Gestalt Australia and New Zealand
In this seminar we will discuss the attitudinal stance of Clinical hospitality. The stance of Clinical Hospitality offers a needed antidote amongst the prevailing culture of immediacy, demand for rapid outcomes, influencers and an increasing intolerance and misunderstanding of human suffering in the current zeitgeist of a popularized mental health narrative. We will consider whatREAD MORE
The intricate relationship between trauma and addiction through the lens of neuroscience can support clinicians in developing interventions that support healing experiences. This workshop offers an exploration of how traumatic experiences can intersect with addictive behaviours, shaping neural pathways and influencing individual responses. Participants will embark on a journey through the complexities of the brain, gainingREAD MORE
This event has been postponed from September until 6 November. If you have registered, you will receive an email with more information. Description: Successful couples therapy pivots around deepening awareness of emotions between partners: Deepened emotions, disclosed in a new way, creates new contact experiences of positive reaching and responding between partners. Although often aREAD MORE
Description: How do we meet our clients and each other beyond the shadow of our socially sanctioned norms regarding gender, sexuality and relationships? This webinar is offered as a support to working with clients who identify outside of traditional norms of male/female, heterosexual and/or monogamous. This webinar offers a comprehensive exploration of what exists beyond theREAD MORE
Psychotherapy isn't meeting the needs of the autistic population. Autistic patients often report psychotherapy is unhelpful and at times harmful and suicide is the leading cause of death for autistic adults without co-occurring intellectual disability, occurring at a rate nine times higher than the general population (Hirvikoski, 2016). Gestalt Therapy’s focus on awareness, without tryingREAD MORE
In this Workshop we will focus on the Embodied sensory Atmospheres that are emergent in the presence of those that are ill, experience disease and on the path towards death. Within the larger context of the health care system and Social Construction of illness (Conrad & Barker, 2010) the Gestalt value of interactional relational experienceREAD MORE
”Stepfamilies bring out the worst in people and challenge them to find the best in themselves” (Papernow 2013). As couples increasingly choose to separate, or co-parent, we are likely to come across stepfamily and new-formed family situations, either in our clients’ or our own families. With a relational field that includes biological and non-biological relationships, parents,READ MORE
How do we do truly anti-racist work within mental health systems rooted in white, Western frameworks? What language acknowledges racial trauma without pathologising? Are we unintentionally reinforcing harm by the way we respond to distress—or bypassing structural issues through an individualistic lens? And how often do we pause to examine how our own identity andREAD MORE
This sensitive, important seminar looks to develop your confidence and effectiveness in discussing sexuality with couples. The interactive session creates opportunities for you to discuss and explore the complexities of sexual intimacy in relationships, offering insights and wisdoms from each other and the presenter, wrapped around Gestalt frameworks and sprinkled with other easily assimilated therapeuticREAD MORE
This is an online space for autistic Gestalt therapists to come together and explore what makes us us – our unique strengths, needs, and ways of being in the world. Using our awareness and phenomenological experiences, we’ll consider how these qualities shape our clinical work. We'll also explore supports that make our work more sustainable. Together, we’llREAD MORE