Gestalt Practitioners at Work

Send us your contributions for possible inclusion in this special project of the Gestalt Therapy Network.  Give your work the worldwide attention provided by the Network. 

GPAT  (http://www.gestalttherapy.net/gpatwork/) is an online showcase for the Gestalt practitioner at work.  Here you will find case studies, clinical vignettes, transcripts — successes and failures, polished and unpolished, with commentary and without — all examples of the Gestalt practitioner at work.  They represent the breadth and scope of the Gestalt approach and the varied styles of those whose work is at heart guided by Gestalt theoretical principles.

Case studies, transcripts of sessions, dreamwork, couples and family therapy, group therapy, coaching, organizational consulting — let potential trainees, clients and interested students in  mental health programs know what we do!
  
All rights, including copyright, of these articles are owned or controlled by the author(s).

For more information or to send us your materials for consideration, e-mail the Gestalt Therapy Network at compass@gestalttherapy.net.

Visit Gestalt Practitioners at Work at http://www.gestalttherapy.net/gpatwork/

GESTALT THERAPY & 21st CENTURY SOCIALISM with Philip Lichtenberg, Ph.D.
GTIP Co-Founding Director
Saturday, March 3, 2012
4 CEUs

The new socialism puts human development in the place of the market- and profit-motive as the organizing principle of society. Theory and efforts in Venezuela and Cuba, as presented by Michael Lebowitz, an economist, in The Socialist Alternative, and Marta Harnecker, a psychologist, in "Latin America & Twenty-first Century Socialism," Monthly Review, July-August 2010, with a focus on "Real Human Development" will be compared to Gestalt Therapy.

GTIP OFFICE:
610-668-5177 or email: adminGTIP@gmail.com
http://www.gestaltphila.org

IMPROVISING A RELATIONSHIP: CONTACTING THROUGH MUSIC with Gary Gray, MAT
Saturday, March 31, 2012
6 CEUs

This workshop is designed for participants with no musical experience all the way to a lot of musical experience. We will engage in a variety of experiments, alone, in small groups or as a whole group, all designed to make contact in the moment through our musical creativity.

Participants will learn simple techniques for bringing music into the therapy practice, they will practice awareness in an unfamiliar (non-conversational) context, they will experiment with their own anxiety and excitement, and they might discover something entirely new about themselves.

GTIP OFFICE:
610-668-5177 or email: adminGTIP@gmail.com
http://www.gestaltphila.org

INTRODUCTION TO GESTALT THERAPY
with Mary Lou Schack, Ph.D.; Philip Lichtenberg, Ph.D., David Henrich, LCSW
GTIP Co-Founding Directors
Saturday and Sunday, April 21 and 22, 2012

Participants will be able to observe the different styles of each program leader in applying Gestalt Therapy theory and will obtain a preview of what occurs in our Three-Year Training Program. The next class begins in September 2012.

GTIP OFFICE:
610-668-5177 or email: adminGTIP@gmail.com
http://www.gestaltphila.org

LOOKING INWARD LOOKING OUTWARD
A RESIDENTIAL WORKSHOP IN THE COLORADO ROCKIES with Cathy Gray, LCSW and Gary Gray, MAT
June 19 through 27, 2012
40 CEUs

Treat yourself to a week of growing, meditating, relaxing and playing at Crestone Mt. Zen Center on the edge of Colorado's magnificent Sangre de Cristo range overlooking the San Luis Valley. This workshop is designed to help you find greater self awareness and to explore how your self unfolds in relationship to others.

GTIP OFFICE:
610-668-5177 or email: adminGTIP@gmail.com
http://www.gestaltphila.org

GESTALT THERAPY APPROACH TO PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND CONTEMPORARY DISTURBANCES

TWO YEARS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
Italy (Rome,Venice, Syracuse) 2012 - 2014

Istituto di Gestalt HCC Italy

As Gestalt therapists, how can we approach psychopathology and diagnosis?
How our theory opens new horizons on human suffering and contemporary disturbances?
How the understanding of clinical issues is enhanced by our radical contact-boundary perspective?
How this changes our daily practice in supporting people who suffer?
This International Training offers the possibility to explore main clinical issues throughout the Gestalt therapy theory and to find new keys to understand and support specific kinds of suffering. This exploration will provide a paradigmatic method in approaching psychopathology and diagnosis and connecting them to the clinical practice and to the wider social field.

Scientific Director: Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb
Program Coordinator:Gianni Francesetti
Trainers: M. Spagnuolo Lobb, C. Vazquez Bandin, J.M. Robine, G. Francesetti

Main topics:
1.    M. Spagnuolo Lobb, G. Francesetti
       Rome, November, 14-18, 2012
•    Gestalt therapy approach to psychopathology and diagnosis (I).
•    Phenomenological field, anxiety and emergent Gestalten.
•    “Personality disorders” as creatively adjusted Gestalten (I): narcissistic experience.
•    Anxiety and emergent Gestalten (I): panic attack and phobias.
2.     J.M. Robine, M. Spagnuolo Lobb
        Rome, March, 20-24, 2013
•    Gestalt therapy approach to psychopathology and diagnosis (II).
•    Anxiety, shame and their Gestalten.
•    “Personality disorders” as creatively adjusted Gestalten (II): borderline experience.
•    “Identity difficulties” as field emergent Gestalten: psychotic experience.     
3.      C. Vazquez Bandin, G. Francesetti
         Venice, November, 20-24, 2013
•    Losses, trauma and their Gestalten.
•    Anxiety and emergent Gestalten (II): obsessive and compulsive experience.
•    Depressive experience and its Gestalten.
4.    M. Spagnuolo Lobb, G. Francesetti
        Syracuse, March, 19-23, 2014
•    When the body is the emergent dysfunction: psychosomatic disturbances, experiences of dependency, anorexia, bulimia and other forms of alimentary disorders.

Location: Italy - Rome(1st and 2nd seminars), Venice (3rd seminar), Syracuse (4th seminar)
Language: English
Year schedule: Two 5 days seminars per year (from Wednesday to Sunday)
Cost: euro 600 per seminar  (board and lodge excluded); euro 450 for the first five participants coming from Eastern European Countries
Participants: Maximum 30 people, a previous training in gestalt psychotherapy and a minimum of clinical experience are required
Accommodation: Information on different categories of accommodations in the area where training will take place (the historical centres of the cities) will be provided 

Dates: November 14-18, 2012;  March 20-24, 2013;  November 20-24, 2013;  March 19-23, 2014.
Registration implies the participation to the four seminars.

