Tine Van Wijk Amsterdam, Netherlands Abstract Presence is not Charisma. Charisma is a figure competing with another figure, while Presence is ground, asking to be written on' Joseph Zinker in Sketches In this workshop we experience being in the now by listening to the silence, to our inner voices and to spoken words . We […]

SELMA CIORNAI En esta oportunidad presentaré los fundamentos fenomenológicos y existenciales de la Arteterapia Gestáltica, ilustrando cómo aplicarlos en experimentos sugeridos por los terapeutas Gestalt, en lo que respecta a la forma de procesar el lenguaje visual y simbólico de nuestros clientes. También abordaré su relación con la teoría del self, y traeré ejemplos. Presenter […]

Parvy Palmou Athens, Greece Presenter Bio As an accredited E.A.G.T Gestalt Therapist, Parvy practices privately in Athens, Greece. Over the past 15 years, they have held the position of Head of the Department of Health for Trans and Intersex Families at the Greek Transgender Support Association. In this role, Parvy provides both group and individual […]

Abstract I would like to share with you some major steps for high anxious patients with obsessional thoughts based on  therapeutical facts : Experiencing the here and now as a unified experience when words are mostly expressed without a unified emotional sense. Dealing with the unknown field of inner choice through a progressive awareness of […]

Heather Anne Keyes Durango, Mexico Abstract Discuss and play with some of the theories and principles of Humour as we find them in therapy- from "my client sent me a meme" to a deep exploration of the comedy/tragedy bond in our narratives, feel free to stop taking therapy so seriously for a moment- seriously! Presenter […]

Jennifer Bury Abstract Life is an ongoing shared adventure which gives us the opportunity to receive and respond to a shower of sensory information from moment to moment. This workshop focuses on fostering our kinesthesia through movement experiments designed to increase our awareness of how we co-create our experience. When we attend to the aesthetics […]

Federica Ronchi Faenza, Italy Abstract I would like to host an open conversation regarding birth patterns, to explore if there are any correlations between the way we came into the World and our way to experience it. Sometimes we seem to get stuck in the same dynamics repeating themselves though life choices, career patterns, relational […]

Tine Van Wijk Amsterdam, Netherlands Abstract Presence is not Charisma. Charisma is a figure competing with another figure, while Presence is ground, asking to be written on' Joseph Zinker in Sketches In this workshop we experience being in the now by listening to the silence, to our inner voices and to spoken words . We […]

SELMA CIORNAI In this opportunity I will present the phenomenological and existential foundations of Gestalt Art Therapy, illustrating how they can be applied in experiments suggested by Gestalt therapists, with regard to the way of processing the visual and symbolic language of our clients. I will also address its relationship with the theory of the […]

Sophia Sisauri Tbilisi, Georgia Abstract Discussing: in what ways can be my fear contributing to my courage? Talking about shame of being left alone with another Presenter Bio I am Sophia and I dance. Usually I am occupied with an aware thinking process in which I internalize experiences and make connections with different phenomenas. These […]

Guillermo Leone Buenos aires, Argentina Abstract Pessoas Altamente Sensiveis, TDAH, Espectro Autista: olhar para os seus talentos ao invés dos déficits. Presenter Bio Guillermo Leone, Argentino, nacido en 1961, psicólogo clínico formado en Gestalt (AGBA) en Constelaciones Familiares (CLCF) pensamiento complejo y profesor de post grado en diversos institutos de Gestalt en Argentina (AGBA, IGec, […]

Judyth Weaver Seattle, USA Abstract In 1947 in a letter, Fritz Perls wrote to his wife about working with Charlotte Selver: “Finally I found for what I have been looking for all over the years and what I did not find at any other school.  Now this corroborates and underpins my entire theory.” He also wrote: […]