May 1, 2012
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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
GESTALT THERAPY WITH CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS
4th Annual 21st CENTURY PERSPECTIVES Summer Training - August 13-17, 2012 at the Serra Retreat in Malibu, California
This 30-hour training is offered by Lynn Stadler, Sue Ellen Talley, and Karen Fried -- all founding members of the Violet Solomon Oaklander Foundation (VSOF.org). Our program is designed for psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, counselors and other professionals who want to learn the Oaklander Model. Participants will gain hands-on experience with creative projective techniques and media, such as drawings, clay, sand play, music, puppets, imagery and fantasy. Experience will be combined with theory presentations, small group work, demonstrations, and case consultation to provide for comprehensive learning.
The Serra Retreat is a beautiful refuge located in the hills above the breath-taking Malibu beaches. For more information, please visit
http://www.21stcenturyperspectives.org or call 805/962.9992.
East European Gestalt Institute (EEGI), Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA
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. 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
CENTER FOR SOMATIC STUDIES, New York
INTRODUCTION TO DEVELOPMENTAL SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY™
with Ruella Frank, Ph.D.
November 2nd – 4th, 2012, New York City
Fri. 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Sat. 9:30 am - 5:00 pm, Sun. 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Fee: $250
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, or visit http://www.somaticstudies.com
Ongoing nonverbal interactions with our primary caregivers during the first year of life set a relational foundation that is apparent both in the everyday life of the adult and in psychotherapy. Even though our adult postural attitudes, gestures, gait and breathing patterns have changed over time, the foundations established in our first year remain readily observable and available. Attending to these patterns within psychotherapy is especially powerful.
During this workshop, participants learn how their relational styles originated through affective/movement patterns within the infant/caregiver dyad. Through movement, participants will explore these intrinsic yet unaware primary patterns which are part of present experiences and influence daily life. We then apply this understanding to the here-and-now of the client/therapist dyad.
THE GESTALT INSTITUTE OF CLEVELAND presents:
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.
WHEN: May 1, 2012 Online Session; May 20-23, 2012; July 23-25,2012
PROGRAM LEADERS: Rick Maurer, MA; Jacqueline McLemore, PhD.
MORE INFORMATION: 216.421.0468, or registrar@gestaltcleveland.org, or visit http://www.gestaltcleveland.org
INTRODUCTION TO COACHING. Come taste Gestalt methodology and explore the Gestalt approach to coaching through experiential learning and dialogue. This two-day workshop introduces key Gestalt coaching theory and methodologies. Learn how you can be a Gestalt coach closely attending to how a person organizes their present experience and build the person's awareness to achieve functional and sustainable change.
WHEN: May 1- 2, 2012
TIME: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
PROGRAM LEADERS: Linda Garverick, PhD, GPCC, PCC; Rick Hancock, MA, GPCC, PCC, BCC
MORE INFORMATION: 216.421.0468, or registrar@gestaltcleveland.org, or visit http://www.gestaltcleveland.org
CONTINUING EDUCATION: 12 Hours of ICF Coach Specific Training
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: May 4-6, 2012
TIME: Friday, 1PM-7:30PM; Saturday, 9AM-6PM; Sunday, 9AM-1PM
PROGRAM LEADERS: Philip R. Belzunce, Phd, SMFT,DAPA, RPP, CPE, CPC; Lalei E. Gutierrez, PhD, SMFT, RPP, CPE, CPC
MORE INFORMATION: 216.421.0468, or registrar@gestaltcleveland.org, or visit http://www.gestaltcleveland.org
CONTINUING EDUCATION: 16.5 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: June 1-3, 2012
TIME: Friday, 1PM-7:30PM; Saturday, 9AM-6PM; Sunday, 9AM-1PM
PROGRAM LEADERS: Rosanna O. Zavarella, PhD; Timothy H. Warneka, MEd, LPCC
MORE INFORMATION: 216.421.0468, or registrar@gestaltcleveland.org, or visit http://www.gestaltcleveland.org
CONTINUING EDUCATION: 16.5 instructional hours
THE HEROINE'S JOURNEY: A QUEST FOR BALANCE AND WHOLENESS. In this workshop you will work with women's wisdom ways of old, examine descent/ascent stories across the ages and use the myths and symbology for personal growth and therapeutic intervention. Integrating Gestalt methodology with ritual, ceremony, meditation movement, sound and energy processes, you will reconnect with the feminine wisdom to redefine our journey as one of greater purpose and wholeness.
