Gestalt Australia and New Zealand
This three hour interactive workshop will give a brief overview of the Depth Enquiry process. It will include some theory, demonstrations, case studies and plenty of time for questions. BringREAD MORE
This interactive presentation is intended to: • Explore and refine the concept of “self-disclosure” in the clinical setting, including a review of the many different ways therapist self-disclosure can occur and the distinction between “immediacy” and “intentional therapist self-disclosure”; • Discuss how both intentional therapist self-disclosure and non-disclosure may be helpful and counter-productive in anyREAD MORE
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 comeREAD 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 theREAD MORE
