The Gestalt Foundation regularly organizes open lectures on issues of general interest where the principles and methodology of Gestalt therapy can be applied. These open lectures take place in both Athens and Thessalonica.

Gestalt Foundation has a longstanding collaboration with the IANOS Cultural Chain, in both cities, and hosts a series of regular open lectures presented by the Foundations founding members and standing scientific partners.

The annual schedule of the series of open lectures is listed in the Foundations site and in its publications.

As part of its activities schedule, the Gestalt Foundation, each year organizes a closed therapy-awareness group, based on the Gestalt psychotherapy principles and methodology. This group has a 3 year duration and meets regularly once a week for a 1 ½ hour.

This therapy- awareness group is designed for the Foundation trainees as well as for individuals who would like to learn more about themselves, to experiment with more flexible ways of communication and explore personal and interpersonal conflict.

Group therapy is mandatory for trainees and the hours of attendance covers the required hours for their training program.

Each year the Gestalt Foundation organizes and offers one or more series of closed supervision groups with one or more supervisors for each series in order to satisfy graduates’ and individuals’ interest in participating in these groups.

The Supervision groups are addressed to professionals who seek to improve both in a personal and professional level on issues facing their patients, to improve their skills and give each other professional support.

Hour of attendance are added to the hours of participation in supervision groups required by the training program they enroll in.

The Gestalt Foundation is a modern organization with a core philosophy of providing help for our fellow man. For the people of the Gestalt Foundation volunteering is considered a duty.

The Gestalt Foundation encourages its trainees to participate in volunteering activities through their clinical practice, creating a network of collaboration with social, nonprofit organizations and bodies providing support services.

Organizations such as: Pentelis’ Children’s Infirmary in Athens, Konstantinoupoleos Hearth Nursing Home in P. Fokaia Attica, the Hellenic Association of Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders in Thessalonica, Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO as well as organizations in places like Larisa, Volos, and Xanthi.

This is a detailed list of the Gestalt Foundation volunteering activities:

• GON.IS.
  
  • Counseling groups to support parents
• KARKINAKI
  • Counseling groups to support nursing staff
• 19th Elementary School in Aigaleo

      Counseling groups to support parents.

• Municipality of Petroupoli (Athens)
  • Support and Counseling groups addressed to parents in collaboration with the EN.E.O.N. Association (Union of Greek Women for Family and Youth).
  • Supervision of the volunteering psychologists (group coordinators) on a monthly basis.     
• “YWCA” of Larissa (Program of social service)
  • Groups for psychological support & counseling addressed to women.
  • Individual sessions for psychological support & counseling to women.
  • Organizing and training of the volunteers of the association.
  • Supervision of the volunteers on a monthly basis.
• “YWCA” of Thessaloniki (Program of social service)
  • Individual psychological support meetings for women of vulnerable social groups.
• Friends – Volunteers of Child Care Institution (Thessaloniki)
  • Psychological support and workshops for creative expression of women detained in the prison of Diavata.
• Christodoulio Foundation For The Protection Of Children (Athens)
  • Design and implementation of volunteer training program (one year program).
  • Supervision of the volunteers on a fortnightly basis.
  • Supervision of the program’s trainers.
• XEN Larissa (Social Services Programme)
  • Group Psychological and counselling support for women
  • Individual psychological and counselling support for women
• XEN Thessaloniki (Social Services Programme)
  • Individual meetings to support women from vulnerable social groups
• Association of Cancer Patients of Larissa (Larissa)
  • Training and supervision to the volunteers of the Association.
• Association of Cancer Patients of Macedonia – Thrace (Thessaloniki)
  • Psychological support groups for patients.
  • Support groups for the new members of the Association.
  • Individual meetings for psychological support and counseling of patients.
• Thessalian Association of People with Multiple Sclerosis (Volos)
  • Individual therapeutic sessions for the psychological support of patients & care-givers.
  • Psychological support groups of patients & care-givers.
• 6th Elementary School in Aigaleo
  • Counseling groups to support parents.
•    "ELPIS" Nursing Home (Athens)
  • Providing psychological support to the elderly.
•    “PIXIDA” A.M.K.E., "PSYCHARGOS" PROGRAMME –  BOARDING HOUSE "THARAPAFSI" (Athens)
  • Providing psychological & creative support to the boarders.
• 9th High School in Nikaia
  • Counseling groups to support teachers.
• 5th All day Primary School in Argos
  • Counseling groups to support teachers.
• 9th Elementary School in Glyfada
  • Counseling groups to support parents.
• Medecins Sans Frontieres (Athens)
  • 14-hour educational workshop on "Main strategies in crisis intervention" to the staff of the Association.
• Palea Pendeli Infirmary (Athens)
  • Creation of supporting group of the orphanage’s staff members.
  • Creation of supporting group of the orphanage’s volunteers.
• Estia Konstantinoupoleos Nursing Home (P. Fokea of Attica)
  • Individual psychological support for the elderly.
  • Individual psychological support to elderly patients of the infirmary.
  • Creation and coordination of groups of creative expression.
• Charity Nursing Home of the Societe Social Care of Moschato (Athens)
  • Psychological support for the elderly.
  • Creation and coordination of groups of creative expression.
• Greek Association of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders (Thessaloniki)
  • Group psychological support for dementia patients. 
  • Group psychological support for care-givers.
  • Individual therapeutic intervention.
• “Together for Children” Association (Athens)
  • Staffing with psychologists of the “Together for Children” free help-line that provides counseling and one-to-one appointments for children, young people and parents.
• Students’ Center for Psychological Counseling – Technological Educational Institute of Larissa
  • Students’ psychological support.
• Students’ Center for Psychological Counseling – Faculty of Medicine/ School of Health Sciences University of Thessaly (Larissa)
  • Students’ psychological support.
• Students’ Center for Psychological Counseling – Department of Post-Graduate Studies/ University of Thessaly (Volos)
  • Students’ psychological support.
• Thessalian Association of People with Multiple Sclerosis (Larissa)
  • Training seminars addressed to the volunteers of the Association, who provide patients with house visits. 
  • Supervision of volunteers on a monthly basis.
• Association of Friends of Children with Cancer STORGI (Thessaloniki)
  • Individual and group counseling sessions to children suffering from cancer and their parents.
• Association of Women with Breast Cancer "Alma Zois" N. Thessaloniki
  • Group counseling sessions to women with breast cancer and short -term thematic groups sessions.
• Association of Women with Breast Cancer "Alma Zois" N. Thessaloniki
  • Group counseling session to women members of the Association through music, yoga, visual arts and theater practices
  • At times, there has been voluntary collaboration with other frameworks and institutions, such as:
• The Volunteers – Friends – Doctors of Cancer Patients Association    C.V.F.D. (Athens) (2004-2014)
  • Design and implementation of volunteer training program (twoyear program).
  • Supervision of the volunteers on a fortnightly basis.
  • Supervision of the program’s trainers.
  • Open support group for patients on a weekly basis.
  • Individual sessions of psychological support for patients/ relatives.
  • Meetings/ Workshops.
•      Cancer Patients' Association “Friends of Arta” (Arta)
  • Designing and implementing a volunteer training program.
• Support Organisation “KROUSMATON” - VOLUNTEER COUNSELING STATION FOR ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF THERMAIKOS (Thessaloniki)
  • 6-8 individual counseling sessions with parents or the adolescents themselves
  • Group meetings every 15 days
  • Supplementary assistance for the youth percussion band
  • Supervision of the volunteers
  • Supervision and support for the psychotherapists who are involved in the organisation
• Safe zone in the area of Imathia (Thessaloniki)
  • Psychological support and creative involvement with unaccompanied refugees.
• Association for Volunteer Support of Minors and Young People: “INSIDE&OUTSIDE” (Thessaloniki)
  • Psychological support and creative involvement with individuals being held temporarily in custody.
• Association of Cancer Patients & Friends of Xanthi (Xanthi)
  • Training seminars for the volunteers of the Association.
  • Psychological support and counseling groups for patients.
• “Women’s Refugee”
  • Individual therapeutic sessions
  • Group support for women
  • Couple’s counseling
  • Organizing and training of the volunteers
  • Supervision of volunteers
  • Public information campaigns
• Association of Cancer Patients of Edessa
  • Open lectures.
  • Psychological support groups.
  • Individual psychological support sessions for patients / relatives.
• Moschato Football Camp (summer camp)
  • Implementation of a teaching program for an effective communication between children through creative ways of expression, association and cooperation.
• Relax Palace – Care Unit for the Elderly (Athens)
  • Counselling support group for the relatives.
• Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO
  • Design and implementation of a training program (experiential workshops) addressed to schools of primary and secondary education of Attica and Thessaloniki with main goal the sensitization of the educators in issues of human rights and of conflict resolution.
• “G.M.S.S.” Greek Multiple Sclerosis Society (Thessaloniki)

