This course will address the issues that form the conceptual framework of Gestalt Therapy, how they are operationalized, and the integrative experience of the process. Topics will include: field theory, body as ground, contact boundary/creative adjustment, defenses/process of interruption, support and frustration, layers and impasse, presentness and presence, and uncertainty and emergence.

• 10 hours

• Instructors: Alan Cohen, LCSW, LP & Johanna Barrett, LCSW

This seminar consists of lectures discussing the contributions of different psychoanalytic and existential theories to develop an understanding of character. We will look at the etiology and treatment of schizoid, oral, and symbiotic character styles, and provide a framework for understanding and treatment of a client's presenting issues.

• 10 Hours

• Instructors: Jim Mulry, LCSW, LP & Jack Worthy, LMHC