Information and registration   

http://www.gestalt.it/trainings   
info@gestalt.it

CENTER FOR SOMATIC STUDIES, New York

MOVING TOWARDS INTIMACY: ALL DAY WORKSHOP FOR COUPLES
Singles Welcome
DATE: Saturday, April 14, 2012, New York City
TIME: 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
FEE: $285 for couple/$150 for individual.
Please make checks payable to Ruella Frank and send to: 124 West 93rd St., #2C, New York, NY 10025
Further information and to register contact Ruella Frank at ruellafrank@nyc.rr.com

In every couple, the capacity to communicate rests on the ongoing nonverbal exchanges between partners. Simple gestures, postures, and even breathing patterns can reveal intentions, perceptions, feelings and attitudes and can determine whether intimate moments between partners will flourish or be undermined. Most couples, however, are unaware precisely how their particular mode of nonverbal communicating impacts their relationship.

In this daylong workshop, we will use movement explorations to discover how habitual patterns of nonverbal communication influence the building of relationship and how to change them. This will enable us to better attune to our partners and ourselves — the bedrock of an intimate connection.

GESTALT CENTRE LONDON (GCL)

From our central London location, we continue to offer rigorous training programmes and a range of short workshops centred on our deeply held commitment to gestalt philosophy and practice, bringing a desire to empower people to live life fully, improve communication, manage conflict and develop creativity.

For further information, please contact enquire@gestaltcentre.co.uk, tel: 0044 20 7247 6501 or visit our website
http://www.gestaltcentre.co.uk

Free Open Evenings throughout the year

LARGE GROUP RESIDENTIAL

Large Gestalt Group for Personal and Professional Development, to be held in Bournemouth, Dorset, UK, 8 - 11 March 2012, from £615 inc full board

ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Gestalt - Core Concepts for Working with Organisations- 11 & 12 May 2012, from £250

SHORT COURSES
Fundamentals of Gestalt Theory- 25 February 2012 from £90
Working with Children- 16-20 April 2012 from £675
Free fall Creative Writing- 21 & 22 April 2012 from £220

CERTIFICATE IN GROUPWORK with Michael Ellis
Various workshops on aspects of groupwork, leading ultimately to a Certificate in Groupwork, including:
Understanding Group Dynamics- 9 & 10 February 2012 from £220
Conflict, Challenge and Confrontation in Groups – 17 & 18 May 2012 from £220

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT GROUPS
Gestalt Personal Development Weekend Group – 17 & 18 March 2012 from £84
Gestalt Personal Development 10 Week Group – starting 3 May 2012 from £259
PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING PROGRAMME

Understanding and Applying Gestalt Therapy Theory
1 year part-time course(Advanced Diploma in Professional Development London Metropolitan University)
 
MA PROGRAMME
Post Graduate Certificate in Gestalt Therapy Theory, Post Graduate Diploma in Gestalt Therapy Theory, MA in Gestalt
Therapy Theory Studies, Psychotherapy Practitioner Diploma (UKCP Registration)

COUNSELLING TRAINING
Certificate in Humanistic Counselling Skills
Diploma in Counselling (BACP accredited)
 
Apply online at http://www.gestaltcentre.co.uk or contact us on 00 44 20 7247 6501 for further information

A GESTALT APPROACH TO WORKING WITH CHILDREN. 16-20 APRIL 2012
This five day practical, expressive arts-based  course, now in its third year, caters for therapists and other practitioners who work directly with children or are interested in exploring their own relationship with creativity and play. Led by Jon Blend MA child and adolescent therapist, trainer and community musician.
Venue: The Gestalt Centre, 96-100 Clifton St, London EC2 A 4TP, England.
Details/fees:  http://www.gestaltcentre.co.uk  -see link to short courses.

THE METANOIA INSTITUTE 
Presents in London- Ealing

WORKSHOPS ON WORKING WITH TRAUMA
Metanoia is offering a series of workshop on Working with Trauma.
These are open to counsellors and psychotherapists who have at least 100 hours clinical experience. Individual workshops may be taken alone or combined in order to gain the Certificate in Working with Trauma.
Module ONE: DEFINING TRAUMA : 30 April - 1 May 2012 with Sue Cowan Jensson
Module Two: SINGLE EVENT TRAUMA: 18-19 June 2012  with Sally Denham-Vaughan
Module Three: STABILISING: 12-13 July 2012 with Miriam Taylor
Module Four: PROCESSING THE TRAUMA : 20-21 September 2012 with Kim Hosier
Module Five: INTEGRATION AND CONSOLIDATION : 25-26 October 2012 with Miriam Taylor & Kim Hosier
For information visit
http://www.metanoia.ac.uk/gestalt/Workshops_CPD/ or call Hannah Rootham on 020 8579 2505.

THE DESENSITISED BODY
In this workshop we will explore the sensate ground of processes such as addiction, trauma and other fractures of form. We will identify and practice skills for intervening with clients to support and manage stimulation while attending to interactive physical dialogic between desensitised client and therapist. The workshop will include opportunities to directly explore your own patterns of desensitization.  Participants should be familiar with principles of gestalt therapy.
Date: 23/24 January 2012
Workshop Leader: Michael Clemmens
For information, please call Hannah Rootham on 020 8579 2505 or visit
http://www.metanoia.ac.uk/gestalt/Workshops_CPD/thedesensitisedbody

HEART AND MINDFULNESS IN PRACTICE
A one-day workshop on the application of mindfulness and heartful acceptance in the clinical setting.  This workshop is suitable for those who already have a mindfulness practice, or for those who are curious to begin one and who may wish to apply it in their therapeutic work. Seán draws on theory and practice from many sources, East and West, modern and ancient.
Date: 17 February 2012
Workshop Leader:  Seán Ó Tárpaigh
For information, please call Hannah Rootham on 020 8579 2505 or visit
http://www.metanoia.ac.uk/workshops/workshopsfolder/Heart+and+Mindfulness+in+Practice.htm

BEYOND WORDS: CREATIVE AND SYSTEMIC APPROACHES TO PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COACHING 
Creative and Systemic Approaches reach beneath the words to the essential nature of ourselves, our clients and the issues. This 2-day workshop offers an opportunity to refresh the soul by experimenting with clay, play, paint, charcoal, connection to the natural world and systemic mapping. The workshop will also explore how to use these beyond verbal approaches in individual and group work.
Date: 23/24 April 2012
Workshop Leader: Jenny Mackewn
For information, please call Hannah Rootham on 020 8579 2505 or visit http://www.metanoia.ac.uk/gestalt/Workshops_CPD/mackewn.htm

