2024 Gestalt Institute of Pittsburgh Spring Seminar Series
An Examination of Creative Indifference from A Gestalt Perspective
Creative indifference is an attitude and a tool to apply when the goal of therapy is to enable the client to work with and absorb their polarities. By working together phenomenologically, in the co-created therapy relationship, client and therapist can move beyond the familiar and explore the unknown.
Presenter: Sarah Gorzelsky, LPC, CCTP, CAADC
Sarah Lynn Gorzelsky currently works as a director at a nonprofit organization and as a licensed professional counselor and maintains a local private practice. She is a 2021 graduate of the Gestalt Institute of Pittsburgh and completed her Advanced Gestalt training in 2022.
Date: Friday, March 15, 2024
Time: 1:00 – 4:15 p.m.
Fee: $100
Location: Zoom
APPROVED FOR 3.0 CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
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A Gestalt Therapy Approach to The Darker and Lighter Sides of Family Dynamics
We are pleased to announce that this seminar will be presented by our Gestalt colleagues from London, Umaa Thampu and co-presenter Darren Nelson
Presenters: Umaa Thampu MBACP (Accred) and Darren Nelson MBACP (Reg)
Dates: Friday, March 22, 2024
Time: 1:00 – 4:15 pm
Fee: $100
APPROVED FOR 3.0 CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
Location: Zoom
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Embodied Connections: Applying Sex Therapy Techniques through a Gestalt Lens
With Gestalt Theory’s present-centered focus and concept of the self-regulating organism, the Gestalt approach to therapy blends organically with the theoretical understanding of Human Sexuality and the practice of Sex Therapy.
Presenter: Marisa Floro, LCSW, C.S.T.
Marisa Floro is a Gestalt-trained Certified Sex Therapist, whose therapeutic approach focuses on trauma-informed practice and somatic awareness.
Date: Thursday, April 4, 2024
Time: 5:30 – 8:45 pm
Fee: $120
Location: Gestalt Institute of Pittsburgh, 1824 Murray Avenue, Suite 201, Pittsburgh, PA 15217
APPROVED FOR 3.0 CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
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Differentiating between the Nuances of Fears and Anxieties In the Practice of Gestalt Therapy
The inspiration for this seminar was created based upon Umaa’s reflections on global themes and in recent years, providing therapy to clients amidst fearful world events. The Gestalt therapy concept of field theory is predicated on understanding the relationship between the individual and their world. This seminar will examine the impact of disturbances in the fields of our clients on the therapeutic process.
Presenter: Umaa Thampu MBACP (Accred)
Dates: Thursday, April 11, 2024
Time: 5:30 – 8:45 pm
Fee: $120
APPROVED FOR 3.0 CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
Location: Gestalt Institute of Pittsburgh, 1824 Murray Avenue, Suite 201, Pittsburgh, PA 15217
**All participants in this seminar are invited to a pre-seminar meet and greet with Umaa and the Gestalt Faculty at the Directors home from 6 to 8 PM on Wednesday April 10th
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Continuing Education:
The Program offers a specific number of Continuing Education Credit per seminar
The Gestalt Institute of Pittsburgh is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. GIP maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The Gestalt Institute of Pittsburgh has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5069. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. GIP is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
Program Participants:
Each program is designed for participants who are:
- Mental health professionals holding a degree in their respective field at a Masters and/or Doctoral degree level.
- Licensed human services professionals including Psychologists, Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family therapists
- Teachers and school counselors in both educational and community settings.
- Graduate students preparing for professional careers in mental health disciplines, behavioral sciences, or in the area of human services in which Gestalt methods would be a relevant extension of basic professional competence.
- Professionals who are practicing law and specializing in mediation services
- Two Year Program participants and graduates who are not practicing mental health professionals but who are interested in further skill development
Program Faculty:
This seminar training program is staffed by the current Faculty of the Gestalt Institute of Pittsburgh and Program Graduates. The members of the faculty of the Pittsburgh Gestalt Therapy Training Program for Professionals are practicing therapists with over 40 years of experience. They have earned certificates for completing 2-year Gestalt Training programs and have participated in advanced Gestalt training for more than 30 years. They are joined by Guest faculty who are practicing Gestalt therapists and vital members of the GIP community. This series also includes Umaa Thampu Faculty member Gestalt Centre of London.
- Thomas Petrone, Ed.D. Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Professional Counselor
- Maura Krushinski, Ed.D. Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Professional Counselor
- Kristy Carnahan, MA. Licensed Professional Counselor
- Connie Kramer, MA Licensed Professional Counselor
- Stephanie Helsel, PhD, LPC
- Darren Nelson MBACP (Reg)
- Holly Lassila, DrPH, MSEd, RPh, Licensed Professional Counselor
- Umaa Thampu MBACP (Accred)
Mission Statement: The mission of the Gestalt Institute of Pittsburgh is educate, enlighten an excite individuals and trainees about the theory, integration and application of Gestalt therapy. Our Faculty and staff provide the highest quality programs to individuals seeking training, personal development and support for their professional and personal endeavors. The Institute is guided by belief in the wholeness of human experience, adherence to the highest ethical standards and support of social justice values.
Program Description: This seminar program provides participants the time and opportunity to develop and practice foundational skills they acquired in their educational and in other professional endeavors. It supports development from basic mental health practice to becoming a more skilled and more accomplished therapist with a Gestalt approach. The program offers the opportunity for theoretical inquiry, skill development and personal growth experience necessary to integrate Gestalt theory and methodology into each therapist’s personal and professional therapeutic style.
Statement on Multicultural Considerations and Equitability:
The field-theoretical and the phenomenological tenets as well as the principles of holism take, per definition, cultural differences into consideration. Implicit in its field-theoretical understanding is the fact that human beings are not islands but impacted by social influences as well as impactful on others. With respect to the existential field, each person shares a world with others in a variety of ways contributing to meaning and value. (Kirchner, 2000). As such the Administrative staff and faculty of the Gestalt Institute of Pittsburgh are dedicated to conveying respect to all program participants without bias toward gender, physical disability, culture, ethnic origin, spiritual/religious orientation, sexual orientation or other personal differences. It is the expectation of the Gestalt Institute of Pittsburgh that all program participants will exercise the same principles.
Statement on Evaluation Process:
The Institute faculty will consider the following key elements when determining each participant’s completion of individual seminars and awarding of Continuing Education credit:
- Full attendance and participation
- Completion of seminar evaluation
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