Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy Course Catalog
The Development of Gender Identity
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
Case Seminar IV, Presentness and Presence
Gestalt therapy has always emphasized the experience of the present moment. This focus has served to heighten our awareness of the immediacy of living our lives, and of contact with what is. Presence is the basis for all forms of presentness. This seminar will include didactic and experiential explorations of both presentness and presence, and will address clinical applications and implications of this expansion of the Gestalt approach.
$300
10 Hours
Instructor: Alan Cohen, LCSW, LP
Weekend workshop: Saturday & Sunday, 10am-4pm
November 7-8, 2026
Location: In-person at GAP
Semester: Fall 2026
Psychoanalytic Research: The Case Study in Context
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
Case Seminar VII, The Person in Relation
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
Tuesdays, 5:30-8:00pm
March 9-30, 2027
Location: On Zoom
Semester: Fall/Winter 2026-27