Description
This ticket grants access to Gestalt in the More-Than-Human World: Practice, Presence and Responsibility, a live online experiential workshop held on Saturday, 23 May, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm AEST (Melbourne/Sydney).
This three-hour workshop invites Gestalt practitioners and trainees into the evolving field of Gestalt Eco-Psychotherapy — an approach that re-awakens relational intelligence with the more-than-human world. Grounded in core Gestalt principles of awareness, contact, dialogue, field theory and embodied presence, this session explores how our practice extends beyond the therapy room into the living systems that sustain us.
Even in online spaces, we remain embedded within ecological field conditions. Together, participants will experiment with recognising the Earth not as backdrop or metaphor, but as living context and potential co-therapist. This work acknowledges how colonial frameworks have shaped dominant therapeutic paradigms — separating psyche from land, individual from community, and human from ecosystem — and considers how Gestalt Eco-Psychotherapy makes these field conditions visible.
Through guided experiential processes, reflective dialogue, breakout conversations and embodied awareness practices (engaging with whatever elements of the natural world are accessible in participants’ own environments), we will explore:
- How contact processes shift when the more-than-human world is consciously included in the therapeutic field
- Ways ecological awareness deepens presence, regulation and relational responsiveness
- The influence of colonisation and extractive worldviews on psychological suffering and therapeutic norms
- The relationship between personal healing, collective wellbeing and ecological justice
- Practical and ethical pathways for integrating eco-psychotherapeutic awareness into everyday Gestalt practice — including telehealth settings
In a time of climate disruption and social fragmentation, this workshop asks how expanding our field awareness may support decolonising practice, psychological resilience, community responsiveness and ecological responsibility. No prior experience in eco-therapy or outdoor practice is required.
Note to members: To receive your GANZ member discount, please sign in before purchasing. If the discount does not appear at checkout, sign in here.
Certificates of participation are issued automatically. To receive a certificate of attendance, participants must attend a minimum of 75% of the webinar.
