Trauma and addiction intertwine in complex ways, fundamentally altering how individuals experience themselves, their relationships, and their world. Addiction is the long-term consequence of creative adjustments to painful life circumstances that provide a sense of relief by numbing emotional pain or disconnecting the individual from unbearable experiences.
What now. Iran?
We've been gathering since Trump's election to share and process our thoughts and feelings about the new world order.
Please join us for a special event dedicated to the late Tine van Wijk (1936–2025), who was supposed to share her journey of creative expression with the NYIGT community on this day.
This presentation will consider the holistic and phenomenal qualities of Gestalt therapy by exploring the experiences of attendees as our emergent NYIGT community, created and discovered, emerging from our personal and collegial synergy.
Once again, we offer the community an open space to find support as we grapple with the disruptions and consequences of the current domestic and world situation.
NEW START TIME! Please join us at 12 noon for our final business meeting of the season.
Please join us for our first membership meeting of the season.
We begin our 2026–2027 season with dreaming — a suitable mode of approaching our tumultuous world that is filled with hopes and despair, possibilities and constraints.
Please join us for the second part of our first membership meeting of the season.
Please join us for a community event ahead of the midterm elections in the United States.
Theory and story exist symbiotically, frequently told together.
Explore the relational and intersubjective significance of bodywork, where, in addition to the centrality of the relationship, its cornerstone from a Gestalt perspective is an integrated approach that includes biopsychosocial aspects.