HEALING CONNECTIONS: WHAT MAKES THEM, WHAT BREAKS THEM
in this 2-day workshop, Mark Fairfield will teach practices of dialogue with an emphasis on "mutual understanding" and "reciprocity", which Mark will argue have been identified in neurobiological and evolutionary studies to be the core healing conditions of human relationships.
Date: 21/22 May, 2012
Workshop Leader: Mark Fairfield
For information, please call Hannah Rootham on 020 8579 2505 or visit
http://www.metanoia.ac.uk/gestalt/Workshops_CPD/healing

MSc IN ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE AND FACILITATION: A GESTALT APPROACH
This is a weekend-based, two-year modular programme starting in October 2012 and leading to a Masters in Organisational Change and Facilitation: A Gestalt Approach.   The programme builds on Gestalt psychotherapy theory to provide powerful and creative ways of working with organisational change.  The over-arching course aim is to give both internal and externally based change agents the theoretical and personal skills to facilitate and lead change initiatives.
Entry into the Postgraduate Certificate year (year one) is open to people who have a good first degree and a minimum of two years organisational work experience.  Entry directly into the Master’s year (year two) through an APL process, is open to those candidates who have a good understanding of gestalt theory and practice as well as a minimum of five years organisational experience.
Course co-leaders: Marie-Anne Chidiac and Sally Denham-Vaughan
For information, please call Hannah Rootham on 020 8579 2505 or visit
http://www.metanoia.ac.uk/gestalt/MSc+in+Organisational+Change/

THE GESTALT INSTITUTE OF CLEVELAND presents:

GESTALT EXPERIENCE WORKSHOP: AN INTRODUCTION TO GESTALT.  If you want to learn about or deepen your knowledge of Gestalt therapy theory and its applications to your personal and professional life, we invite you to attend this transformational weekend workshop.  It is an opportunity to experience directly the power of the Gestalt process through activities in a lively, small group format that support your personal and professional development. Participants have an opportunity to gain increased awareness of self in relation to others, interpersonally, and in the context of a group.
When:  February 3 -5, 2012   
Time:  Friday, 1PM-7:30PM; Saturday, 9AM-6PM; Sunday, 9AM-1PM
Program Leaders:  Kathleen Cleeg, MD.; Richard Hancock, MA, PCC, GPCC.
More Information:  216.421.0468, or registrar@gestaltcleveland.org, or visit http://www.gestaltcleveland.org
Continuing Education:  16.5 instructional hours

THE DESENSITIZED SELF:  ADDICTION AND EARLY SOMATIC PATTERNS.  Addicts live out an estranged relationship with their bodily experience.  In this workshop, you will explore this sensate ground of the somatic addiction process as developed and co-maintained.  You will identify and practice skills for intervening with addict clients to support sensation, manage stimulation, and attend to the interactive physical dialogic in therapy and life.
Participants should be familiar with principles of gestalt therapy and have some lively curiosity about addiction.
When:  February 24-25, 2012
Time:  Friday, 1PM - 7PM; Saturday, 9AM - 6PM
Program Leader:  Michael Clemmens, PhD.
More Information:  216.421.0468, or registrar@gestaltcleveland.org, or visit http://www.gestaltcleveland.org
Continuing Education:  12.5 instructional hours; Ohio Chemical Dependency RCH Credits - 12.5 hours

INCREASE YOUR IMPACT ON OTHERS: AN INTRODUCTION TO GESTALT PRACTICE.  An introduction to hearing, seeing, and responding like a Gestalt practitioner. Following a baseline experience of a cognitive-based interaction, you will experience a series of exercises preparing you to become fully present in the here and now. Working with each other as facilitator and clients, you will document the differences in the impact you have using Gestalt principles.
When:  March 2, 2012
Time:  Friday, 9AM - 1PM
Program Leaders:  Lalei Gutierrez, Ph.D.;  Lynne Kweder, M.P.A.;  H. Tim Ewing, Ph.D.
More Information:  216.421.0468, or registrar@gestaltcleveland.org, or visit http://www.gestaltcleveland.org
Continuing Education:  3.5 instructional hours

COMPASSION FATIGUE:  WHAT TO DO WHEN HELPING HURTS.  Gestalt theory with its emphasis on experiential learning and on the "here and now" is ideally suited to support health-care professionals in reintegrating the full range of who we are physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.  This workshop will provide you with the tools to reconnect with what first "called" you to service in the field of health care delivery.
When:  March 3, 2012
Time:  Saturday, 8:30AM - 5:30PM
Program Leaders:  Kirste Carlson, DNP, PMHCNS;  Kathy Clegg, MD.
More Information:  216.421.0468, or registrar@gestaltcleveland.org, or visit http://www.gestaltcleveland.org
Continuing Education:  7.5 instructional hours

GESTALT EXPERIENCE WORKSHOP: AN INTRODUCTION TO GESTALT.  If you want to learn about or deepen your knowledge of Gestalt therapy theory and its applications to your personal and professional life, we invite you to attend this transformational weekend workshop.  It is an opportunity to experience directly the power of the Gestalt process through activities in a lively, small group format that support your personal and professional development. Participants have an opportunity to gain increased awareness of self in relation to others, interpersonally, and in the context of a group.
When:  March 16-18, 2012   
Time:  Friday, 1PM-7:30PM; Saturday, 9AM-6PM; Sunday, 9AM-1PM
Program Leaders:  Mary Ann Kraus, PsyD.; Allison Conte, MSPODC.
More Information:  216.421.0468, or registrar@gestaltcleveland.org, or visit http://www.gestaltcleveland.org
Continuing Education:  16.5 instructional hours

INFLUENCE. ACTION. CHANGE! This program is designed for leaders, managers, consultants, coaches, or anyone whose success depends on influencing people to gain support, commitment, or resources of others. Learn what it takes to get your ideas heard and accepted while having the opportunity to practice, get feedback, and apply new skills on the job as you go through the program.
Program Dates:  March 18-21, 2012 and May 21-23, 2012
Program Leaders:  Rick Maurer, MA; Jacqueline McLemore, PhD.
More Information:  216.421.0468, or registrar@gestaltcleveland.org, or visit http://www.gestaltcleveland.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
Email: info@egi.uk.com

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Introduction to Object Relational Gestalt Psychotherapy (Level 1)
Gilles Delisle, PhD

This is a rare opportunity to work with Gilles Delisle in the UK. Given the recent impact of his work, places are expected to go quickly. The workshop will include a Gestalt-developmental perspective on how personality disorders develop, optimal therapeutic processes in the here and now experience, the co-creation of meaning in the therapeutic dyad, developmental issues, thematic affinities and interfield transitions. The workshop is based on Delisle’s systemic, neuroscience-based Four Field Model which is a major revision of PHG's Theory of Self.
Location: Edinburgh (venue to be confirmed)
Dates: 17-18 May 2012
Cost: £235 including a non-refundable deposit of £100

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Diploma Course in Gestalt Psychotherapy
starting Autumn 2012

This three-year training in Gestalt psychotherapy develops and extends the work of our Foundation Course. It provides a thorough grounding in Gestalt psychotherapy theory and a rigorous training in Gestalt psychotherapy skills and clinical practice, with experiential and taught components. The course leads to the EGI Diploma in Gestalt Therapy and the GPTI Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy. It is possible to join this training at any stage, provided you have undertaken sufficient equivalent training and have some experience of Gestalt.

