Courses
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$15.00- $5.00
15. Art and Creative Media
Art is a powerful medium in therapy & the Experiment in Gestalt is ideally suited to its utilisation. We explore a variety of practical ways to apply creative process, support transformation and explore awareness, instead of offering interpretations
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$40.00- $10.00
16. Style, Authenticity and Unvirtues
Existential notions of authenticity underpin Gestalt principles & practices. We are not trying to change people; rather help them become more fully themselves. Recognising and owning ones own ‘style’ - healthy & shadow - is inherent to this process.
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$50.00- $10.00
17. Managing a Unit of Work
A Unit of Work is a practical application of the Awareness Cycle in terms of a therapeutic session. The four distinct phases provide a orienting guide to the therapist in terms of managing the process, in any time slot, from start to completion.
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$100.00- $20.00
18. Somatics
Gestalt is fundamentally a Somatic Therapy. We work directly with the body using movement, touch, awareness, breathing & grounding. We convert words to body experience, & visa versa. We explore over & underbounding, streaming and postural support.
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$40.00- $7.00
19. Shame
Shame underpins many emotions people feel and express; however it’s often hidden. We explore a ‘shame-sensitive practice’; the tension with expectations of responsiblity & agency; what is required of a therapist; and poles of belonging or isolation.
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$60.00- $10.00
20. Psychopathology
Gestalt emerges from the humanistic tradition of therapy - a growth-oriented view of human development and actualisation. How does an holistic therapy address mental conditions which severely limit people’s capacity for embodiment or relationship?
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$40.00- $7.00
21. Groupwork
Gestalt is ideallly suited to working with groups. Interactive Groups operate through the Here & Now-I & Thou orientation of Gestalt. We explore the phenomenology & psychology of group process, & apply a Relational orientation at 3 levels of a group
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$90.00- $15.00
22. Couples and Family Work
We take a tour through Marital & Family Therapy, looking at conjunctions with the four pillars. We examine a specifically Gestalt approach: process oriented, boundaried, using limited interventions plus experiments, support and integration.
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$20.00- $5.00
23. Suicide
Suicide is a difficult subject to address in therapy, and we look at a Gestalt perspect, starting with the personhood, experience, and values of the therapist.
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$80.00- $15.00
24. Sexuality
We view this complex topic with a Gestalt lens, starting with Field context, addressing the experience & personhood of the therapist, & the place of the Erotic. Awareness of sexual feelings is considered valid to address in the therapeutic dialogue.
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$120.00- $20.00
25.Attachment and Developmental Approaches
Gestalt does not have a developmental theory; any foray into a person’s Field is brought into the Here & Now. We examine a range of developmental orientations, attachment theory, other therapeutic modalities & their interface with Relational Gestalt
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$110.00- $20.00
26. Character and Personality Systems
Although Gestalt is process-oriented, there is a widespread interest in systems of classification - which can become limiting, diminishing & reductionist. We look at the interface of personality systems, temperament, and a phenomenological approach.
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$90.00- $15.00
27. Historical Influences
Gestalt Therapy is a synthesis of many sources. Here we explore the people, systems of thought, and historical context, ranging through Existentialism, The Grotesque, the Cooperative Anarchism of Kropotkin, and the General Semantics of Korzybski.
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$175.00- $30.00
28. Ethics and Clinical Practice
We examine core ethical theories, the Situational Ethics which Gestalt draws on, & the difference between Emic & Etic perspectives. We challenge orthodoxies & look at how complexity can be incorporated without compromising the interests of a client.
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$135.00- $25.00
29. The Transpersonal
Gestalt is a-theoretical in its phenomenolical base, focusing on Being-With-What-Is, in a Zen awareness style & using Wu Wei - the Creative Void - as a Taoist therapy style. We explore a range of Transpersonal approaches & their relevance to Gestalt