About GANZ

GANZ seeks to promote the study of gestalt therapy and practice as a specialty in the area of psychology, and to advance the ethical practice of gestalt therapy across a range of settings involving human and environmental wellbeing. GANZ seeks to maintain a professionally-based Association which is inclusive, representative, respectful, human and humane.

The Birthing of GANZ

Gestalt Australia and New Zealand (GANZ) is an Association of Gestalt Practitioners. It was formally established as an association at the 1st 'Down Under' Gestalt Therapy Conference held in Perth in September 1998. The establishment of the association was the outcome of a series of meetings, the first being held in Sydney (November 1996) followed by Melbourne (May/June 1997) and Brisbane (March 1998).

These meetings were attended by representatives of training centres from across Australia and New Zealand, practitioners and interested others. The motivation to form an Association arose from developments in the field of counselling/psychotherapy and registration requirements, and a desire to forge bridges between centres and practitioners across Australia and New Zealand.

Three working parties were established at the Sydney meeting; umbrella/organization; standards/accreditation; and conference. Each working party included representatives from various sectors of the gestalt therapy community and provided materials for discussion at each meeting.

In March 1998 a draft constitution, based on meeting discussions and community consultation, was circulated, revised and accepted by those who had participated in the various meetings. In June 1998, GANZ was incorporated in the ACT as a professional Association.

Contacting GANZ

Postal Address:

PO Box 374, Fairfield VIC 3078

Tel/Fax:

03 9489 2218

Email Contacts:

For general enquiries: contact@ganz.org.au

For membership enquiries: contact@ganz.org.au

For information on, or articles for, the community newsletter: newsletter@ganz.org.au

For correspondence relating to the Gestalt Journal of Australia and New Zealand (GJANZ):
In New Zealand nzgjeditor@ganz.org.au
In Australia ozgjeditor@ganz.org.au
For subscription enquiries please contact subscriptions@ganz.org.au

Individual Council members' contacts are listed on the Council page.

Code of Ethics:

All GANZ members are bound by a Code of Ethics.

You can view the Code of Ethics here

Please direct all correspondence regarding the Code of Ethics to:
The GANZ Ethics Committee, PO Box 374, Fairfield VIC 3078