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Gestalt and the Existential: Beyond Technique and Method
Todd Burley, PhD

Todd Burley brings a rich mix of vast clinical experience and Gestalt theory reinvigorated by current and applicable psychological research, melded into the moment-to-moment of personal experience in relationship. He will teach from his own current interest and offer participants close supervision of clinical work. This workshop will be useful for Gestaltists who want to expand their understanding of Gestalt as currently practised and to refine their clinical skills through expert supervision. It is suitable for practitioners who have completed their core Gestalt psychotherapy training.
Location: Edinburgh Gestalt Institute
Dates: 31 March-1 April 2012
Cost: £195 including a non-refundable deposit of £95

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Diploma in Supervision of Counselling and Psychotherapy
Graham Colbourne

This is a ten-day course for experienced counsellors/therapists from all modalities, run over five two-day blocks. It will teach a creative and practical Gestalt-integrative-based model, covering theory, themes and issues relating to supervision. It will include skills practice, support for finding practice placements and preparation for accreditation as a supervisor. It provides a pathway for accredited counsellors and psychotherapists who wish to develop their supervision practice. Participants will be able to apply for the award of the EGI Diploma in Supervision.
Location: Edinburgh (venue to be confirmed)
Dates: 10-11 March 2012, further dates by negotiation
Cost: £1,250 including a non-refundable deposit of £250

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Accreditation Preparation
Graham Colbourne and Kirsteen Greenholm

The first meeting of this group will be on 28 and 29 January 2012. Further arrangements will be negotiated according to the needs and interests of participants. The aim is to offer ongoing support to Gestalt practitioners who are at all stages of the journey towards professional accreditation, e.g. with UKCP (GPTI/AHPP), BACP, GATLA or COSCA. Note that the hours for this group will count as training/supervision hours for GPTI purposes.
Location: Edinburgh Gestalt Institute
Dates: 28-29 January 2012, further dates by negotiation
Cost: £195 including a non-refundable deposit of £95

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Healing and Gestalt Psychotherapy
Elizabeth Cooksey, PhD

This workshop is open to counsellors and therapists from all modalities who wish to explore the relationship between mind, body and spirit from an energy perspective.  Using experiential exercises and practice sessions between participants, we will examine how lack of compassion and acceptance of ourselves is experienced through our embodied energy systems.  In this way, we can open to more compassionate and healing relationships, with our clients and ourselves
Location:Edinburgh gestalt Institute
Dates:25-26 February 2012
Cost:£195 including a non-refundable deposit of £95

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Non-Verbal Interventions in Psychotherapy
Kirsteen Greenholm

This workshop will look at methods of working with early developmental disturbance as presenting in adult psychotherapy. Drawing on the work of Daniel Stern, Ruella Frank and others, participants will explore movement, touch, sound and creative activities which support relational work with emergent self-process. This workshop is open to Gestalt therapists and Gestalt trainees.
Location:Edinburgh gestalt Institute
Dates:14 – 15 July 2012
Cost:£150 including a non-refundable deposit of £75

Being & Becoming
with Helen Kennedy

This ongoing group runs for five weekends over the year. The emphasis is on developing our capacity to be fully engaged in the present moment and staying with our direct experience. To this end, we focus on personal exploration and self-awareness using dialogue, body process, meditation, dreams, artwork and anything available which enriches and enlivens 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 provides a good experiential Gestalt programme and is useful for anyone who is interested in Gestalt therapy in its broadest form, whether as a support in their personal lives or as professional development.
Dates: please contact EGI for the next five weekend dates
Times: 10.00am – 5.30pm, Saturday and Sunday
Cost: 950GBP for five weekends, including a non-refundable deposit of 90GBP
Venue: Edinburgh Gestalt Institute

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Personal and Professional Development Group
Gillian Kelly

Following last year's much appreciated workshop with Gillian Kelly, she is now offering a series of regular ongoing personal development workshops with professional applications for psychotherapists and counsellors of all modalities. The workshops will be experiential with theoretical discussion arising from personal work in the group. Gillian will draw on whatever approach or combination of approaches – Gestalt, bodywork, mindful enquiry or Family Constellations – is most useful and supportive. New members make an initial commitment to three weekends.
Location: Edinburgh Gestalt Institute
Dates: 15-16 October 2011; 21-22 January 2012; 12-13 May 2012
Cost: £540 including a non-refundable deposit of £175

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Weekly Therapy Group
Jill McClure

This is an ongoing therapy group for anyone interested in pursuing their personal development.  It is an opportunity for you to take a fresh look at yourself, your life and your relationships, and to experiment with being different in a safe and supportive setting.
Location:Edinburgh Gestalt Institute
Dates:Wednesdays (5.30pm – 7.30pm)
Cost:£25.00 per session

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Please email info@egi.uk.com for more information about any of the above or visit http://www.edinburgh-gestalt-institute.co.uk for our full programme.

East European Gestalt Institute (EEGI), Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA

WHO: Prof. Sean Gaffney, Ph.D., (Sweden-USA) Organizational Consultant.
WHAT: Four days Advanced Gestalt-OD Training Workshop. "Real Practice of Organization Development"
WHEN:  March, 21-st-24-th, 2012 .
WHERE: Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA
HOW MUCH:            2 100 EURO

This Project is the next step from the long-term (2006-2012) International OD-Program,  specially designed for BOTH Consultants, who want to improve their skills AND Owners, Managers, wishing to develop their abilities to understand their Organization!

EEGI and GISC started this common OD-Project facilitated by Sean Gaffney (USA-Sweden). 

