Gestalt Australia and New Zealand
Description: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
Description: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
Description: ”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