• Association of Cancer Patients of Giannitsa
• Panhellenic Association of Early-Years Teachers (Athens)
  • Support group for early-year teachers.
• Parent Union with Diabetic Children & Adolescents of  North Greece (Thessaloniki)
• Association of Cancer Patients of Ptolemaida
• 8^th Kindergarten of Geraka (Athens)
  • Counseling and support group for parents.
•     16th Maroussi Elementary School
  •       Counseling groups to support parents.

«e-therapy» by Gestalt Foundation

Gestalt Foundation online social service and volunteering program. Rich experience of partnership and offering in the heart of a deeply "wounded" era!

On March 18, 2020, just a few days after the announcement of the first cases of COVID-19 in our country, the Gestalt Foundation Psychotherapy and Training Center, drawing inspiration from the principles of social contribution and volunteerism, which characterize its parallel activities, organizes and publicizes the establishment of a psychological support program, with the symbolic title: "Remote... CONTACT".

The goal of the program is to "gather the forces" of Gestalt therapists and, in a completely voluntary context, to contribute through their work to fellow human beings who need psychological support but do not have the means to ensure it for themselves.

A framework is immediately created that foresees specific categories of people most affected by the pandemic and special conditions for inclusion in the program, in order to help every person in need to face the uncertainty and unprecedented pressure of the pandemic and the psychological impact of the quarantine on their daily life, during the restrictive measures imposed by the state for the health treatment of the coronavirus.

The program quickly gained momentum and requests arrived at a blistering pace. The waiting list is growing and with it the need to include more and more therapists in the volunteer program. At an initial stage, 4 supervision groups are activated, coordinated by a Gestalt supervisor for each, with 30 volunteer therapists equally included in them. Through this program, in the first phase of the pandemic, more than 150 people found the support and care they needed to deal with whatever difficulties they were forced to experience, following a series of a certain number of sessions, via the Internet, with "their personal" mental health counselor/psychotherapist, final student or graduate of the Gestalt Foundation.

Since requests for participation in the program were increasing even during the summer months and bearing in mind that the pandemic is still active, it was decided to intensify the volunteer program, developing it into an important social contribution and volunteer program for Gestalt therapist graduates, but, at the same time, it is being upgraded to an internship structure for Gestalt Foundation graduate therapists, with the main goal of increasing the potential of collaborating mental health specialist volunteers in the program.

