The new council for 2024 was elected at the Annual General Meeting of GANZ on the 29th of October 2023.
The Council roles are detailed in these documents:
Michelle Sier
President and Professional Development Chair
Michelle is a Psychologist and Gestalt Psychotherapist in Naarm (Melbourne). She has over 15 years of clinical experience and training, operates a private psychology practice, and is a senior psychologist at the Melbourne Centre for Women’s Mental Health. Michelle’s clinical work is influenced by the works of Allan Schore, Beatrice Beebe, Donna Orange and Lynne Jacobs. She completed her Gestalt training at Gestalt Therapy Australia and is currently completing training in Somatic Intersubjective Self-Psychology.
Next to her clinical experience, Michelle is a skilled project manager and coordinator, and has worked in resource development, and professional development planning and implementation for various mental health program initiatives across the Australian Psychological Society and the Australian Government Department of Health.
Tegan Mumford
Treasurer
Tegan is a Mental Health Social Worker and Gestalt Psychotherapist who lives and works in private practice in Naarm (Melbourne) where she offers psychotherapy and supervision to both individuals and groups.
Tegan started out her career working with people in the public mental health system as a Mental Health Social Worker, both working with young people and their families, and then later supporting clinicians and other service providers through supervision and training. She has worked in policy and program development both here and overseas, in short stints, but has always come back to relational work, as this is where her heart is.
Tegan was initially drawn to the aliveness of Gestalt Therapy and the depth and possibilities that open up when working experientially and relationally. Tegan is passionate about social justice and always looking to create more space for the broader social and relational context of therapy as it happens in the room – seeing the individual, relational and societal as inseparable. Tegan is passionate about building safe and thriving communities and facilitates active bystander training for the music industry when she’s not being a Gestalt Therapist.
Annie Garrety
Secretary and International Chair
Annie is a supervisor and psychotherapist who runs a private practice online and in the Sunshine Coast hinterland Qld. She has been on the Academic Governance Board of Gestalt Therapy Brisbane for 10 years. She is also a qualified music specialist teacher with a deep interest in pedagogy and the importance of life long learning. She has completed studies of clinical issues with both Institutio di Gestalt Italy with Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb and at Turin International School of Psychopathology and Gestalt Psychotherapy with Gianni Francesetti, Michela Gecele and Jan Roubal. She has a special interest in phenomenological field theory and its intersection with the wisdom tradition of Zen and the art of improvisation. She is supported in this curiosity by over 40 years of practice as a zen student and her six grandchildren. The suffering fields of personality adaptations holds a special place in her heart and practice. Annie has studied supervision both with the Turin School of psychopathology and the Gestalt Centre Melbourne and sees the supervisor as the servant of the servant of the suffering field.
Zoë Webber
Community and Membership Chair
Zoë is a dedicated Gestalt psychotherapist with a private practice situated on the Mid-North Coast of NSW (Gumabaynggirr Country). She engages with clients in-person and online, providing individual and couples sessions while also facilitating groups.
Zoë possesses a profound interest in supporting individuals from diverse backgrounds and demonstrates a passionate skillset for guiding women through significant life transitions, such as motherhood. Her commitment to this demographic extends to providing a safe space for those who may feel overlooked and uncelebrated amid life’s challenges and milestones. Fostering a sense of belonging is an important value that resonates throughout her personal and professional life.
Claire Bartels
Student Representative Chair
Claire Bartels (she/her) is an advertising creative and Master’s student at Gestalt Therapy Brisbane. Specialising in copywriting, she has 14 years of global experience building brands at ad agencies and client-side in Shanghai, NYC, Minneapolis, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Claire is lit up by purpose-driven work that builds community through collaboration, creativity and care. As the Student Representative Chair she is keen to enliven student engagement and spread the word about the GT in the broader community.
Amy Della-Torre
Social Media and Communications Chair
Amy (she/they) is a human being who came to study gestalt after working for over 8 years in community services and wanting to deepen their ability to hold people’s suffering. Amy is committed to supporting the world to hold suffering in the therapy room and actively participating in building caring communities. Dedicated to decolonising practices and self, Amy attempts to uphold anti-oppressive principles throughout life.
As the Social Media and Communications Chair, Amy hopes to broaden the reach of gestalt principles, study and research through online platforms and build a supportive online community for gestalt enthusiasts. Outside of the therapy room and social media, Amy loves the company of cats and other furry friends, fostering connections with nature, and indulging in her passion for trivia and all things silly.
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