WHO: Jay Levin, MA (Clin. Psych.), LMHC, NCC, (SA-USA) Gestalt Therapist, Trainer.
WHAT: Three days Gestalt Training Workshop on Modern Gestalt
WHEN:  October, 12-14, 2012 .
WHERE: Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA
HOW MUCH:         $ 400

This NEW Project is the only planned workshop of Jay Levin to Saint-Petersburg and East European Gestalt Institute. This workshop has been designed for Gestalt Therapists and Consultants, who want to get supervision and some new knowledge from Jay!

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 for BOTH Projects! Some scholarship money is available.

CONTACT US:

Konstantin Pavlov, Ph.D., M.D.
Director of EEGI    
kpavlov@etelecom.spb.ru
            +7 921 9664223
          

Punctual workshops and ongoing training for psychotherapists and trainers with several years of professional background.

In Paris:

« LEARNING HOW TO LEARN » … at the source of Gestalt therapy

led by David Hoban, MD.

Dates: June 26, 27, 28, 2012, September 18, 19, 20, 2012,

June 25, 26, 27, 2013, September 17, 18, 19, 2013

Further information : http://www.gestalt-academie.fr

Contact: Dominik.Reinecke@wanadoo.fr

I’m looking for a good home for my library of books and other publications in gestalt therapy, Jungian and neo-Jungian writings, psychoanalysis, and family therapy, dating back to 1951.  No texts.  Including many early years of Gestalt Review and The Gestalt Journal.  I don't want to piecemeal these oddments to the local library book sale or even to the Strand, where they’ll get broken up, if I can help it.  Free, if you pay the postage (from Princeton, New Jersey).  I'll pack them.  You must take them all.   Ideal for an institute library.  Probably 200 items.  You can reach me, Joel Latner, at 609-430-4700,  http://www.latner.net, website, or  joellatnerphd@latner.net.

The Sierra Institute for Contemporary Gestalt Therapy
Winter Event
A Day with
Psychoanalyst, Author and Gestalt Therapist
Lynne Jacobs, PhD
 
A Relational Perspective in Psychotherapy:
Experiential Complexity and Intrinsic Ethics
 
Saturday Feb. 25, 2012
Early Registration Discount until Jan 15th
Register Online
 
An Experiential Workshop
 
Designed to Help you Professionally ...
 
 Enjoy an inclusive, participatory learning experience
 Witness Dr. Jacobs' live demonstration sessions with individual workshop participants
 Enhance your understanding of the relational approach in psychotherapy
 Work with emotion relationally
 Understand the ethics intrinsic to the relational approach
 ... and Personally
 Enjoy the company of old and new friends
 Enhance your professional network
 Enjoy a day with a master psychotherapist
 Learn & grow with colleagues & friends
At first glance the three topics: relationality, ethics, and experiential complexity, may appear to be separate themes. However, when one embraces the foundational assumptions of relationality, emotional processes are seen as more shared than belonging to the province of the individual. And emotional complexity brings one into contact with others in such a way that an intrinsic ethic emerges. In this experiential workshop, Dr. Jacobs will elaborate on the foundational assumptions of relationality, on experiential complexity, and on the intrinsic therapeutic and personal ethic that emerges from our situated human living. In live demonstration sessions, she will work with individuals, bringing workshop participants into a shared experience of relational psychotherapy in practice.
 
Lynne Jacobs lives in two psychotherapy worlds. She is co-founder of the Pacific Gestalt Institute and is also a training and supervising analyst at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis. She is co-author (with Rich Hycner), of The Healing Relationship in Gestalt Therapy: A Dialogic / Self Psychology Approach (1995). She and Hycner co-edited Relational Perspectives in Gestalt Therapy (2010). She has also written numerous articles for gestalt and for psychoanalytic publications. She has an abiding interest in furthering our understanding of relational factors in the therapy process. Lynne has a private practice in West Los Angeles and trains therapists internationally. 
 
Saturday Feb 25th, 2012
10am-4pm
International House
UC Berkeley
$130 Professionals
$110 Groups of three or more
$100 Interns & Students
 
Continuing Education Credits available for Psychologists, MFTs and LCSWs.  SICGT is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. SICGT maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
 
Please Register Online  or
 
Call Peter Cole, LCSW and Daisy Reese, LCSW at 510-647-8894 to register by phone and for more information.
 
Please visit http://www.sicgt.org to learn more about SICGT's ongoing programs.

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.
 
The next meeting date for 2012 is February 3.  Future meetings are scheduled for March 2,
& March 30. 

For additional information call (908) 232-7274 or email to nancy@ndbristol.com.

Anyone wishing to ‘try us on’ is welcome.

GESTALT INTERNATIONAL STUDY CENTER (GISC), WELLFLEET, CAPE COD, MA:

CAPE COD TRAINING PROGRAM - GISC's core training in the Cape Cod Model
Now ICF-certified for 90 Core Competency CEU's
Two Weeks:  May 3-10, 2012 and September 27-October 4, 2012
Faculty:  Sonia March Nevis, Joseph Melnick, Penny Backman, Sharona Halpern, Carol Brockmon, Stuart Simon.
96 CE Hours
Fee:  $5,400

The Cape Cod Training Program, formerly the Couples and Family Training Program, is in its 27th year and has been taught in Europe and Africa as well as on Cape Cod.  Over the past 25 years, GISC has expanded basic Gestalt principles to couples, families and family businesses, groups and organizations.  Cape Cod Training Program draws participants from around the world and is open to coaches and consultants as well as psychotherapists and counselors.  The program has a student-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 and is designed to provide maximum opportunities to practice the model.   

We are currently accepting applications for the 2012 program.  Reserve your seat today: http://www.gisc.org/practitioners

CAPE COD TRAINING PROGRAM ALSO OFFERED IN EUROPE 
Jointly sponsored by GISC and the Gestalt Academy of Scandinavia
Please visit our website for 2012-2013 dates, http://www.gisc.org, or call 508-349-7900 for more information.

SAVE THE DATE!
ROOTS V CONFERENCE - November 1-4, 2012, Stockholm, Sweden
Gestalt Organizational Development: Roots and Branches
In Honor of Edwin C. Nevis, 1926-2011
Presented by Gestalt International Study Center in cooperation with Gestalt Academy of Scandinavia and Perlan Dialogue & Leadership, with special sponsor, Norlin & Partners.
Visit http://www.gisc.org to see the lineup of internationally-recognized presenters and topics.