WHEN: April 27-28, 2012
TIME: Friday, 1PM-7PM; Saturday, 9AM-6PM
Program Leaders: Lalai Gutierrez, Ph.D.; Rosanna O Zavarella, Ph.D.
More Information: 216.421.0468, or registrar@gestaltcleveland.org, or visit http://www.gestaltcleveland.org
Continuing Education: 13.5 instructional hours
WORKING WITH ADOLESCENTS FROM A GESTALT PERSPECTIVE. The Gestalt model emphasizes the child in relationship and explores the development of self and families through the child-and-family's creative adaptation to life challenges. This workshop will offer a holistic, experiential approach to working with adolescents. Health care and education professionals will learn a Gestalt field model for assessing developmental interruptions, enhance interview skills for engaging and forming constructive alliances with adolescents and their parents, using Gestalt developmental phenomenology and the Gestalt models of resistance and shame in counseling settings, observe interview demonstrations and practice interview skills for engaging adolescents and their parents in a constructive, growth oriented counseling process. The format of this workshop consists of didactic presentations, individual and small group experiential activities, and learning labs. This workshop is primarily for mental health professionals and educators—but others are welcome to join.
WHEN: June 29-30, 2012
TIME: Friday, 9AM-5PM; Saturday, 9AM-5PM
Program Leaders: Mark McConville, PhD; Marlene Moss Blumenthal, PhD.
More Information: 216.421.0468, or registrar@gestaltcleveland.org, or visit http://www.gestaltcleveland.org
GESTALT TRAINING PROGRAM (GTP XV). Expand your capacity for living a meaningful life and your potential to contribute to the world. GTP XIV supports the integration of body, mind, emotion, and spirit in search of a richly satisfying way of life. This program attends to the six core areas of inquiry and experience: intellectual, emotional, spiritual, physical, relational, and creative. Basic Gestalt theory and methods are presented. GTP is also an important first step in an advanced training process.
WHEN: May 31, 2012 to December 8, 2013 comprised of 10 sessions consisting of a four day weekend.
TIME: Thursday, 1PM concluding Sunday at 1PM
PROGRAM LEADERS: Heidi Abrams, MSSA, LSW; Kathleen Clegg, MD; H. Tim Ewing, PhD; Richard Hancock, MA, GPCC, PCC
MORE INFORMATION: 216.421.0468, or registrar@gestaltcleveland.org, or visit http://www.gestaltcleveland.org
CONTINUING EDUCATION: 250 instructional hours
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 Spring 2012
PERSONAL GROWTH, SPIRITUAL GROWTH: A WORKSHOP EXPLORING DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES
This workshop will address questions such as: what is spirituality?
How does it relate practically and theoretically to psychotherapy?
Where are the choice points between each approach?
How does spirituality help the practice of therapy? How does therapy help the practice of spirituality? These topics will be explored through 3 lenses: principles, practices, experiences,using an experiential group format. We will also explore the topic of religious wounding, and demonstrate how to work with it, using a Gestalt approach.
You will take away with you: a useful & elegant model for examining spirituality & therapy, an increased insight into the place of spirituality in your personal and work life, greater clarity about your own belief systems, support for your own understanding of spiritual experience, inspiration and practical means to ground your spirituality in action, a variety of ways that therapy can incorporate the spiritual, an increased understanding of the differences and similarities between therapy and spirituality, and some healing of your own emotional blocks to spiritual growth. $220 (12 CEU’s)
Steve Gunter
Saturday, May 6th and Sunday, May 7th, 2012
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
GESTALT THERAPY WITH COUPLES
Using a Gestalt approach, this workshop will help you understand: 1) your role as a couples therapist, 2) how to view the system each couple creates, 3) how to work with the couple as a system rather than individually focused therapy, 4) how to balance your interventions so that each person feels seen, heard and respected, and 5) how to enjoy the richness of couples work. This is both a didactic and experiential workshop. We will experience couples work through role-play and practice interventions. Bring a sense of curiosity and play.
Marla SIlverman. Ph.D.
Saturday, May 12th, 2012
11:00AM -2:00pm
220 Fifth Avenue, Suite 802, New York, NY 10001
Register: call (212) 387-9429, email info@gestaltnyc.org, or visit http://www.gestaltnyc.org
Gestalt-Académie PARIS:
Ongoing Developmental Workshops for Therapists, yearly June and September.
