 7:30 - 9:30 PM @ Wheel of Wellbeing, 1575 Westwood Blvd., Suite 303, Los Angeles, CA 90024
We see people suffering from anxiety every day in our practices. How does Relational Gestalt conceptualize anxiety? How does Buddhism make sense of it? Can we rationalize our way out of it, as Cog-B promises?
What does Dan Siegel have to say about anxiety and implicit memory? In this Salon we'll explore this uncomfortable and common experience - and share perspectives and effective practices we use to help our clients suffer less.
CHRISTINE CAMPBELL, ATR, LMFT, works with individuals, couples, groups and children using a relational Gestalt therapy approach. She has practiced for 20 years, as an art therapist, as the director of a number of outpatient mental health centers, and in private practice with offices in Westwood and Burbank. Christine is a former GTILA President. http://www.christinecampbelltherapy.com.
MICHELLE LANG, LMFT, has a private practice in Burbank serving individuals, children, families and couples. She gives workshops to new parents and parents of new teens. Relational Gestalt and Buddhist Psychology inform her work. She is the current President of GTILA. http://www.michellelangtherapy.com.
"Dreams and the Spiritual Path" Led by Janice Roosevelt Gerard, Ph.D.
Thursday, March 11, 2010 7:30 - 9:00 PM @ 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 a 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.
Note: Change of location from previous events
http://www.gtila.org
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.
OSD PROGRAM (STANDARD FORMAT) begins October 2010. 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 goal 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.
JOHN D. CARTER RECEIVES THE OD NETWORK LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. John’s outstanding contributions to Gestalt/OSD theory development, training programs, and practice over a 40-year career in the OD and applied behavioral science fields were honored through this prestigious award. Find out more on the ODN website (find a link to ODN on our homepage http://www.gestaltosd.org “Gestalt OSD at OD Network Conference 2009”).
CONTRIBUTE TO THE GESTALT OSD CENTER. The Gestalt Center for Organization & Systems Development (Gestalt OSD Center) is the world’s premier provider of training in the use of the Gestalt OSD body of knowledge as a means of designing and implementing effective and powerful interventions for complex human systems across all system levels. Our ultimate goal is self-mastery: using one’s presence in any situation, anywhere in the world, involving any number of people, to make a difference at any level of system. Your support is essential to the Gestalt OSD Center’s ability to continue offering the outstanding training and development opportunities that have made the Gestalt/OSD experience highly valued in the field of applied behavioral science, especially by leaders, consultants, coaches, and OD practitioners. As a nonprofit entity, we are sustained by our faculty, graduates, program participants, and friends, who have benefited from our programs. We remain committed to helping others realize the personal and professional potential of Gestalt OSD training programs and workshops, and to support them in making a difference in the world, particularly in corporate institutions. Please help us continue, develop, and strengthen our work. Consider making a tax-deductible contribution today. Your donation will have an immediate and significant impact. Go to our home page at http://www.gestaltosd.org and click on “Center Support.” We are always grateful for your support.
Fathers and Sons: March 6th and 7th 2010, Archway, North London
A Gestalt-based weekend group for Men; to explore their relationships to our fathers. Creative methods will be used to develop awareness and insight into how this key relationship has affected our development and growth from boyhood to manhood. We will be challenging the legacy we have inherited as well as celebrating the positive aspects of our fathers. Our journey will take us to the heart of our identity as men and ultimately lead towards forgiveness and a greater capacity to be present for self and others in our lives.
Visit http://www.davidpolak.bacp.co.uk for details.
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 with Depression
weekend workshop with Lannie Peyton
This workshop is intended for counsellors and therapists from any modality who would like to increase their understanding and clinical skills in working with clients who suffer from depression. Depression can be understood, from a Gestalt theoretical perspective, as a fixed organisation of the relational field. The focus of this two-day workshop will therefore be on the client-therapist relationship and its relevance in the diagnosis and treatment of depression. Close attention will then be given to the ongoing therapeutic relationship and its impact on the work, as well as the process and organising principles of depression.
Dates: 27-28 February 2010
Times: 10.00am - 5.30pm
Cost: 175GBP, including a non-refundable deposit of 75GBP
Venue: Edinburgh Gestalt Institute
Please email info@edinburgh-gestalt-institute.co.uk for more information or to book a place.
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.
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.
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
INTERN/TRAINEE COUNTER TRANSFERENCE GROUP - A gestalt therapy process group for pre-licensed therapists to focus on reactions to their work with clients so they can increase self-awareness and enhance their therapy skills. Monthly 3 hour sessions, Encino, California (a suburb of Los Angeles. Next meeting Friday February 5, 2010.
Contact NICKIE GODFREY 818/783-5470 or e-mail nickiegodfrey@yahoo.com
Nickie Godfrey, L.M.F.T.
Individual, Relationship, Group Psychotherapy
Parent Adult Child Relationships
Crisis and Trauma Intervention
Certified Gestalt Therapist
16055 Ventura Blvd., Suite 1111
Encino, CA 91436
Tel. 818-783-5470
Fax 818-360-2704
http://www.parentingadultkids.com
http://www.TheForeSightGroup.org
Gestalt in Chicago
New!
Modular training design enhanced with distance learning
Gestalt Practice Training Program: A modular approach to professional development
First Core Model Module (Module I): March 20-21, 2010
See: http://theforesightgroup.org/1/Chicago/Training-program/gptp-mod-5-descr.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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