UPCOMING 2012 GISC WORKSHOPS & PROGRAMS:

Applying the Cape Cod Model to Coaching
March 1-6, 2012
Faculty:  Stuart N. Simon, LICSW  and other GISC faculty
34 CE Hours

Executive Personality Dynamics for Coaches
April 25-29, 2012
Faculty: Peter Finkelstein, MD, and Dorothy Siminovitch, PhD, MCC
31 CE Hours

Becoming an OD Practitioner
June 11-13
Faculty: Sean Gaffney, PhD

Consulting Excellence: Finding your Developmental Edge
June 14-16
Faculty: Sean Gaffney, PhD

For complete program descriptions on these and other 2012 GISC programs please call 508-349-7900, e-mail office@gisc.org, or visit http://www.gisc.org.

GO TO HTTP://WWW.GESTALTOSD.ORG FOR REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION ON ALL AVAILABLE OFFERINGS

INTRODUCTION TO GESTALT WORKSHOP in Seattle, Washington on March 16-18, 2012. Introduction to Gestalt Workshops fulfill the workshop requirements for all OSD training program applicants. Go to http://www.gestaltosd.org “Workshops - Current Offerings” to register.  Our last Introductory Workshop in Seattle sold out.  We encourage early enrollment.

OSD GROUP INTENSIVE PROGRAM consists of 2 sessions: May 20-28, 2012 and August 20-27, 2012. This advanced training emphasizes the theoretical base and philosophy of Gestalt work with various groups, including personal growth, task, and special design groups. Participants lead a personal growth group for Cleveland-area individuals for two weekend sessions in this intensive format. The program is for individuals with solid grounding and training in Gestalt. Register at http://www.gestaltosd.org.

Group Intensive Training Program: Volunteer Clients

This program holds two weekend sessions with client groups, running Friday through Sunday (in 2012, the client sessions will be May 25–27 and August 24–26). As a volunteer client group member, you may attend one or both sessions.

OSD PROGRAM (WEEKEND FORMAT) begins June 15-17, 2012 in Cleveland, OH. This format includes 9 weekends modules within 1 year, and requires minimal time away from work.

OSD PROGRAM (STANDARD FORMAT) begins October 10, 2012 in Seattle, WA. The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland’s Organization and Systems Development Training Program was the first training program in the world to integrate Gestalt theory, systems theory, and organization development theories into a coherent curriculum in the field of organizational change consulting. Our perspective provides individuals with the theory, concepts, methodology, skills, and techniques for effectively intervening at the individual, two-person, group, and organizational and larger levels of systems. It offers a unique Gestalt OSD framework for designing interventions, managing change, and developing professionals in the systems within which we live and work. Current training programs conducted by the Center reflect an over 30-year evolution of concept application, teaching strategies, hands-on skill enhancement, and opportunities for both personal and professional growth. Our aspiration is that through increased awareness, knowledge, and skill, individuals can walk into a room containing any number of people anywhere in the world and make a difference with their presence. Go to http://www.gestaltosd.org “Training Programs” to register or for more information.

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 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.

Many of these workshops have been approved for continuing education units by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and/or the New York State office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS).

WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS AT THE GESTALT CENTER Fall 2011

GESTALT THERAPY AND SHAMANISM: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE AND CONSCIOUS LIVING

Both Gestalt and Shamanism deal with present centered awareness and consciousness on a visceral and organismic level to facilitate healing and to encourage the emergence of what is spontaneously unfolding thoughts, feelings, memories, archetypal energies, etc., In this workshop participants will encounter ways in which the tools and teachings of ancient and indigenous cultures can blend with the theories and techniques of Gestalt therapy to connect with their personal power. $65 (4 CEU’s)

Nancy Dakota Adlman, LCSW
Elizabeth Lyngholm, MA
Saturday, February 4
11:00am -3:00pm
220 Fifth Avenue, Suite 802, New York, NY 10001
Register:  call (212) 387-9429, email info@gestaltnyc.org, or visit http://www.gestaltnyc.org

SHOW ME THE MONEY: KACHINA MYERS, LCSW, ACSW will present on the topic of the fee, the clinical issues surrounding the fee and its effects on the therapeutic relationship.

"The last taboo", the therapist's fee, is perhaps more crucial and common of a topic in our offices now than at any time in our working careers. This presentation will allow us to openly confront and explore our countertransferential and our client's transferential experience around the fee and fee negotiations. As the economic situation impacts our society, our lives and the lives of our clients, how does it impact the therapeutic relationship and holding environment? This presentation will include the opportunity for Q & A, discussion and case presentations. Please contact Michael E. OBrien @ michaelobrien@gestaltnyc.org for an electronic copy of the paper in advance.

From her paper, SHOW ME THE MONEY (The "Problem" of) The Therapist's Desire, Subjectivity, and Relationship To The Fee, recently published in a new book, "Money Talks: in Therapy, Society and Life":

"How did money get left behind on the relational journey from attachment to intersubjectivity (Mitchell, 2000)? While psychoanalysis has taken an undisputedly relational turn, the analyst's subjectivity regarding the money paid him or her remains surprisingly unexamined and undisclosed in the literature. As the analyst's subjectivity gains respectability overall, the analyst's desire for money remains dirty, debased, and disreputable. The fee expresses the analyst's desire. Money struggles between patient and analyst offer an outstanding opportunity for conflicting subjectivities to be revealed and understood. Jessica Benjamin's particular perspective on intersubjectivity suggests that this either/or dilemma of competing needs can be resolved through a both/and exploration that establishes mutual recognition. Productive fee negotiations can expand intimacy between patient and analyst and increase the patient's capacity with money, limit setting, ambition, desire and mutuality in their outside life."

Both patients and therapists are subjects of economic pressures and realities, and the very therapeutic relationship is framed by the agreed-upon monetary interaction between them. The authors highlight the frequent blind spots that evolve in countertransference exploration under the impact of combined neurotic and realistic anxieties in both participants. In the course of the many approaches reflected across the various chapters, the influence of cultural backgrounds and ideological and clinical orientations can be detected, adding a rich dimension to the exploration of therapeutic situations. And, centrally, basic human conflicts around greed and envy, sadistic control and masochistic self-destructiveness, exploitation and generosity, and the intricate relation between sex, love, dominance, submission, and sacrifice emerge in the context of conflicts around money. It is an exciting, stimulating, thought-provoking, and anxiety-activating volume, warmly recommended to all psychoanalysts and psychotherapists." - Otto F. Kernberg, M.D., Training and Supervising Analyst, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research

Friday, February 17th @ 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at The Gestalt Center 220 Fifth Avenue, Suite 802, New York City between 26 & 27th Street.
RSVP with Anne Shenton @ 212.387.9429.
Entry fee of $15.00.
 