Thus, in September 2020, the Gestalt Foundation announces the organization and operation of the new volunteer program "e-therapy" by Gestalt Foundation to provide free psychological support and counseling, in times of crisis, via the Internet. The renewed voluntary program follows the successful operating model of the previous one, but it is upgraded and developed on several levels. Those interested (who must meet certain conditions) will be able to send their request, through a simple message, to participate in the program on the page created for this purpose on Facebook: https://www.facebook .com/gestalt.therapy.by.GF

The conditions for accepting a request for participation in the program were to be

• Adults (18 years and over)
• Workers who belong to the professions affected by the current health crisis (unemployed or part-time workers)
• Single parent families (Mother or Father)
• Concerned that their initial request for psychological support or counseling is related to the current socio-economic situation created by the health crisis.

After the management and acceptance of each request, each participant in the program is forwarded to the respective first available therapist, who undertakes the organization, implementation and completion of the online sessions with the interested party. Each participant is exclusively monitored by a specific and stable mental health consultant (therapist, trained in Gestalt psychotherapy) while throughout the intervention the therapists, in turn, join small supervision groups, which operate on a stable basis with the care and the supervision of Gestalt Foundation trainers.

By March 2021, more than 86 therapists (graduates and final students of the Gestalt Foundation) have collaborated in the program, and more than 420 of our fellow human beings have found the support and care they needed to face whatever difficulties they had to experience due to the pandemic.

Requests for participation in the program did not stop for a moment arriving on our page. The "e-therapy" program continues with the deep belief of the entire community of Gestalt therapists that together we will be able to overcome this difficulty and contribute to the community with all our strength!

In the academic year 2022-2023, which is the 4th period of the volunteer program "e-therapy", an additional 55 new volunteer therapists or final year trainee Gestalt therapists joined, while 5 new supervisory teams were activated to strengthen and ensure the effectiveness of the program.

Since the announcement of this year's resumption of the program (in October 2022) and within the first month of operation, more than 85 people who meet the conditions for participation in said action have already requested help and received the support they needed.

The coordinator and manager of requests for the entire program is Nikolas Raptis, Mental Health Counselor and graduate of the Gestalt Foundation.

The Gestalt Foundation has established itself as a major training provider in psychotherapy and especially in the Gestalt psychotherapy approach for psychotherapists, mental health consultants and organization and business consultants.

As an accredited training provider it tries to collaborate with other accredit bodies in Athens, Thessalonica and the wider region.

The Gestalt Foundation has collaborated with NEW YORK COLLEGE, NORTH COLLEGE, BRITISH HELLENIC COLLEGE, MEDITERRANEAN COLLEGE, CITY COLLEGE, INDIANAPOLIS UNIVERSITY, METROPOLITAN COLLEGE and many others providing scientific updates through presentations and lectures given by founding members and standing scientific partners.

The Gestalt Foundation Psychotherapy and Training Center actively participates in several European Projects implemented by various Organizations.

The European Union is planning and funding programs for education and training, aimed at strengthening the skills and employability , modernization of education, youth training in all areas of Lifelong Education (Higher Education, Vocational training, Adult Education, School Education, youth activities, etc). These programs are implemented by member countries bodies. Within the different actions and programs the Gestalt Foundation has been invited to participate by providing significant support in their implementation.

Some of the programs Gestalt Foundation have participated in:

• As a collaborator body it participated in the organization of the “Specialized Seminar on Health Education”. A 240 hours seminar held in Kilkis for 60 Primary education teachers, as an associate body ( Scientific Study) together with:
  • The Department of Secondary Education in Kilkis( Health & Environmental education department),
  • The Scientific Association for Adult Education,  
  • The Center for Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Group Pedagogical and Action for Environmental Education and Training.

Organizing body: Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs (Integrated Administrative Department of Studies, Training and Innovation- Department of Vocational Guidance & Educational Activities, Department of secondary Education Environmental Education, National Youth Institute). 

• Gestalt Foundation, also participated as a Support Service Provider for the General Secretariat for Gender Equality, Ministry of Interior Public Administration and Decentralization program “Positive Action for equal opportunities for both men and women in small and large businesses” for 60 employees of the PARFUMS CHRISTIAN DIOR HELLAS ΑΕΒΕ

• The Gestalt Foundation also organized and completed the “Awareness Training” action as part of the inter-regional program “Environmental Awareness for Different Cultural Groups”.

The Gestalt Foundation each year includes in its various activities, the organization of experiential workshops covering specific issues such as human relations, family relations, workplace relations and the wider social environment.

These experiential workshops are addressed to the Gestalt Foundation trainees, as well as to Mental Health and Humanities students and professionals who would like to familiarize themselves with the theory, methodology and application of Gestalt theory and individuals who wish to learn more about them and experiment with more expressive forms of communication and contact on intrapersonal and interpersonal conflicts.

For trainees the hours of attendance covers the required hours for their training program.

• Antonatou Vasiliki, Psychology HND - specialized GESTALT therapist. Experienced group therapy moderator: seniors, parents, adult self-awareness groups, “ARSIS” volunteer and employee supportive groups, refugee minors care center. She is also a practicing psychotherapist, offering individual treatment.

• Antoniou Elena, BSc (University of La Verne), with an MSc in Counselling Studies (University of Hull). She is also a Gestalt therapist and Supervisor, member of the Greek and European Association of Gestalt Psychotherapy (HAGT, EAGT), as well as a member of Attachment Parenting Hellas. She has also completed the basic CRM training in the Institute of Trauma-therapy. She has worked with children groups, in psychiatric residents, in women abuse groups in support groups for cancer volunteers as well as in therapy groups at Gestalt Foundation. As of 2006 she works in private practice.

• Askaridou Victoria, Mental Health Counselor, Gestalt Psychotherapist, Gestalt supervisor, Sandplay Therapist, Hypnosis Therapy, Adlerian training in parent groups, Trauma Therapist (EMDR, CRM basic & advanced), CRM trainer.

