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

This course offers an introduction to Gestalt dreamwork through an exploration of various Gestalt perspectives on dreamwork, including those of Fritz Perls, Isadore From, Erving & Miriam Polster, and Rainette Fantz. We will discuss readings from each of these Gestalt teachers, as well as exploring and working together with course participants' dreams, and engaging in brief dreamwork practicum experiences followed by theoretical discussion.

• $150

• 15 Hours

• Instructor: Susan Jurkowski, LCSW, LP & Jennifer Griesbach, LCSW

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 course will focus on bringing core Gestalt psychotherapy theoretical concepts into action. Phenomenology, aesthetics, kinesthetic resonance, retroflection, etc. will be elaborated on and practiced experientially together. We will draw from readings by Laura Perls, Michael Vincent Miller, Jean-Marie Robine, Ruella Frank, Gianni Francesetti and others to deepen theoretical concepts. We will use experiential exercises to bring to life each theme of focus.

• 10 Hours

• Instructors: Jeffrey Allison, LCSW & Jennifer Griesbach, LCSW