NYIGT Member
Dan Bloom
Bio
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Dan Bloom JD, LCSW (www.danbloomnyc.com) is a psychotherapist, supervisor, clinical trainer, and writer in New York City. He studied with Laura Perls, Isadore From and Richard Kitzler. Dan is affiliated with the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, has been guest and adjunct faculty at gestalt therapy institutes worldwide. He has spoken and given workshops at many international conferences. He leads webinars in gestalt therapy and phenomenology. He is president and Fellow of NYIGT and past president of IAAGT. He is a member and accredited supervisor of EAGT. Dan is co-founder of the International Study Group on Field-Emergent Self and Therapy, (www.Ig-fest.com). He is an associate editor of the Gestalt Review, on the scientific board of Quaderni di Gestalt and a member of the Scientific Board of the Gestalt therapy Book Series. He was editor-in-chief of the journal, Studies in Gestalt Therapy: Dialogical Bridges. Dan is widely published.
Psychotherapist, supervisor, clinical trainer, writer and editor
Professional Education
1976-2008, Training and advanced supervision as a gestalt therapist with Laura Perls, Isadore From, Richard Kitzler, and Patrick Kelley of the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy
1981, Master’s in Social Work, New York University
1972,Juris Doctor, New York University
Professional Organizations and Positions
New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, president, (current and 2001 – 2005; vice-president, 2001- 2005); Fellow
International Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy (president 2008 – 2010; vice-president, 2006- 2010)
International Gestalt Therapy Study Group on Field -Emergent Self and Therapy (IG-Fest),
European Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy, credentialed member and supervisor
Society for Phenomenological and Existential Philosophy
The Heidegger Circle
Professional Certifications
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, New York State License Number R-025871-1r
Board Certified Diplomat in Clinical Social Work Registered Clinical Social Worker,
National Association of Social Workers Registry
Attorney admitted to practice in New York State and Federal jurisdictions
Professional Honors
Fellow, New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy
Diplomate in Clinical Social Work, National Association of Social Workers
Scientific Advisory Board, Member, Scientific Board, Gestalt Therapy Book Series, Istituto di Gestalt
Professional Activities and Presentations
2024
— Master Class, ““When the walls keep tumbling down: re-discovering the ground of the figure during the suffering of war,” International Institute of Practical Psychology, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2023
— Workshop lecture series, “Gestalt therapy: freedom, contacting, and the other,” Pogodin Academy, Kiev, Ukraine (Online)
— Presenter, Interregional Institute of Gestalt Therapy and Art, Dnipro, Ukraine
— Workshop, Gestalt Therapy and the Call of Freedom,” European Association for Gestalt therapy Conference, Madrid, Spain
— Keynote, “Gestalt therapy and the Call of Freedom,” Conference, and Workshop, European Accredited Training Institute- Gestalt Therapy Training Institute, Malta
— Presentation, “The Fractured World: The Gestalt of the Situated Self,’ New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, NY
— Trainer, “Psychopathology of the Situation,” Istituto di Gestalt, Italy
— Presenter, Beyond Trauma, online conference
— Presenter, international Gestalt Conference for Psychology and Psychotherapy (Online) ‘
— Lecture,, Gestalt Therapy as a Clinical Phenomenology, Istituto di Gestalt, HCC
2022
Presenter, Field Perspective and Interventions in Psychology, online conference
Faculty, Institute Residential, IGW, St Arbogast, Austria
— Workshop, IGW, Munich, Germany
— Speaker, “Dialogues on Psychotherapy at the Time of Coronavirus,” Istituto di Gestalt, Italy
— Guest Faculty, Poesis, International Institute for Gestalt Therapy and Psychopathology, (IPsiG), Turin, Italy
— Speaker, Conference, Kiev Gestalt University, Kiev, Ukraine
2021
Plenary Speaker, Third International Gestalt Conference, Nanjing, China
— Lecturer, Minsk Gestalt Institute Conference
— Plenary Speake, IV Interdisciplinary Congress of Gestalt Psychotherapy, “Love and the Human Condition,” Sarajevo. Bosnia and Herzegovina
— Plenary Speaker, First Conference, International Gestalt Therapy Study Group on Field-Emergent Self
— Presenter Instituto Internationale di Psicopatologia e Psicoterapia della Gestalt,
2020
Lecturer, Ukraine Institute for Gestalt Therapy and Art
— Presenter. Conference on Coronavirus, Istituto Di Gestalt HCC, Syracuse, Italy,
— Visiting Faculty, Conference and Dialogue, Gestalt Therapy Institute of Malta
— Presenter, New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy
2019
Lecturer and Workshop Presenter, Istituto Humanista de Psicoterapia Gestalt, Mexico City and Puebla, Mexico
— Featured Speaker, Development of Gestalt Therapy Conference, Istituto Di Gestalt HCC, Mondelo, Italy,
— Presenter. European Association for Gestalt Therapy Conference, Budapest, Hungary
2018
— Presenter, Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy Conference. Toronto, Ca
— Distinguished Gestalt Visitor, Gestalt Associates of Los Angeles European Summer Training Program, Serock, Poland
— Weekend Workshop, Centro Gestálico de Peru, Lima, Peru
— Lecture and Workshop, Istituto Humanista de Psicoterapia Gestalt, Mexico City and Puebla, Mexico
2017
— Guest Faculty, Gestalt Relacional Peru, Lima, Peru
2016
— Plenary Respondent, Presenter, Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy/European Association of Gestalt Therapy Joint International Conference, Taormina, Italy
2014
— Presenter, weekend workshop, Gestalt Therapy Institutes Valencia, Spain
— Faculty, Instiut Residential. Institut Fraçais de Gestalt-Théraie and Institut Beige de Gestalt-Thérapie, Angers, France
— Workshops,International Faculty, Istituto Humanista de Psicoterapia Gestalt, Mexico City and Puebla, Mexico
2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004
— Presenter, Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy Conferences
2016, 2013, 2010, 2007,2006
— Presenter, European Association for Gestalt Therapy Conferences
— Weekend Training, Istituto Di Gestalt HCC, Syracuse, Italy,
Affiliations
2019-
— Guest Faculty, European Accredited Training Institute- Gestalt Therapy Training Institute, Malta
2010
— Present, Adjunct Faculty, The Center for Somatic Studies, New York, New York
2010
— Present, Adjunct Faculty, The Center for Somatic Studies, New York, New York
2005-Present
— Adjunct faculty, Gestalt Associates of New York
1989-1992
— Faculty supervisor, Gestalt Therapy Institute
1987-1993
— Consultant, educational curriculum development, Gay Men’s Health Crisis
1986-1994
— Faculty, Department of Education and Division of Professional Education, Gay Men’s Health Crisis
1984-1986
— Instructor, “An Introduction to the Theory of Gestalt Therapy,” seminar, New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy
1984
— Presenter, Independent trainer and faculty, New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy
Webinars
2018 to Present
— “Phenomenology and Gestalt Therapy,” “Perls, Hefferline and Goodman (PHG) as the theory of reference for Field-emergent Gestalt Therapy.”
2000 to Present
— “Classical Gestalt Therapy from a Relational Perspective” from before 2016 to the present and in Spanish “Terapia gestalt clássica y contemprańea desede una perspectiva relactional” (in translation) from 2016 to 2018.