• Athanasouli Paraskevi, Psychologist (BSc, University of Athens) - Clinical Neuropsychologist (MSc, University of Athens) and Gestalt Psychotherapist (GestaltFoundation). Certified member of the Hellenic Society of Gestalt Psychotherapy - HAGT. Trained in "Basic Principles in Counseling and Psychotherapy with LGBT+ Individuals" in 2020 at Orlando LGBT+ Mental Health Without Stigma, Athens and in "Cognitive Rehabilitation" in 2022 at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.

• Baier Armin, LCSW has a private psychotherapy practice in Los Angeles specializing in Relational Gestalt Therapy, addiction and trauma, and he is on the core faculty of the Pacific Gestalt Institute in Los Angeles. He provides clinical supervision in two Los Angeles mental health programs, and he serves as an officer and director of the Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles. Armin teaches at the Columbia School of Social Work Master’s Program online campus. A former Clinical Director of the Parallax Center chemical dependency treatment program, in NYC, his clinical experience, teaching and published writings include research, method and policy in the field of addiction.

• Chatzigeorgiou Eleni, Psychologist (National University of Athens), Gestalt Psychotherapist, Member of EAGT and HAGT, Dance Therapist/Instructor/Supervisor of DRT (Dance-Rhythm-Therapy), Head of Pedagogics of DRLST Training Program in S. Greece (Association Dance, Rhythm, Social Link and Therapy-Greece), Member of DRT-International and GADT, Choreographer. As a Gestalt psychotherapist she has collaborated with various Therapy Centers for children, adolescents and families, she has been working privately with adults since 2007 and since 2010 she has been coordinating Dance Therapy groups and educational seminars in Greece and abroad as well as experiential-educational movement and Gestalt psychotherapy workshops in collaboration with the Gestalt Foundation of Athens and Thessaloniki.

• Denham-Vaughan Sally, Dr, is an International Trainer, Psychotherapist, Registered Training Supervisor, Organisational Consultant and Accredited Coach/Coach Supervisor. She has a background in Clinical Psychology and Gestalt Psychotherapy with over 25 years’ experience in senior leadership positions in the NHS in the UK. She now specializes in Relational Leadership Development, Organisational/Community Transformation and Governance/Ethical Frameworks. Recently her consulting work has focussed on large scale culture change programmes with global organisations committed to ethical, ecological and sustainable developments. She also works as an executive coach with CEO and Board members of purpose driven organisations. She is the Co-Founder of Relational Change, an International Organisation specialising in developing Relational Approaches in theory and practice, International Board Advisor at The Relational Center in Los Angeles, Academic Advisor on the Doctoral programme at Metanoia/Middlesex University in London, International Faculty Associate at the Pacific Gestalt Institute in California and an Associate with the Taos Institute. She presents widely at conferences and international training centres and was the keynote speaker at the GANZ conference, (Gestalt Australia and New Zealand), in 2014.

• Efthymiopoulou Nassia, Psychologist, Gestalt psychotherapist, EMDR therapist and certified Gestalt Practitioner in Organizations from EAGT. Based in Athens, working in private practice with adults both individually and in groups. Since January 2021 also participating as an advisor-Ombudsperson at the CAPSTONE project funded from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. She is member of both EAGT and Hellenic Association for Gestalt Therapy.

• Elioti Elissavet, Counsellor educated in Gestalt Psychotherapy (Gestalt Foundation of Athens, Greece), M.Sc. Psychology (University of East London), D.U. in Somatic-psychoeducation for management of stress and physical and emotional pain (Universidade Fernando Pessoa), Diploma in Somatic-psychoeducation (École supérieure de Somato-psychopédagogie de Paris), Pilates Instructor (Pilates BASI, Refined Pilates Training of Jenny Colebourne), Soloist Diploma in Cello (Filippos Nakas Conservatory) and Certificate in theory of music (Konstantinos Evaggelatos Conservatory).

• Emmanouilidis Panagiotis, I was born in 1975 at Athens and raised in Nea Ionia, Attica. I studied at the Agricultural University of Athens at Food Science and Technology and Oenology department. I then completed postgraduate studies M.B.A. at the University of Leicester. I retrained as a Mental Health Counselor at the Center for Applied Psychotherapy and Counseling and completed postgraduate studies in Psychology (M.Sc. Psychology, University of East London). I am trained in the Gestalt psychotherapeutic approach and I am certified as a Business Development Consultant (Gestalt Practitioner in Organizations) at Gestalt Foundation. I have also been trained as a Coordinator of Parent School Groups at the Panhellenic Association of Parent Schools. For more than 22 years I worked in multinational companies in the field of consumer goods, veterinary medicine and professional working dogs, leading groups of people with the aim of developing and strengthening communication skills. Today I am a Gestalt Mental Health Counselor. I practice Counseling Psychotherapy with the help of a certified therapy dog, Coaching in organizations and voluntary actions in "FLOGA" and "Child's Smile" with the help of the therapy dog. I am a Coordinator of School Parents' Groups, a member of the Hellenic Association of Counseling (H.A.C). and the European Association of Counselling (E.A.C).

• Ellinger Bianca, Psychologist, graduate of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Gestalt Psychotherapist, graduate of Gestalt Foundation Athens, Physiotherapist. Member of EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy) Member and former president (2009-2013) of HAGT (Hellenic Association for Gestalt Therapy). Since 2003 she is working in her private practice with adults, adolescents, couples and groups. Currently she facilitates self-awareness and therapy groups in various educational institutions.

