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

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

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

• Tuesdays, 5:30-8:00pm

• March 9-30, 2027

• Location: On Zoom

• Semester: Fall/Winter 2026-27