Experiential Writing for Gestalt Therapists

Drawing on my experience in memoir workshops with people from diverse cultures, undergoing stress, loss and dislocation, I will present techniques to utilize experiential writing as an extension of Gestalt therapeutic work. As humans, we need to come to terms with our life experience, losses, our stories and their meaning. As therapists, so much of our work with clients serves as is a catalyst for our ongoing processing of experience. Writing facilitates meaning making. In the experiential segment, we will do personal writing, focused on our experience of being a therapist. We will read some of the writing in the group and discuss how the showing, writing, telling and letting others see, hear and respond grounds our work as Gestalt therapists.

Cost:                    GANZ Student Members: $15. GANZ Members: $55. Non-GANZ Members: $95.

Date:                   Saturday 11^th October   

Time:                   9:00am-11:00am (Melbourne/Sydney)

About your Presenter:  

Iris Fodor, PhD, Professor Emerita, Department of Applied Psychology, New York University is a Gestalt psychotherapist known for her teaching, workshops and writings about feminism, women’s mental health and integrative psychotherapy. Iris is a life-long social activist and is also a photographer. She has travelled, taught, and run workshops world-wide. She has also participated in digital story telling projects with adolescents from diverse cultures. Recent work focuses on memoir and experiential writing for therapists. She lives in NYC and Woodstock, New York, USA.

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