USING A GESTALT LENS TO OPEN A SUCCESSFUL PRIVATE PRACTICE

Using a Gestalt perspective, this workshop will provide a forum to bring awareness to all parts of you that need consideration in the formation of your psychotherapy practice. We will create a space for each individual to define the emotional, spiritual, physical and financial needs to be satisfied by their practice. Through lecture and didactic exercises, I will provide guidance and support in the areas of setting fees, scheduling, administrative forms, working with insurance companies, record keeping, marketing, and more. I will share examples of how I have supported myself to develop a successful practice, as I define it, as well as, what I have found to be challenging. $75 (5 CEU’s)

Kathryn Grooms, LCSW-R
Saturday, March 3
12:00pm -5:00pm
220 Fifth Avenue, Suite 802, New York, NY 10001
Register:  call (212) 387-9429, email info@gestaltnyc.org, or visit http://www.gestaltnyc.org

OCD, CBT AND GESTALT THERAPY           

The research is clear: the most effective form of therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a combination of medication and cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT.  But you’ll probably be surprised to learn that every Gestalt therapist has skills that actually work to enhance CBT.  In this course you’ll learn to use the 7-step process developed by noted OCD expert, Fred Penzel, to diagnose and treat OCD, using CBT.  You’ll also learn how to use the Gestalt skills of awareness, present-centeredness, exaggeration, and attention to body to increase the effectiveness of CBT for treatment of OCD.  Real case histories will be presented.$80 (7 CEU's)   

Rosary Immordino, LP
Sunday, March 11th
10:00am -5:00pm
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. $50 (3 CEUs)

Joseph Barbuto, MD
Saturday, March 17th
10:00am -1:00pm
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 NOT JUST FOR THERAPISTS

As therapists, we use voice (ours and our clients) as part of the therapeutic process.  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.$60 (5 CEU's)

Naaz Hosseini. LP
Saturday, April 1st
10:00am -3:00pm
220 Fifth Avenue, Suite 802, New York, NY 10001
Register:  call (212) 387-9429, email info@gestaltnyc.org, or visit http://www.gestaltnyc.org

FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GESTALTPSYCHOTHERAPY IN CHINA

April 6th – 8th 2012 in NanJing, China,

organized by Jiangsu Education Association for International Exchange, Jiangsu Psychological Society and the Center for Mental Health Education and Research, Nanjing University.

Early bird registration until March 15th,

Call for Papers until February 10th. Papers should be in English or Chinese.

(Participants who give a paper or offer a workshop still have to pay the full conference fee.)

Contact: Mr. Chen Changkai, Phone & Fax: +86-25-83593765, Email: njuwanxing@163.com
More information under: http://regen.zhu-you.com/NewsDetail.aspx?id=1

Personal Development Programme

The Irish Gestalt Centre offers a one year Personal Development Programme to people who are interested in self-awareness and personal growth and who may benefit from Gestalt skills in their own lives and in their workplace. This course provides you with the tools of stress management and conflict resolution. Issues such as depression, social anxiety, low self esteem, abuse, anger and poor self image are facilitated in a caring and supportive environment. This well established personal development course offers you the opportunity to develop your life skills and enhance your self image, confidence and energy by increasing your self awareness in the here and now.

The one year Personal Development Programme consists of three residential courses, adding up to a total of sixteen working days. Participants work at a deep level in small groups. The facilitators work responsively to the issues arising from the participants throughout the workshops.

Dates for Personal Development Programme 2012-2013

November 2012 Saturday 03rd  - Friday 09th

February 2013 Wednesday 06th  - Sunday 10th

May 2013 Tuesday 07th - Sunday 12th

All enquiries welcome to the Irish Gestalt Office 091-553548 Tuesday 10.00am – 2.00pm and Thursday 10.00am –2.00pm.
The Irish Gestalt Centre
Baile Eamonn
Spiddal
Co. Galway
Tel: 091-553548
Email: hank@irishgestaltcentre.com

the Gestalt philosophy,
the PSP approach,
the Playback Theatre:
impro landscapes

a book by Petros Theodorou, Gestalt psychotherapist
Vivlioforos publications & PSP-studio, 2012

This lengthy study of over 600 pages is scheduled to appear in two separate editions both in Greek and in English,  around the end of July 2012 (info: http://www.petrostheodorou.gr).
In case that you are interested to receive an email announcing the realization of the edition, you may contact in advance: petrosth@otenet.gr (this is not a committed application of an "order" here is no obligation to buy the book).        

The book brings together two large cycles of the author’s personal course, who synthesizes originally in the pages of the book his current work in the field of Gestalt psychotherapy with his past journey into the world of art (however this book is not meant to be a sort of art therapy proposal).

The author’s vision is to introduce to each other the areas of Gestalt philosophy and Playback Theatre. This “encounter” is framed by his PSP (Process-Stage-Praxis) approach, which in a way holds the role of the “host”.
   
PSP is an approach attempting to configure an existential - relational perspective on human contact, awareness, and personal growth, on the basis and the praxis of stage improvisation. PSP develops on two functional levels. The “application” one (experiential workshops and seminars, employing PSP in several ways and degrees). And, the “training” one, on which one learns to use the PSP theory and practice according to one’s goals and interests. This is a multi-dimensional and extremely flexible educational project, realized in several program forms, within the framework of the “PSP-studio” (generally described as a “Center for Creative Education & Training”).  

In the author’s view, stage improvisation reflects uniquely the contact process (especially its microstructure), and the fundamental Gestalt principles of phenomenological field theory and dialogue.
Improvising on stage is an amazingly fruitful opportunity for anyone, whether a psychotherapist or not, who wishes to become familiar with the Gestalt philosophy through vivid experiential pathways, beyond its indispensable theoretical study.
However, having in mind especially a psychotherapist, it has to be clarified that these pathways are not to replace her/his experiential formal training in psychotherapy. They just supplement such a training, offering in parallel some potentially very useful supplementary tools for group and individual therapy, regarding especially awareness enrichment and process work.

PSP, theoretically, has to do:
(a) With the entire amalgam of the fundamental philosophy that underlies Gestalt psychotherapy, with no necessary reference whatsoever to the psychotherapeutic praxis. 
(b) With two large groups of “special” concepts, on the basis of which the each time necessary PSP application tools may be shaped.
The first group of these concepts refer to the original dimensions acquired by onstage improvisation when “seen” through the Gestalt philosophy. The second group includes concepts invented by the author especially in order to link even more tightly the Gestalt philosophy and the art of improvisation: the “personal film”, the “motive”, the bodily sense in PSP, a flexible “model” for designing exercises for PSP applications (“1000+1 exercises for the onstage process of contact”), the “syntax” and the “rhythmic fluctuations” in improvising. An article by the author, introducing one of these concepts, the “personal film”, was published in the British Gestalt Journal (May 2011).