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
“The object of this workshop is to provide frameworks for the development in the therapist of the skill of “learning how to learn.” The content will emerge from the particular people, place, time and circumstances. More akin to jazz than classical form, the work itself will provide the basis for either fitting into existing narratives (theory) or creating new ones. This will involve a commitment to developing one’s self as a vehicle for doing therapy from his or her own uniqueness. We are changing and our understanding of our self and our clients changes as we do.
The art of experiencing oneself simultaneously with experiencing the client, the art of revealing ourselves as mutual participants is opposed to the more classical posture of onlookers who ‘know a lot but understand little’.
The workshop aims at the improvement of this art.
Further information : http://www.gestalt-academie.fr
Contact: Dominik.Reinecke@wanadoo.fr
GESTALT CENTRE LONDON (GCL)
From our central London location, we continue to offer rigorous training programmes and a range of short workshops centered 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
ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Gestalt - Core Concepts for Working with Organisations- 11 & 12 May 2012, from £250
Intervening for Change - fortnightly seminars and workshops 12 September 2012 onwards, Price TBA
SHORT COURSES
Working with Children- 16-20 April 2012 from £675
Gestalt in Action - 30 June & 1 July 2012, from £180
The Creative Self - 14 & 15 July 2012, from £210
Mindfulness, Awareness and Mentalisation - 29 & 30 September 2012, from £300
CBT for Gestalt and Integrative Practitioners - 3-day course starting in September 2012, from £450
CERTIFICATE IN GROUPWORK with Michael Ellis
Various workshops on aspects of groupwork, leading ultimately to a
Certificate in Groupwork, including:
Conflict, Challenge and Confrontation in Groups – 17 & 18 May 2012, from £220
Group Facilitation - 10-weeks from 28 September 2012, from £785
Advanced Group Facilitation - 5 & 6 July 2012, from £280
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT GROUPS
Gestalt Personal Development Weekend Group – 23 & 24 June 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
HYPNOTHERAPY INSTRUCTION WITH A GESTALT EMPHASIS
The Hypnotherapy Training Institute is offering two more hypnotherapy certification trainings in 2012. These comprehensive programs have a special emphasis on the integration of Gestalt and hypnotic modalities. They are experientially oriented, including demonstrations, group processes and supervised practice. The additional access to the subconscious mind via the skillful, sensitive use of a wide range of hypnotic methods can create powerful synergies with Gestalt. In fact, many Gestalt methods tend to be hypnotic, which is one of the reasons Gestalt can be so effective.
The classes meet near San Francisco, California at the lovely Corte Madera Inn, ten minutes from the Golden Gate Bridge. They are designed for experienced and prospective counseling and health professionals from around the world.
The accelerated program begins August 4 and is four consecutive levels of 50 hours per week. These classes draw students from many states and countries each semester. HTI's program on weekends is designed for northern Californians and is series of full day meetings on most Saturdays and some Sundays, June 23 through September 16. Just a portion of either program may be taken at a time. There are special workshops within each training, including Hypnotic Gestalt Dreamwork. The trainings can fill well in advance, so early registration is highly recommended.
The Hypnotherapy Training Institute is a school licensed by the state of California since 1978, and approved for various CEUs for professionals, including by the State Board of Behavioral Sciences and the Board of Registered Nursing.
The primary instructor is Randal Churchill, author of three teaching texts for professionals. His classic Regression Hypnotherapy: Transcripts of Transformation is primarily about the integration of age regression and Gestalt, as is the companion volume, Catharsis in Regression Hypnotherapy, which has received an extraordinary review from Robert Hall MD, former associate of Fritz Perls. Churchill's award-winning text, Become the Dream: The Transforming Power of Hypnotic Dreamwork, is about the integration of Gestalt dreamwork and hypnotherapy. Information about the three books is featured at http://www.transformingpress.com.
Details about HTI's programs are at our website, http://www.hypnotherapy.com and in our free Course Brochure, which can be downloaded at the website or obtained by e-mailing welcome@hypnotherapy.com or calling 1-800-256-6448 toll-free (within the USA, Canada and Caribbean countries) or 1-707-579-9023 (International calls).
MARIANNE FRY LECTURE 2012
Saturday 14th July, 2012, 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
Southville Centre, Bristol, UK
SEÁN GAFFNEY
'You Say Goodbye, and I Say Hello': Existential Meetings and Partings
However we define ‘existentialism’, there is a core concern which engages not only philosophers but also novelists, playwrights and painters whose work reflects the philosophy, as well as many of the rest of us who are simply living our lives in the world as best we can. Seán calls this concern ‘the existential dilemma’, referring to the tension which exists in people’s experience between being apart from other people (e.g. single, alone, feeling different) to being a part of others (e.g. attached, in relationship, together with others).