• Erketziki Asimina, is a graduate psychologist of the Psychology Department of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Thessaloniki with a 4-year training in Gestalt from the "Gestalt Foundation" Psychotherapy and Education Center, trainee trainer. In addition, she trained in Psychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy (PIT) from the University of Manchester and specialized at Master's level in Reich psychotherapy with Alberto Torre from the Wilhelm Reich Center for Psychotherapy and Counseling. She is a member of the Panhellenic Psychological Association, of the Hellenic Society of Gestalt Psychotherapy (HAGT) and of the European Association for Gestalt Therapy (EAGT). She has professional experience as a psychologist, as a trainer in adult education and as a career counselor. Also she has experience in vulnerable social groups - specifically prisoners and Roma - and provides services in a voluntary context collaborating with many agencies, schools and organizations. She promotes public awareness of psychology through the media. In addition, she has rich educational experience in sociology, counseling and psychotherapy.

• Estrup Liv, MA, MFT California in private practice since 1970, certified Gestalt therapist 1979, twice past President of the Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles, American Association of Marriage Family Therapists (AAMFT) - member since 1985, Approved Supervisor 2000, Gestalt Associates Training Los Angeles (GATLA) Faculty since 1999, taught Gestalt Therapy in the graduate program at Loma Linda University for 15 years, Supervisor at Southern California Counseling Center for 20 years, Member of IAAGT and AAMFT. Liv supervised individually and in groups at a community mental health center in Los Angeles for twenty-five years as well as collaborated in live supervision through GATLA training programs for almost thirty years. She has also taught supervision in large clinical settings.

• Fragkatou Myrto, Psychologist - Psychotherapist, is practicing psychology in her office at Agia Paraskevi, while having 15 years of experience in the field of Human Resources Management. She holds a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Organizational Psychology from Panteion University, as well as an MSc in Human Resources Management from Athens University of Economics and Business. She has completed gestalt psychotherapy in Gestalt Foundation Athens and has been certified as Gestalt Practitioner in Organizations (G.P.O.). by EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy). She has also voluntarily worked for psychological support helpline "Mazi gia to paidi", as well as a freelancer for a child protection institute.

• Francesetti Gianni, Psychiatrist, Gestalt therapist, international trainer and supervisor, he has published widely on psychotherapy and psychopathology, exploring original approaches to understanding clinical suffering from a phenomenological and Gestalt therapy viewpoint and proposing new models for framing particular clinical disorders (including experiences of panic, depression, psychosis, and obsessive-compulsive disorder). He is president of Poiesis. Gestalt Therapy Center of Torino and co-director of the IPsiG (International Institute for Gestalt Therapy and Psychopathology). He is Past President of the EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy), of the SIPG (Italian Society for Gestalt therapy) and of the FIAP (Italian Federation of Psychotherapy Associations), member of the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, the Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy (AAGT), the European Association of Psychotherapy (EAP), and the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR). He lives and works in Turin, Italy.

• Hewitt Evans Joanna, Course leader of a UKCP accredited Gestalt Training at Scarborough Psychotherapy Training Institute, UK. She is also registered as an Integrative Psychotherapist with EAIP and Director of the European Institute for Psychotherapeutic Studies. Joanna has worked for many years with children and families and is particularly interested in the development of identity.

• Jacobs Lynne, inhabits two psychotherapy worlds. She teaches gestalt therapists world-wide. She is co-founder of the Pacific Gestalt Institute and also a training and supervising analyst at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis. She is co-editor of The Healing Relationship in Gestalt Therapy: A Dialogic / Self Psychology Approach, and co-editor of Relational Approaches in Gestalt Therapy (both with Rich Hycner). She has also published numerous articles in gestalt therapy and psychoanalytic journals. Her abiding interest is attempting to understand the psychotherapeutic relationship. She has a private practice in Los Angeles.

• Jára Martin (1961), Czech psychologist, Gestalt therapist, trainer and supervisor, member of EAGT, author of book Dreams Live (2001) and the essay «Dream in Relationship and Relationship in Dream» (Quaderni di Gestalt 2/2018). Throughout his career, Martin has conducted workshops on «Dreams» in Slovenia, Poland and Finland, as well as participating in international conferences including EAGT's one. Nowadays Martin is engaged in the studies of phenomenology of body, perception and dreams as well as participating in the postgraduate program of Gestalt training lead by Jan Roubal.

• Kanellea Lydia, I am a Counseling Psychologist (Msc) and Gestalt Psychotherapist. I was born in Athens in 1992, where I grew up. I completed my studies in Psychology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and my postgraduate studies in Counseling Psychology at the University of Edinburgh. In my return to Greece, I was trained in the Gestalt Psychotherapeutic Approach, at the certified center of Gestalt Foundation in Athens. My clinical experience begins with the coordination of workshops for children, in the context of Child and Family Support Center of SOS Children’s Village, where photography represented the main mean of projection and expression in therapy. Afterwards, my voluntary participation in various social services, such as the 11525 Line of the "Together for the Child" Union, the "Social Welfare of Moschato" Charity and the "Penteli Hospital" Social Welfare Center (former P.I.K.P.A.), significantly enhanced my experience with children, parents, seniors and foster mothers. Thereinafter, I collaborated with special treatment centers, conducting individual and group counseling and psychotherapy sessions for children, teenagers and parents with psycho-emotional difficulties. At the same time, since 2017, I started my private practice as a Gestalt psychotherapist. My postgraduate trainings include the use of photography in therapy, issues of violence, trauma and abuse, as well as couple therapy. Today I live and work in Athens and Kalamata, where I work with children, teenagers, adults and couples, in person and via Skype. I am a member of EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy) and HAGT (Hellenic Association of Gestalt Therapy).

• Kapoulea Amalia, BSc in Counseling and Psychological Science in Mediterranian College, University of Teeside. She is trained in Gestalt Therapy in Gestalt Foundation of Athens. She has worked as a psychologist with groups of people suffering from cancer, elderly people, educators, parents and children. Currently she is working as an individual and group psychotherapist in her private practice. She also runs and facilitates personal development groups, workshops for parents and adolescents, and she conducts adult group therapy. She is a member of EAGT European Association for Gestalt Therapy) and ΗAGT (Hellenic Association for Gestalt Therapy) & ECP holder (European Certificate of Psychotherapy).

