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Workshops & Programs - Illawarra Gestalt Centre

Institute/Organising body Illawarra Gestalt Centre
Street Address

50 Grey Street

City Keiraville
Postcode 2500
Phone 0409 280 247
Contact Persons Brian & Jenny O'Neill
Email -

Event title Information evening - Gestalt Therapy Training Program 2005
Event Presenter(s) Brian and Jenny O'Neill
Event Format -
Event date/s 15 October 2004, 3rd December 2004
Event times 7:00pm-9:00pm
Event venue  University of Wollongong, Institute of Mental Health
Cost Free
GANZ member discount % -
Registration by date: -
Details of event Two free information evenings will be held at the University of Wollongong to provide details about the 2005 Graduate Diploma in Gestalt Therapy at the Illawarra Gestalt Centre. The co-directors will be available to answer questions about the program and for informal discussion after the presentation.

Event title An Introduction to Gestalt Therapy
Event Presenter(s) Brian O'Neill
Event Format Didactic/Experiential/Demonstration
Event date/s Saturday 4th December 2004
Event times 10:00pm-4:30pm
Event venue Illawarra Gestalt Centre
Cost $120
GANZ member discount % -
Registration by date: -
Details of event This workshop will present an introduction to the theory, skills and practice in the Gestalt approach to counselling and therapy. The day will provide an overview of Gestalt Therapy, particularly for those considering enrolment in the 2004 Gestalt Approach in Counselling program.

Course participants will be introduced to the core concepts of Gestalt Therapy - the Dialogical relationship; Awareness and phenomenology; Experiment and Gestalt therapy methodology; and the Field theory perspective.

There will also be an overview to Gestalt therapy methods in working with dreams, art therapy, enactment and guided imagery.

Event title Working with Dreams
Event Presenter(s) Brian O'Neill
Event Format Didactic/Experiential/Demonstration
Event date/s 13th and 14th October 2004
Event times 10:00pm-4:30pm
Event venue Illawarra Gestalt Centre
Cost $240
GANZ member discount % -
Registration by date: -
Details of event The course looks at the importance of dreams and the various models offered to work with dreams in different schools of psychotherapy, particularly from Gestalt therapy and Jungian psychotherapy. There will be opportunity for students to also work on dreams with the facilitator and develop ongoing dream work through the use of journal work, artwork, stories and other creative expansion of the dream language.

Event title Gestalt Art Therapy
Event Presenter(s) Brian O'Neill
Event Format Didactic/Experiential/Demonstration
Event date/s 1st and 2nd December 2004
Event times 10:00pm-4:30pm
Event venue Illawarra Gestalt Centre
Cost $240
GANZ member discount % -
Registration by date: -
Details of event The process of working with artwork provides ways to develop awareness beyond the traditional verbal focus of counselling, and at the same time experience enjoyment, fun and a greater sense of well-being.

Topics covered include: encouraging the creative process; artwork in individual and group therapy; the use of guided imagery and music; discovering themes and issues from artwork; developing exploration and dialogue; and the application of artwork beyond the therapy setting.


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