Our birth is our first Hello. Our death is our final Goodbye. In between these two ‘lonely’ acts, we live in and with the tension of the existential dilemma, with all the hellos we exchange, and all the goodbyes.
In this lecture, with help from the participants, Seán wants to explore the dilemma as it plays out in our lives and in the significant meetings and partings that we experience. What we do at these times, including how we die or respond to another’s death, turns out not to be just a matter of individual choice, but is affected by how others around us act and react. Embedded as we are in different social environments, we find that in an individualist culture, being apart from appears to resolve the dilemma; whereas in cultures with a strong family or collectivist ethos, the attempted resolution is more likely to involve being a part of.
Seán Gaffney is Irish by birth, culture and conviction. He has been a resident of Sweden for over 36 years. He has diplomas in Gestalt therapy and Organisation Development. He is a full member of the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, the Gestalt International Study Center (Cape Cod) and the European Association for Gestalt Therapy. He was/is also a senior lecturer at The Stockholm School of Economics, The Business School at Bocconi University, Milan, and the School of Economics, Riga. He has published two books, and is currently working on a third.
The day: following the morning's lecture and lunch, the afternoon session will include an experiential exploration of issues raised in the lecture, led by Seán Gaffney.
The cost of the day, including lunch and refreshments, is £48, with a concessionary rate of £26 for students.
More information and booking arrangements are at: http://www.mariannefrylectures.co.uk/
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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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 Fundamentals Intensive
An Intensive introduction to the theory and practice of Gestalt Psychotherapy with EGI Training Faculty
This eight day course is an intensive extended introduction to Gestalt psychotherapy with an in-depth coverage of key aspects of Gestalt. It is recommended for anyone interested in entering the Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy starting in October 2012, and for any professionals seeking a thorough knowledge of Gestalt theory and practice.
Dates: September 21 - 24th 2012 and October 5 - 8th 2012
Cost: £850 including a non-refundable deposit of £200
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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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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
Gillian Kelly is 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.
Location: Edinburgh Gestalt Institute
Dates: New dates tbc – late summer 2012
Cost: £720 for 4 weekends, 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.
Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles
Presents
The 2011-2012 Salon Series
"Working with Couples" Led by Mark Winitsky, MFT
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 7:30-9:00 PM
Contemporary Gestalt therapy emphasizes the growth and healing that occurs in the relationship between therapist and client. What changes when we begin work with an already existing relationship, one that is unstable and painful? This salon will consider the differences between individual and couples work, and will look at some popular models of couples therapy through a Gestalt lens.
MARK WINITSKY, MFT, works with couples in his private practice in West Los Angeles and is a member of the American Association of Couples and Sex Therapists. Mark is currently in his fifth year of PGI training.
All Salons are free - $5 for CEU processing
Salons take place at Wheel of Wellbeing in Westwood
1575 Westwood Blvd, Suite 303, Los Angeles 9002
RSVP to Nina Rubin (310) 606-2228 or nina_rubin@hotmail.com
GESTALT INTERNATIONAL STUDY CENTER (GISC), WELLFLEET, CAPE COD, MA:
UPCOMING 2012 GISC WORKSHOPS & PROGRAMS:
Becoming an OD Practitioner
June 11-13
Faculty: Sean Gaffney, PhD
Consulting Excellence: Finding your Developmental Edge
June 14-16
Faculty: Sean Gaffney, PhD
Applying the Cape Cod Model to Therapy - NEW!
August 9-12
Faculty: Sonia Nevis, PhD; Carol Brockmon, LCSW; Sharona Halpern, LMHC; PhD, Stuart Simon, LICSW
GISC SUMMER SERIES:
REALIZING THE NEXT WAVE OF OUR HUMAN POTENTIAL
GISC's Summer Series of 11 workshops offers a variety of ways to recover wholeness through inner adventure! Here are inspiring classes to awaken soulful creativity, support transforming relationships, energize our lives, and sustain meaningful engagement with a world in transition. Enchanting opportunities, reasonably priced!
