The renowned child and adolescent therapist Dr. Violet Oaklander posited that two common reasons for young people entering therapy are a) difficulty with using one or more contact skills and b) low self-esteem.

My presentation is about my experience as a Gestalt therapist working with adolescents and people who use drugs on the street from Venice to the Bronx.

Perspectives of a clinician, the leader of a Gestalt institute and a person in Ukraine.

Third-Person Storytelling, or the repetitive telling of one’s story as if it were being witnessed from the outside, is a therapeutic method that allows individuals to deeply engage with and express the complexities of their personal experiences while simultaneously being able to have greater emotional distance from them.

How the concepts of “parallel process,” “field forces,” and “reversed roles” are implemented in my supervisory work.

Today, reference to philosophical aesthetics seems to be taking on an increasingly important role in the theoretical apparatus of Gestalt therapy, including as a contribution to the development of a specific psychopathology or theorization of the therapeutic encounter.

The focus of this workshop will be on writing about the impact of relational therapeutic work on the therapist.