Presenter: Nancy Amendt-Lyon
Description:
In this presentation, I will describe how the concepts of “parallel process,” “field forces,” and “reversed roles” are implemented in my supervisory work. There will be references to Gestalt psychology, psychoanalysis, and the continuous development of Gestalt therapy practice. After some theoretical input and a brief case vignette, we will have breakout groups for experiential learning, and then conclude with a discussion involving all participants.
Biography:
Nancy Amendt-Lyon, MA, DPhil, was born in New York and studied psychology in the United States, Switzerland, and Austria. She trained in Gestalt therapy and group psychoanalysis, and has been in private practice in Austria since 1978. Nancy is an associate editor of Gestalt Review, the founding chairperson of the Austrian Association for Gestalt Therapy (ÖVG), and a member of the Austrian Association for Psychotherapy (ÖBVP) and the European Association for Gestalt Therapy (EAGT). She has many years of experience training Gestalt therapists in Austria and abroad. Her numerous publications include Timeless Experience: Laura Perls’s Unpublished Notebooks and Literary Texts 1946–1985, Creative License: The Art of Gestalt Therapy, and a début novel, Case Unclosable.
