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UPCOMING
CONFERENCES IGTA - International
Gestalt Therapy Association AAGT - Association
for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy World Congress
of Psychotherapy Margherita Spagnuolo-Lobb GANZ - Gestalt
Association of Australia and New Zealand 8th International
Conference of Gestalt Therapy RECENT
CONFERENCES 24th Annual
Conference of the Gestalt Center of Long Island Gestalt
Therapy Perspectives for the New Millenium
Frank Bosco was co-leader of a nine-week course for staff of Beth Israel Medical Center. Called ‘Caring for the Caregiver’, this course dealt with the use of music for healing grief and trauma. The project is expected to result in a forthcoming book edited by Peter Levine. Barry Bub will co-lead workshops this August and September integrating spirituality and Gestalt therapy in Esalen, Los Angeles, the Berkshires and the Catskills. On October 16 - 19 he will co-lead two workshops on physician wellness at the AMA conference in Vancouver. Bud Feder will go to the Kanner Academy in Florida in November to teach groupwork to the staff. On July 10, he teaches "An Introduction to Gestalt Therapy" for doctoral student interns at the Department of Human Services, State of New Jersey. Gail Feinstein has been appointed Consulting Therapist to the Kanner Academy in Florida. In addition, Gail will be teaching at the Illawara Gestalt Center in Australia, August 23 - 25. Ruella Frank taught
at the Centro de Terapia y Psycologia in Madrid, Spain in April.
In October, she will teach workshops in Manchester and Edinburgh. Carl Hodges traveled in March to teach in Sicily and Venice, as well as providing training and consultation for senior group therapists in London. In that same month, he taught the application of field theory to group process at the Gestalt Institute of the Berkshires. Perry Klepner will teach a workshop entitled "Exploring Aggression and Conflict" in Amsterdam this September. Philip Lichtenberg travelled to Wilmington, Delaware to address the group Pacem in Terris on thoughts for use in peace struggles, as informed by Gestalt therapy. He will teach in Mexico this summer and in Italy in the fall (see ‘Special Projects’ below.) Ed Lynch taught a three-day course at the Instituto di Gestalt in Venice in early June. Peter Philippson taught in Slovenia in May. He teaches in Mexico this summer (see below). Margherita Spagnuolo-Lobb teaches in June at the Centro de Terapia y Psycologia in Madrid, Spain. She will also teach in Mexico in July (see below). Anne Teachworth returns to Long Island in June for a three-day workshop on her transgenerational approach to couples counseling. In August she will teach in Seattle and in October she presents at the American Psychotherapy Association in Orlando, Florida.
Being Somebody:
Body and Character in Gestalt Therapy. Creative
Artistry in Gestalt Therapy WorkLife
Seminars presents personnel development workshops for
businesses and non-profits, on themes related to work and personal
growth. Coaching
Design Associates is a new business established by Lee
Zevy who has recently become a certified coach offering life
and career coaching. Our
Essential Selves: A Gestalt Rafting Trip at the Delaware Water Gap
will be lead by
Gail Feinstein in the autumn of 2002. Chronic
pain research. NEW LEADERSHIP ROLES Cynthia Cook has become the coordinator of the Gestalt International Study Center in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. In addition, she is co-chair of the program planning committee for the AAGT conference. Bud Feder will become president of AAGT in November. He is presently treasurer of that organization. Perry Klepner is chair of the process group committee for the upcoming AAGT conference and is also a member of the program planning committee, as well as co-chair of membership for the organization. Burt Lazarin was reelected to another two-year term as executive director of Identity House. He previously served as its clinical director. Located in New York City, Identity House is an all volunteer organization providing peer counseling and group services to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. It was founded in 1971 by many people active in the NYIGT.
Dan Bloom’s article "Words of Fire, Words of Stone: Gestalt Therapy and Language" will appear in the next issue of The Gestalt Journal. Rachel Brier is co-authoring an article "Working through Conflict at Impasse" upon which her upcoming workshop at the AAGT conference will be based. Cynthia Cook wrote two encomia in memory of Ruth Wolfert. One was published in the British Gestalt journal. The other can be found in the on-line edition of Gestalt Review. In addition, the chapter which she co-authored with Ruth, ‘Gestalt In Action’ was recently published in "Beyond Talk Therapy", American Psychological Association Press. Bud Feder’s "Dual Relationships in Gestalt Therapy" is under review for publication by Gestalt Review. Ruella Frank’s
book "Body of Awareness: A Somatic and Developmental Approach
to Psychotherapy" is available from Gestalt Press. Susan Gregory’s article "Elsa Gindler: Lost Gestalt Ancestor" appears in the current issue of the British Gestalt Journal. Her newly completed work "On Singing and Social Identity" is presently being reviewed for publication. Martha Helliesen has contributed a chapter, ‘Sex and Panic’, for the book "The Phenomenology of Panic" from North Atlantic Books. Carl Hodges has written a chapter "Creative Process in Gestalt Therapy" for Margherita Spagnuolo-Lobb’s new book (below). Richard Kitzler
has completed "The Foundations of Gestalt Therapy", the
first in a set of three lectures. It is presently being reviewed
for publication. Philip Lichtenberg
has recently written chapters for several books. They are ‘Treating
Persons Who Are Often Oppressors’ in "The Values of Connection"
edited by Robert Lee, ‘Group Therapy for Therapists in Gestalt
Therapy Training: A Therapist-Trainer’s Reflections’ in
"The Psychotherapist’s Own Therapy", and a chapter
in Gordon Wheeler’s new book on the relevance today of Paul
Goodman’s volume of "Gestalt Therapy". In addition,
his ‘The Four Corners at the Intersection of Contacting’
appears in "Contacting and Relationship in a Field Perspective",
edited by Jean-Marie Robine. Ed Lynch has authored a chapter on Family Therapy, "Creativity in Family Therapy", for Margherita Spagnuolo-Lobb’s new book (see below); and he has an article under review, "A Micro-Assessment of a Clinical Session by Fritz Perls" by Gestalt Review. Renate Perls’ "Those Who Come After", an autobiography of ‘how I became who I am through the teaching of my parents’ is in the process of being redesigned. Peter Philippson’s
book "Self in Relation" is due out this summer from Gestalt
Journal Press. Margherita Spagnuolo-Lobb’s
article ‘A Gestalt Model for Profoundly Disturbed Patients
in Residential Settings - Addressing Psychosis’ will appear
in the next issue of the British Gestalt Journal. For the book edited
by Jean-Marie Robine, she has provided "From the epistomology
of self to clinical specificity in Gestalt Therapy". Anne Teachworth’s "Why We Pick the Mates We Do" is soon to appear in its 5th, and revised, addition. The new edition will have a foreword by Anne Ancelin Schutzenberger. Carmen Vazquez Bandin, Director of Centro de Terapia y Psycologia in Madrid, Spain has translated "Gestalt Therapy" into Spanish. It is "Terapia Gestalt: Excitacíon y Crecimiento de la Personalidad Humana". Lee Zevy’s article ‘Religious Fundamentalism, Lesbians and Therapy’ will be published in The Journal of Spirituality and Human Sexuality. Her article ‘Tomboys, Sexuality and Therapy" is soon to be published in The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy. The variety and quantity of activities listed here illustrates the breadth and depth of work being done by our membership in the Gestalt community at large, and illustrates the far-flung influence our dedication to ever-evolving Gestalt therapy is having throughout the world. All members of the New York Institute are a part of these accomplishments, which flow from the ground of our ongoing study together. |
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