• Karapiperis Christos, father of three kids, social worker and Gestalt therapist. In the past he has worked as a social worker with refugees and several groups of socially excluded people in the Hellenic Red Cross. He graduated from Gestalt Foundation in Athens and now works in private practice in Patras, Greece. As a Gestalt therapist he works with individuals, couples and groups and holds seminars. He is a member of EAGT and the chair of the board of HAGT.

• Karasavva Aikaterini, has graduated from the Philosophy School of the University of Athens, and holds a B.Sc. Psychology (Middlesex University) and an M.Sc. in the Philosophy of Mental Disorder (King’s College London). She has graduated from the 4 year training in Gestalt Psychotherapy (Gestalt Foundation, Athens, Greece) and has worked in elderly homes, with cancer patient groups and their families, as well as with refugees who had suffered torture or other forms of ill treatment. She has also taught in various undergraduate and postgraduate Psychology and Psychotherapy programs. Her private practice is in Athens and she offers individual, group and couples therapy. She has also trained in existential therapy, relational Gestalt therapy, trauma and abuse as well as crisis management. She is a member of the Hellenic Association of Gestalt Therapy and the European Association of Gestalt Therapy.

• Klaren Guus (the Netherlands), EAGT accredited Gestalt therapist, international Gestalt trainer and -supervisor and Gestalt Practitioner in Organizations. He provides Gestalt supervision to students in Gestalt training, to Gestalt practitioners in private practices and the wider field of social- and mental healthcare. Both individually and group supervision. Guus is past president of the Dutch Flemish Association of Gestalt Therapy and Theory (NVAGT)and past chair of the Human Rights and Social Responsibility Committee of EAGT.

• Kostalou Aggeliki, Psychotherapist and Supervisor-member of HAGT and EAGT. BA in Psychology (American College of Greece), MSc in Psychology and Health (City University, London), PgCert in Counselling Skills (British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy, London) and BA in History of European Civilization (Hellenic Open University). She also works as a family counsellor, facilitates psychoeducational and therapy groups and teaches psychology in various educational institutions. She has worked with HIV and cancer patients, stroke survivors and victims of domestic violence and abuse.

• Koutela Eirini is a mental health counselor and psychotherapist, with postgraduate studies in Psychology (M.Sc. Psychology, University of East London), training in Gestalt psychotherapy (Psychotherapy and Training Center Gestalt Foundation of Athens) and previous postgraduate studies in business (I-MBA, Athens University of Economics and Business) and French, comparative literature and drama studies (Universite Marc Bloch-Strasbourg II). She has worked abroad and in Athens, in the field of business and marketing and in NGOs (director of the association of cancer patients, volunteers, friends, doctors “KEFI” of Athens) and as counselor in the psychological support of Patients’ Associations (“KEFI”, Association of People with Multiple Sclerosis and in the Panhellenic Association of Rare Diseases). Along with her private office, she is active as speaker, trainer and coordinator in actions and programs related to human rights, gender, sexuality, same-sex parenting (“PARADISO-European Union, Rights, Equality and Citizenship Program 2014-2020”, “Gender and sexual diversity”-Gestalt Foundation 2021, “Same-sex parenthood for the benefit of the child”-Social Welfare Center of Attica Region 2020-2021). She has collaborated with the Program and the Psychological Support line 11528 for the fight against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. She is member of the Board of Directors of Hellenic Association for Gestalt Psychotherapy, member of European Association for Gestalt Psychotherapy and the British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy.

• Kyriakou Evangelia, Psychologist (BSc Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), trained as a Gestalt Psychotherapist (Gestalt Foundation of Athens), Gestalt Practitioner in Organizations (G.P.O.) (Gestalt Foundation of Athens).

• Le Peuc’h Isabelle, Gestalt-Therapist, trainer and supervisor. She is also the director of the french Ecole Parisienne de Gestalt (EPG), which activity was created in 1981 by Serge and Anne Ginger. She is particularly attached to the holistic dimension of Gestalt-Therapy and has therefore completed her training with different body approaches.

• Levi Nurith, Ph. D., Gestalt Psychotherapist, specialized in supervision and family therapy. Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv and Be'er Sheba Universities, Beit Berl College, Clinical Advisor to the National Council of Child Protection. Chair of Training Standards Committee of EAGT.
• Liotas Naoum is a Gestalt psychotherapist and supervisor, business coach and adult educator. He was originally an Electrical and Computer Engineer from Aristoteleion University in Thessaloniki and a pianist with a BA in music performance. His education also includes an MBA (Master in Business Administration) with a specialisation in Human Resource Management and he is certified as a Gestalt Practitioner in Organisations from EAGT. He is a graduate from the Gestalt Foundation psychotherapy programme. He is a European Certificate of Psychotherapy (ECP) holder and a member of BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and of EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy). He has served in the Executive Committee of the International Association for Gestalt in Organisations (INTAGIO) for 9 years (2011-2020). He has working experience as a project manager, a researcher, an adult educator, a lecturer in the international Faculty of the University of Sheffield in Thessaloniki and as an organisational consultant offering his services to many companies. He lives and works in London where he holds his private practice. Currently, he also offers counselling and coaching services for Living Well CIC where he works with people living with HIV and other chronic diseases.

• Lompa Richard, Μ.Sc. Psychologist, Gestalt Psychotherapist, Linking Tutor with University of Middlesex. Member of EAGT.

