This seminar will focus on the difficult treatment issues presented by Personality Disorders. The seminar will include: an overview of the different theories and ways of looking at Personality Disorders; their characteristics and diagnosis; and different principles of intervention, with an accent on the Gestalt approach to treatment. Participants are invited to present cases from their practice in this seminar. This course requires participants to complete Level I of GAP training before registering.

• $300

• 10 hours

• Instructor: Jack Worthy, LMHC-D and Jim Mulry, LCSW

Gestalt therapy provides a comprehensive framework for object relations and self psychology psychoanalytic theories. We will review the different schools of object relations and self psychology theories, with an emphasis on how they can be utilized to broaden a Gestalt theoretical view of psychotherapy. Review of case material and use of experiential work in class will be used to enhance an understanding of object relations and self psychology from a Gestalt perspective.

• $300

• 10 Hours

• Instructor: Evan Senreich, PhD, LCSW

This course will examine transference/countertransference/resistance in its historical context as it emerged from an intrapsychic individualist model and developed into a model focusing on the emerging structure of the situation. We will analyze the influence of phenomenology, gestalt psychology, and existentialism, as they relate to the innovations of Gestalt therapy. Clinical material will be presented to exemplify contemporary Gestalt therapy’s use of transference/counter-transference as a functioning of the contact-boundary in a psychotherapeutic meeting. This course requires participants to complete Level I of GAP training before registering.

• $300

• 10 Hours

• Instructor: Justin Laird, LP

• Saturdays, 10am-1:20pm

• September 19 - October 3, 2026

• Location: On Zoom

• Semester: Fall 2026

In this course we will explore the multiple and intertwining cultural, biological, and psychological issues that contribute to the formation of a sense of a male or female gendered “self.” We will draw upon the works of such diverse theorists as Winnicott, Freud, Mitchell, Chodorow, Benjamin, and Gilligan, and analyze their contributions to an understanding of the role of gender in personality development.

• $300

• 10 Hours

• Instructor: Justin Laird, PhD, LP

• Sundays, 12-3:30pm

• October 4 - November 15, 2026

• Location: On Zoom

• Semester: Fall 2026

Attachment Theory is a psychological theory that provides a descriptive and empirical framework for interpersonal relationships throughout the life span. The central theme of Attachment Theory is that the infant-caregiver relationship informs styles of attachment which impact behaviors later in life. This course will explore in depth the work of John Bowlby, the first attachment theorist; Mary Ainsworth and her ground-breaking “strange situation” study; Margaret Main; and John Fonagy. The implications for psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and parental support will be addressed.

• $450

• 15 hours

• Instructor: Jordan Dann, LP-D, CiRT, SEP

• Weekend workshop: Friday, 6-9pm; Saturday & Sunday, 10am-3pm

• October 9 - 11, 2026

• Location: On Zoom

• Semester: Fall 2026

Through class discussion of course reading assignments and project preparation students will achieve a comprehensive understanding of the contextual field in which the case study prevails as the research model utilized by psychotherapists across a range of theoretical approaches.

• $450

• 15 Hours

• Instructor: Todd Senzon, LP-D

• Thursdays, 6-8:30pm (plus individual study)

• November 19, 2026 & February 4-25, 2027

• Location: On Zoom

• Semester: Fall/Winter 2026

In this course, we will focus on the clinical use of dreams, noticing their structure and timing in the therapeutic process, and how they arise from and impact the therapy and the treatment relationship. We will use case examples to demonstrate how images from dreams and dreamwork can be utilized as an ongoing homework practice to help patients alter habitual patterns of interrupting contact. Each participant will contribute case examples for discussion, and will prepare a paper and presentation. This course requires participants to complete Level I of GAP training before registering.

• $300

• 10 Hours

• Instructor: Susan Jurkowski, LCSW, LP

• Mondays, 6-9:20pm

• January 11-25, 2027

• Location: On Zoom

• Semester: Fall/Winter 2026

This seminar will examine the individual cases of participants, focusing on the patient’s relationships. We will look at the patient’s early development and explore its impact of on the dynamics of the patient’s adult relationships. We will look at the patient’s attempts to repair early fragmentations or to “close” unfinished gestalts, focusing on their choice of relationships and patterns of interacting within their relationships. Each seminar participant will present a written case summary, exploring the specific dynamics of one or more primary relationships. This course requires participants to complete Level I of GAP training before registering.

• $300

• 10 Hours

• Instructor: Arleen Maiorano, LCSW, LP

• Saturdays, 10:00am-1:00pm (plus one Friday: Feb 12, 6-7pm)

• March 6-20, 2027

• Location: On Zoom

• Semester: Fall/Winter 2026

This course explores impairment of functioning and other symptoms in relationship to their genesis during the socialization process, from a physical, energetic perspective. We will work with memory recollection and in-the-moment re-experiencing of painful past episodes—where cognitive understanding is coupled with appropriate affect (abreaction). This working through process will be examined and discussed in detail, along with specific techniques for dealing with negative emotions and helping patients dispel the tension and confusion associated with repressed intra-psychic conflict.

• $450

• 15 Hours

• Instructor: Todd Senzon, LP-D

This seminar focuses on the developmental theories of Mahler and Stern, and their practical application to Gestalt Therapy. The course includes both lecture and demonstration/participation. Various techniques and strategies are explored for integrating developmental insights into the ongoing process of a Gestalt session.

• $450

• 15 Hours

• Instructor: Jordan Dann, LP-D

This course will draw from concepts of transference / countertransference / resistance as presented in previous seminars and will focus on Winnicott’s models of infant emotional development and of therapeutic interaction. Our deeper appreciation of the subtleties and breadth of Winnicott’s (and related) concepts will open links to Gestalt theory and practice especially in terms of “the use of self.”

• $300

• 10 hours

• Instructor: Todd Senzon, LP

Students will master the basics of research and statistics, will be able to review and critique psychological, psychoanalytic and social research articles, including research design, analysis of samples, and understanding of qualitative and quantitative data.

• $450

• 15 Hours

• Instructor: Lina Jandorf, LMHC

Intrinsic to ethical practice is the therapist’s respect both for the patient and for the complex and profound relationship, the “space between,” that is co-created by the patient/therapist meeting. We will discuss the philosophical, legal, and professional foundations that come together to form the core of current ethical practice. 

• $450

• 15 Hours

• Instructor: Arleen Maiorano, LCSW, LP

• Fridays, 6pm - 9pm

• May 23 - July 18, 2025