The above material covers PART I and PART II of the book.
PART III provides a “reading” of Playback Theatre through PSP (PT is an exceptional and brilliant improvised theatre form, invented by Jonathan Fox around 1975). Yet, PART III is by no means a kind of “manual” for the Playback practice. It attempts to enrich the Playback philosophy, practice and training, by the Gestalt perspective, inherent in any PSP aspect.
No such equally extensive application of “Gestalt theory” in Playback has ever been attempted.
Moreover, this PART III may be seen also as a kind of a “study-model” on applying the Gestalt view in the field of improvised stage-arts.

Due to impending retirement from private practice I have for sale a number of domain names which might be of interest to other Gestaltists or gestalt organisations.

They are: www.gestaltcounselling.com; www.gestaltcounselling.co.uk; www.harleystreetcounselling.com and www.harleystreetcounselling.co.uk .

Please contact me via  davidhawley@talktalk.net with enquiries or offers.

David Hawley

FROM PSYCHE TO SOMA: A Gestalt Journey of Integration & Remembering.
June 6-13th , 2012
On the beautiful Isle of Lesvos, Greece
$1950, inclusive of 7 nights On-site Lodging & some meals.

Join Victoria Story, internationally acclaimed facilitator, workshop presenter and Director of Training for the Gestalt Institute of the Rockies, in Golden, Colorado, for a unique Gestalt experience of using the body as a map to heal the wounds of the psyche and work with the barriers that keep us from the aliveness and presence needed to live an integrated and supported life.  By moving back into the body through the use of yoga-like movement, contact and the application of Gestalt experiments & principles, we will awaken the body to act as both a resource and support, to help us move towards greater joy, freedom of expression and creativity, to live and be all that we truly are and have within ourselves.

Victoria has over 40 years of experience directing programs in agency settings and institutes, she has worked in private practice, has been a consultant to treatment programs, individual families, and businesses, both in the United States and abroad.  She brings an energetic, awareness, and creative expression to contact with individuals and groups through her knowledge and training in Neo-Reichian work and Gestalt. 

For additional information or to register, pls email us at: FromPsycheToSoma@gmail.com, or call us at 720-234-1350.

http://www.TheForeSightGroup.org

Gestalt in Chicago

The ForeSight Group, LLC is an Affiliate of The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland and jointly sponsors training activities in the Chicago area.  Continuing education credits are available for psychologists from APA and for social workers in Illinois.

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.

Gestalt in Chicago & The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland announces:

Gestalt Workshop Program (2012) in Evanston, IL: A series of five one-day workshops providing participants with foundation knowledge of a Gestalt Couple Practice Model.

Each event may be attended individually.

Optional practicum days follow each workshop providing opportunities to further develop practice skills and knowledge applications.

The Essential Fragrances of Gestalt Practice with Couples

Creating fine perfumes involves identifying and extracting the essential fragrances from richly scented flowers.

In this workshop series we will extract the essentials of Gestalt practice with couples and learn their applications in practice.

Optional Practicum Days will follow to provide further supervised skill development opportunities.

Come learn these skills with us!

Gestalt Couple Practice: Being, Knowing and Doing

Our Gestalt couple practice model provides:
*Supports for developing the personal presence of the practitioner as an effective intervener with couple systems
*Knowledge with which to understand the complex dynamics of human relationships
*Skill training to support enhancing essential system processes

In these workshops we will provide participants with opportunities to:

*Assess their personal presence as a practitioner with couples
*Sample a Gestalt knowledge base for building and enhancing relationships
*Explore and practice skills in assessing and intervening with system processes

We practice and teach "Joining before Differentiating" in relationship building and will explore and experiment with this essential principle.

Principle Trainer:  Les Wyman, Ph.D, LCSW, LISW-S

Workshop Schedule and details:
Location: Evanston, IL (Venue to be announced)
Essence Workshops and optional Practicum Day Dates:

1    Gestalt Couple Practice Model     2/18  Optional Practicum day 2/19
2    Systems & Process                 3/24  Optional Practicum day 3/25
3    Intimacy: To tell or not to tell   4/14  Optional Practicum day 4/15
4    Experiential/experimental work     5/19  Optional Practicum day 5/20
5    Working with aggression in couples 6/2   Optional Practicum day 6/3
6    Affair recovery                    6/23  Optional Practicum day 6/24

Times:
Workshops (Saturdays) 9:00-5:30
Optional Practicum Days (Sundays): 9:00-4:00

Fees:

Workshops: $125.00
Workshop and Practicum Day: $225.00
Reduced fees for “packages” of multiple events
Fee discounts available for full time students and financially distressed professionals

Continuing Education credits:
Workshops: 7 hours
Workshop and optional Practicum Day: 12.5 hours

Registrations required one week in advance of the event

To register, contact Les Wyman at: 216 382 5077or via e mail at: contact@theforesightgroup.org

BELFAST GESTALT INSTITUTE / Institiúid Gestalt Bhéil Feirste
 
Here is our programme of upcoming events:
 
18-19 February 2012: Introduction to working with the embodiment of trauma, with Bríd Keenan MBACP(Accred) EAGT Somatic Experiencing Practitioner  - integrating gestalt practice with leading edge trauma support informed by the work of Peter Levine.
 
Two workshops with Ulla Schorn,MA: internationally renowned dance and gestalt therapist living in Berlin who has based her Life-Art Process approach on her work with Anna Halprin in the US.

***Workshop 1
20 April 2011: Conflict Resolution and the Creative Arts
Using movement, art and creative writing to express the impact of conflict on ourselves, and find effective ways to deal with current conflict experiences.

 ***Workshop 2
21-22 April 2012: Dance and Gestalt - Discovering Transformative and Healing Potential in Creative Art Expression
Applying gestalt principles to a creative process which focuses the awareness on the kinesthetic sense and the transformative potential of  inner images, expanding the work from individual experience to group process,

11-12-13 May: Introduction to the Neuro-Affective Relational Model by Larry Heller, PhD.
Details to follow.

22 -24 June 2011: Finding Your Developmental Edge, with Bríd Keenan and Joëlle Gartner.  Exploring what we do well - towards a clearer sense of the connection between who we are and what we do, what underpins each person’s professional style, supporting each person’s developmental edge.
 
CPD Certificates of attendance provided.
For details of fees and venue, contact us at gestaltireland@yahoo.com
 
Joëlle Gartner and Bríd Keenan
Belfast Gestalt Institute
tel 078 0316 9174 / 079 7468 3509

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