• Loukidi Dora, Psychologist (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens) with specialisation in Educational Psychology (MSc Professional Training in Educational Psychology-University of London), Training in Gestalt Psychotherapy (Gestalt Foundation Athens). Worked for 12 years as Educational Psychologist in private and public education in Athens and currently supports children, adolescents and adults in private practice. Teaches the subject of "Educational Psychology" in Gestalt Foundation. Member of HAGT & EAGT. doraloukidi.gr

• Makridou Melina, MSc Health Psychology, University of Bristol UK, Gestalt Psychotherapist, gestalt supervisor. Member of EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy) and of the Hellenic Association for Gestalt Therapy (HAGT). She has been practicing her profession since 2006 with adults and people with chronic diseases, both at individual and group level (Association of Cancer Patients of Katerini & Pieria “Saint Ekaterini”). Since 2007 she has been collaborating with Psychotherapy & Training Center Gestalt Foundation as coordinator in therapy groups and experiential workshops.

• Mavridou Maria, Bsc, Med. Psychologist A.P.Th, Master in Education / Psychotherapist and Gestalt Supervisor. Member of EAGT and HAGT. She graduated from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Department of Psychology) in 1995. In 2004 she completed her training in the Gestalt psychotherapeutic approach (European Certificate of Gestalt Psychotherapy) and became a regular member of HAGT (Hellenic Association of Gestalt Therapy) and EAGT (European Association of Gestalt Therapy). In 2013, she received a master's degree in Education (EAP). During the years 2018-2020 she trained as a Gestalt supervisor (certified member of HAGT & EAGT) while in 2020-2021 she completed her training in CinemaTherapy (National & Kapodistrian University). He speaks English, French, Italian, Spanish. She worked for 15 years in a counseling center (Social Support Center) in individual and group counseling as well as in the short-term therapy of teenagers and adults. She also focused on counseling parents and children, organizing parenting schools as well as on the psychological support of Vulnerable Social Groups (single-parent families, abused families, refugees, disabled people, etc.). She was a consultant for cultural employment in the European program "Artists in action" of the EQUAL initiative. In the field of volunteerism, she worked in the social structure of YWCA, providing individual counseling to women. For a decade she also participated in voluntary actions to support cancer patients (Association of cancer patients of Macedonia - Thrace, ALMA ZOIS, Association of cancer patients and friends of Xanthi, etc.) organizing seminars and member support groups. In this context, she was the supervisor of volunteer gestalt psychotherapists for 3 years. Over the last years she has been working in private practice, focused on psychotherapy as well as on supervision on an individual and group level. Also, she organizes and coordinates lectures, seminars and personal development groups. She deals with issues of interpersonal relationships (couple, parent-child relationships, etc.), self-awareness, losses, chronic illnesses, panic attacks, chronic anxiety, etc.

• Mavromichalis Anastasis, Psychologist, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, MA in Social and Clinical Psychology, Member of EAGT and HAGT, Member of the Association of Greek Actors, Actor, Gestalt Supervisor. He has been working as psychologist since 1996 at structures for psychosocial intervention and therapy to high-risk population groups (Prisoners, gypsies, street children, addicted to psychoactive substances). He also works as psychotherapist in private practice both on individual and group level, emphasizing on the “here and now” and on the “mirroring” that strengthens awareness. He is particularly attracted to the therapeutic dynamic of the self-help groups. Since 1994 she has been participating as an actor in different theatrical groups of Thessaloniki.

• Meijer Sjanneke, E.D. Pedagogic, Psychotherapist, Gestalt trainer. She works with adults, couples and children.

• Michalaria Georgia, Psychology graduate of Panteion University, MSc Psychology of Education (UCL, former Institute of Education, London), Gestalt therapist, graduate of Gestalt Foundation. She has worked in shelters and protected apartments of psychiatric units, at a helpline for the psychosocial support of children, at an organization for the support of cancer patients and their families and at an NGO for the inclusion LGBT+ students in educational settings. She has facilitated parent groups and experiential workshops. She has been working in her private practice in Athens as a therapist with individuals, couples and groups.

• Moraitou Demi, Demi Moraitou has studied Communication-Advertising and Marketing B.A. A.M. (Communication-Advertising-Marketing). She is a Gestalt in Organizations Practitioner and has a Diploma in Greek Civilization. She has a Master in Adult Education and is a certified Adult Trainer in Greece and Cyprus. She has extensive experience as a Business Communications & Management Consultant for a big portfolio of firms. She delivers seminars for business executives in Greek and English language. She has taught in over 10 countries in a variety of training courses more to over 20,000 managers. She has worked for many years for non-profit organizations in Greece and abroad. She is a member of INTAGIO (Association of Gestalt Consultants), the Scientific Association of Adult Education, the Association of Friends of Astronomy of Thessaloniki, the Greek Guiding Association and the WAGGGS World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.

• Mouslech Helen, psychologist, graduate of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Gestalt psychotherapist and supervisor, holder of ECP, member of EAGT & HAGT. She has been working with groups and individuals in her practise since 2010. She focuses on body phenomenology and movement to discover new ways of expression and awareness in the therapeutic process. She is interested in the relational dimension of psychotherapy. Meditation teacher, coordinates mindfulness groups and courses.

• Orange Donna, Ph.D., Psy.D. Ph.D. in philosophy, Fordham University, New York, 1979. Psy. D. in clinical psychology, Yeshiva University, New York, 1987. Analytic certification, Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, New York, 1991. Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) and Consultant / Supervisor, New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. Relational Track. New York. Faculty and training and supervising analyst, Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, New York. She has written many books, studies and articles.

• Paraschou Marietta, BSc Psychology (University of La Verne, Athens). MSc Counseling Studies (University of Hull, U.K.) She has worked at a helpline “Kalipso” for Psoriatic patients and their families, with support groups for elderly and young adults. She has been engaged in the area of research, for 3 years, supporting the standardization of the “Fairy Tale Test" (projective test for children aged 6-12 years). Nowadays she works with adults both individually and in groups. Member of EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy) and of HAGT (Hellenic Association for Gestalt Psychotherapy).