Gestalt in 3 Keys – Gordon Wheeler & Nancy Lunney-Wheeler
July 8-12, 2012
Ultimate Self Care for Women: A Mini Retreat – Susan B. Lord, MD
July 13-15, 2012
Vasalisa: A Woman’s Many Ways of Knowing - Finding your Intuitive Voice
Patricia Boswell & Deborah Stewart
July 16-18, 2012
The Inner World of Imagination – Joseph Lee & Deborah Stewart
July 23-25, 2012
Dream Workshop – Lisa Marchiano & Deborah Stewart
July 25-27, 2012
From Isolation to Intimacy: A Relational Journey
Carol Swanson & Deborah Ullman
July 30-August 3, 2012
Engaged Presence: Expanding Ability for Greater Contacting with Self and World
John Griffin
August 3-5, 2012
Introduction to Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan - Michele Damello
August 7-8, 2012
Talking About Race in a Post Racial Age
Roy Partridge & Sara Joffe
August 13-17, 2012
Writer’s Workshop – Susan Fischer
August 17-20, 2012
Heightening Awareness: Mastering Brainwaves to Unleash the Power of the Awakened Mind
John Griffin & George Pierson
August 24-26, 2012
For more information or to register: http://www.gisc.org/individuals
CAPE COD TRAINING PROGRAM EUROPE, Stockholm, Sweden
GISC's Core Training in the Cape Cod Model
Jointly sponsored by GISC and the Gestalt Academy of Scandinavia
Two Weeks: October 12-18, 2012 and April 5-11, 2013
96 CE Hours; ICF-certified
The Cape Cod Training Program, formerly the Couples and Family Training Program has been taught in Europe and Africa as well as on Cape Cod for nearly 30 years. Over the 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 2012-2013 program.
Apply today: http://www.gisc.org/practitioners
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.
Among the more than 15 topics and presenters will be: What is an Organisation? Rob Farrands; "Liminal Space" and Transitions in Organisational Life, Sally Denham-Vaughan; Academy of Executive Coaching (AOEC), London, John Leary-Joyce; The Healthy Organisation, Frans Meulmeester; Large Transformation Projects, Marie-Anne Chidiac; Thinking Together and Acting Together, Lars Marmgren, and many more. Visit http://www.gisc.org/practitioners to learn more.
For complete program descriptions on these and other 2012 programs please call 508-349-7900, e-mail office@gisc.org, or visit http://www.gisc.org.
TRANSFORMATIONAL CHAIRWORK: WORKING WITH LOSS, TRAUMA, AND ADDICTIONS
Drawing on the clinical wisdom and practice of a wide range of Gestalt and integrative psychotherapists, Transformational Chairwork Training is designed to introduce therapists to the art and science of chairwork or psychotherapeutic dialogues in an active, creative, and clinically-useful manner.
Using didactic presentations, scripted and unscripted role-plays, and live demonstrations, participants will see how to use this technique to address the complexities of loss, trauma, and the addictive disorders.
The next Transformational Chairwork Training will take place:
Date: Friday, June 15, 2012
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Location: National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis
40 W. 13th Street, New York, NY 10011
Fee: $40
Please pay by check or cash on the day of the training; checks should be made out to Scott Kellogg.
For more information about chairwork, please go to: http://transformationalchairwork.com
If you are interested in attending, please contact Scott Kellogg, PhD at: scott.kellogg@nyu.edu
MINDFUL LIFE FOCUS COMMUNITY
Caroline Paltin Ph.D. visiting special guest, Erving Polster Ph.D.
DATE: Saturday, May 12, 2012
TIME: 2pm to 5pm
LOCATION, Orange Public Library, Orange CA, USA
COST: $55.00
For Further Information and to Register visit our website at http://www.mindfullifefocuscommunity.com or visit http://www.carolinepaltinphd.com or call Caroline Paltin, Ph.D. at (949) 203-1595 for more information.
The Mindful Life Focus Community seeks to provide an monthly ongoing community of individuals who come together to explore, sanctify, notice, honor and celebrate our lives in supportive relational encounter. It is open to all interested persons.
Our first meeting is May 12th and will include a very special visit with Dr. Erving Polster. As Polster envisions, a Life Focus Community will enable individuals to meet regularly to focus on the experiences of their lives. At the Mindful Life Focus Community, Meetings will consist of gathering to engage on a specific theme of life each month, such as belonging, creativity, gratitude, heroism, family, or endless others. The group may be joined by a speaker illustrating elements of the theme. Then, listening to music (sometimes live), watching videos, reading poetry or literature, or engaging in other forms of arts exploration related to the theme, the groups will discuss the theme in smaller groups of three or four, and explore in story telling how these themes play in their lives. Utilizing Gestalt methods of amplifying and focusing our awareness, members will experience increased awareness of their lives, and increased connectivity within the community as they share and explore. This creates an unfolding process of increased connectivity to self and others. There is a certain freshness in exploring our lives in this manner, and a unique opportunity to connect with others for a purpose of connection. The community provides a means of focusing attention to the living of our lives, rather than to the day to day often disconnected process of getting through the day, much as a church services serves to shift us a away from mundane process, and into a sense of enriched amplified focus and connectivity.