• Partsia Despoina, Gestalt Psychotherapist and Social Worker (DUTh), trainee trainer of Gestalt Foundation. Scientific Director (and coordinator) at Association of Women with Breast Cancer. Mental health professionals Educator in the psychosocial support of cancer patients. Long experienced in group and individual adult psychotherapy. She works with the Gestalt Foundation Psychotherapy & Education Center as a coordinator of Self-Awareness and Supervision Groups. A member of EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy) and HAGT (Hellenic Association of Gestalt Therapy).

• Raptis Nikolas, Gestalt Psychotherapist, member of Hellenic Association for Gestalt Therapy (ΕΕΨΓ – HAGT) and certified psychotherapist European Association for Gestalt Therapy (EAGT), MSc Psychology, DEA Theater Studies and Group animator & coordinator.

• Stamatis George, Organizations Consultant, Coach and Trainer, Gestalt Practitioner in Organizations (GPO). He has studied Law (B.A.), Marketing (H.S.D.) and Adult Education (M.Ed.). He graduated the Gestalt in Organizations 4-years Advanced Level Program of the Gestalt Foundation, Greece. He worked from high level managerial positions in Greek and multinational corporations in the fields of Marketing, Sales and Communication (1976-2002). He taught at more than 350 enterprises and for more than 40.000 business executives in many countries (2002-). He has been a lecturer at the Athens University of Business and Economics for both under graduate and post graduate courses (2003-2009), as well in M.B.A. classes at the University of N. York in Prague and the University of N. York in Tirana (2000-2015). He works as Gestalt in Organizations coach and trainer (2009-) and he is the coordinator of the Gestalt Coaching in Business & Organizations Cycle of workshops of Gestalt Foundation, Greece (2015-). He authored 16 books, including “Integrated Strategic Communication”, “Total Business Success” and “the Art of Change. Gestalt: a different approach for Organizations” with co-authors F. Meulmeester and I. Rizou.

• Stavrianeas Stasinos, Assistant Professor at the School of Humanities, Hellenic Open University. He studied phi-losophy and social sciences at the University of Crete and the University of Edinburgh and he taught at the Philosophy Depr, University of Patras (2005-2022) His research is fo-cused on ancient Greek philosophy and science and especially on aristotelian natural phi-losophy and biology and hippocratic medicine. He is the author of a modern Greek trans-lation and commentary on Aristotle’s Parts of Animals. He is the editor of the volume Aris-totle on How Animals Move: The de Incessu Animalium: Text, Translation, and Interpreta-tive Essays (Cambridge University Press, 2021) and of the volume Philosophy and Medi-cine in Ancient Greece (Crete University Press, in print).

• Tosi Silvia, Psychologist (from 1989) and Gestalt psychotherapist (from 1998). Trainer at Istituto di Gestalt HCC Italy. Supervisor (accredited by EAGT). Since 1998 she has been working as clinical psychologist and Gestalt psychotherapist in private practice and in Public Health Service, with children, adolescents and families. She has been a presenter at several congresses, and has published some papers on Gestalt psychotherapy in developmental age, including:

- Conte E., Tosi S., (2016). Between Spontaneity and Intentionality of Growth: Gestalt Therapy and Children. In: M. Spagnuolo Lobb, N. Levi & A. Williams (Eds.), Gestalt Therapy with Children: From Epistemology to Clinical Practice. Siracusa (Italy): Istituto di Gestalt HCC Italy Publ

- Tosi S. (2016).Psicoterapia della Gestalt con i bambini: un modello di lavoro di gruppo. Quaderni di Gestalt, XXIX (1): 91-100.

- Tosi S., Conte E., (2023). Ring-a-ring o’ Roses, A Pocket Full of Posies. Gestalt Psychotherapy and Childhood Suffering In: Spagnuolo Lobb M., Cavaleri P.A.(Eds.), Psychopathology of the Situation in Gestalt Therapy. A Field Oriented Approach. London

She is on the editorial board of Quaderni di Gestalt journal and of Gestalt Therapy Book Series. She chairs the Training Standard Committee of the EAGT.

• Tur Valverde Guy-Pierre, Painter and Gestalt therapist working in Mexico City. Trainer at the Instituto Humanista de Psicoterapia Gestalt Mexico City since 1996. He is also invited as a trainer in several Gestalt Institute of the world like Europe and South America. He actualizes himself yearly at the Pacific Gestalt Institute of Los Angeles since 2012. He is also specialized in working in a relational perspective of Gestalt Therapy and the field of aesthetics as a therapeutic tool. Founder of COCREARTE MEXICO, a space for development of creativity (in 2010). As a painter he started to exhibit in 1975 in France and had several collective and individual exhibitions in Europe, United States and Latin America.

• Van Baalen Daan, MD, PhD, Gestalt therapist, trainer, supervisor and certified GPO. Certified EAP and EAGT member. Founder of Norwegian Gestalt institute academic college (NGI). Taught in several European countries. Published several articles. Involved actively in research.

• Vidakovic Ivana, B.A Psychology and M.A. in Clinical Psychology (Belgrade University). Gestalt Psychotherapist, member of EAGT. Additional education in EMDR and Solution Focused Brief Therapy. As a psychologist and psychotherapist, she worked at the Counseling Centre and the Centre for Rehabilitation of Trauma and Torture Victims, conducting individual psychotherapy and counseling for people who survived traumatic experience, people who were imprisoned during the war, refugees and internally displaced persons.

• Zielke Olaf, Gestalt therapist and trainer in Hannover and Hamburg (Germany), former member of the EC of the German Gestalt Association (DVG), member of the Training Standards Committee of EAGT.