The Irish Gestalt Centre invites you to a weekend workshop on Depression facilitated by
Gianni Francesetti
Gianni Francesetti, Gestalt psychotherapist, psychiatrist, teaches on the Gestalt Psychotherapy Training Programs in many Institutes internationally. He is the coordinator of the International Training Program ‘Gestalt Therapy Approach to Psychopathology and Contemporary Disturbances’. He has authored articles, chapters, and books in the field of psychiatry and psychotherapy, among them the book Panic Attacks and Postmodernity Gestalt Therapy Between Social and Clinical (Angeli, Milan, 2005; English Edition 2007) and: Gestalt Therapy in Clinical Practice. From Psychopathology to the aesthetics of Contact (Angeli, Milan, forthcoming). He lives and works in Turin as psychotherapist, psychiatrist and supervisor.
8pm Friday 23rd Nov 2012 - 3.30 on Sunday 25th Nov.
The hours of this workshop count towards Personal and Professional Development accreditation and a certificate of attendance will be issued to participants
Cost of the workshop will be Euro 340.00 The price of accommodation is not included in the fees.
Accommodation (€52 per night full board) is available, payable to Teach Bhride separately.
Venue Teach Bhride Conference Centre. Tullow. Co Carlow. Ireland
To apply for a place please contact Maire: Tel 00353(0)91553548
Baile Eamon, Spiddal, Co Galway, Ireland.
Email: hank@irishgestaltcentre.com
Or visit our website on: http://www.irishgestaltcentre.com
The Irish Gestalt Centre Personal Development Programme
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 to 2.00pm and Thursday 10.00am to 2.00pm.
Email: hank@irishgestaltcentre.com
The Irish Gestalt Centre
Baile Eamonn
Spiddal
Co. Galway
GESTALT CENTER FOR ORGANIZATION & SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
GO TO HTTP://WWW..GESTALTOSD.ORG FOR REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION ON ALL AVAILABLE OFFERINGS
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. Space is limited, please sign up by April 25. Apply on-line now at http://www.gestaltosd.org.
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.
Stella Resnick, PhD
I'm pleased to announce the publication of my new book, The Heart of Desire: Keys to the Pleasures of Love (Wiley).
This book draws on attachment neuroscience, sexology, Gestalt therapy, and the psychology of flourishing to show what really makes it so difficult to achieve a relationship that is both emotionally and sexually gratifying. Utilizing embodied Gestalt principles and awareness practices it offers a ten-step bodymind program to explore this love-lust dilemma and for enhancing romantic love and sexual aliveness. The book also lists Gestalt resources, including Gestalt News and Notes, and is available wherever books are sold or through my website at http://www.drstellaresnick.com
Gestalt in Chicago (http://www.theforesightgroup.org) & The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland (http://www.gestaltcleveland.org)
presents:
There are No Difficult Couples!
May 19, 2012
9:00-5:30
Fee: $125
Venue: Evanston, IL
Trainer: Les Wyman,PhD, LCSW, LISW-S
To Register: Contact leswyman@theforesightgroup.org
There are no “Difficult Couples” … only those with whom practitioners are having difficulty, because practitioners’:
• Are underprepared/undertrained-A few workshops do not prepare practitioners for practicing effectively with couple clients.
• Have not resolved similar issues in their own lives-We cannot accompany clients on journeys to master/manage problematic dynamics that we have not mastered in ourselves and our relationships.
• Are not sufficiently grounded and practicing a practice model which also may be underpowered for the work.
Come learn with us to explore how you may:
Better prepare yourself for your work with couples with whom you have difficulty
Examine your counter-transferences which impede your effectiveness in working with couples
Explore a powerful, systemic couple practice model
See this link for future workshops in our Essences of Couple Practice series:
http://www.theforesightgroup.org/a/Chicago/Shops/2012/essences-12A.html
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information about submitting contributions to News and Notes,
send an email requesting information to news@gestalt.org.
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