Τι γίνεται όταν η ανάγκη του θεραπευόμενου για απαντήσεις/λύσεις συναντά τη δική μας ανάγκη (του θεραπευτή) για να βοηθήσει/να λύσει;

Πώς πυροδοτείται ο ρόλος  του Σωτήρα σε έναν θεραπευτή, όταν συναντά έναν θεραπευόμενο Θύμα (που πονάει, απελπίζεται, φοβάται) ή Θύτη (που θυμώνει, οργίζεται, υποτιμά, απαιτεί);

Πώς αυτό μπορεί να εμποδίσει την ισότιμη σχέση θεραπευτή / θεραπευόμενου τείνοντας σε μια σχέση εξάρτησης;

Πώς μπορώ να κρατήσω τις ποιότητες του Σωτήρα, διατηρώντας ταυτόχρονα την ισοτιμία που είναι θεμελιώδης στη θεραπεία Gestalt;

Μια εποπτική προσέγγιση υπό το πρίσμα του τριγώνου Σωτήρας – Θύτης – Θύμα.

ΗΜΕΡΟΜΗΝΙΕΣ:     Σάββατο 4 Ιουνίου 2022   10:00 – 18:00

                                Κυριακή 5 Ιουνίου 2022    10:00 – 18:00

ΣΥΝΤΟΝΙΣΤΡΙΑ: Τριάρικο Μαριάντζελα, Ψυχολόγος ΑΠΘ, ψυχοθεραπεύτρια, εκπαιδεύτρια και Επόπτρια Gestalt. Συνεργάτης του CTP (Μαδρίτη, Ισπανία) και του Ινστιτούτου Εκπαίδευσης Ψυχοθεραπείας Gestalt του Κάλιαρι (Cagliari, Ιταλία). Μέλος της HAGT και της  EAGT, θεραπεύτρια SRT (Spiritual Response Therapy).

ΚΟΣΤΟΣ ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΗΣ: € 180

ΧΩΡΟΣ ΔΙΕΞΑΓΩΓΗΣ: Μητροπόλεως 109, 2^ος όροφος, Θεσσαλονίκη. Σε περίπτωση όμως καραντίνας, λόγω νέας έξαρσης της πανδημίας του Covid 19, το εργαστήριο θα ακυρωθεί

Gestalt Foundation with a sense of social responsibility and in the context of the new emergency measures to face the pandemic of COVID-19, would like to inform you that it will remain closed until further notice.

For any further information & clarification you may need, you can call at ++30 210 7254 010 (for Athens), Monday - Friday and hours 10:00-18:00 and at ++30 2310 283 588 (for Thessaloniki & Larissa) and hours 10:00-17:00.

Our offices will be closed for the Christmas Holidays from Thursday 24/12/2020 until Friday 01/01/2021.

Happy Christmas!

The article entitled: Mother Nature is Suffering - The Eco-Phenomenological Approach to Gestalt Psychotherapy was published in issue 10 of the magazine EPOCHI - Psychotherapy, Phenomenology, Interpretation.

In her article, Ms. Balliou starts from the premise that each region of the earth is subject to different environmental pressures, some to a greater extent than others, but all regions influence each other in the way environmental issues are handled because environmental issues have no national borders. As such, they cannot be separated from social and economic inequalities.  It is therefore obvious that the solution can only be complex.

Ms. Balliou explores, through the lens of the Gestalt psychotherapeutic approach, the following questions:

1. What has gone wrong in our relationship with the environment?

2. Why are truths so difficult to uncover?

3. Is it really possible that everything can change "as if by magic" as many believe?

4. Is there any hope that our attitude towards nature will be redefined?

Gestalt therapy, as an eco-phenomenological approach, is supported by principles and concepts such as "Organism / Environment", "Contact", "Awareness", "Polarization", "Existential Dialogue" and "Social Responsibility" and these concepts can help raise awareness in therapists, patients, organizations and society in relation to the environmental challenges that exist in this century. The article concludes that by appreciating the reciprocal nature of interrelated phenomena in the field of "organism / environment", embracing the experiential complexity of our connection with the world and sustaining existential uncertainty in a “creative void”, we are contributing to the emergence of a new mentality in our relationship with the environment.

Dearest Philip, our wonderful teacher,

The time has come … that bittersweet hour when the heart tightens and triggers tears full of love.

All we can do is feel shaken, moved, and cry… letting, like flashbacks, the experiences of our contact with you emerge.

You take form within us, a warm presence with a penetrating gaze into the "here and now" of the other that fills the absences of life … a slender figure exuding a calm strength that embraces vulnerability by tenderly wiping away its tears.

You are gone, but you have left us a precious legacy.

A legacy of knowledge about social and personal responsibility, transcendence, exclusively aggressive behavior, social injustice, equality, oppression, human rights, faith versus safety, and so much more!

But mostly you have left a legacy of a way of being and existing in the world, both as a therapist with ethics, commitment, care, boundaries and authenticity, and as a sensitive, true, loyal teacher, citizen, friend, companion, father and grandfather ... it is a legacy that defines us and honors us.

So we thank you, dearest Philip, from the bottom of our hearts, and we will be forever grateful to you!

Philip Lichtenberg, Professor Emeritus at Bryn Mawr College and Co-Founder and Faculty Member of the Gestalt Institute of Philadelphia, Passed away peacefully and naturally on May 22, 2020 at Kendal at Longwood in Kenneth Square, PA.

Dr. Lichtenberg was born in Schenectady, N.Y. on October 1, 1926. He grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana excelling in basketball at South Side High School. After attending Rose Polytechnic Institute and Indiana University while in the U.S. Army Air Corps, he served in post WW 2 Germany as a sergeant in the cryptography section. He completed his BS, MA and PhD degrees at Western Reserve University (now CWRU) in Cleveland. Dr. Lichtenberg taught at Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work from 1961 to 1996 and at GTIP from its founding from 1984 to 2011.

In the last three months we have experienced in Greece, Europe and the whole world some truly unprecedented circumstances that have overturned our daily lives and immobilized our activities so much so that many of our established ways of behaving as citizens, as professionals but also as social beings are not judged to be appropriate and are being prohibited.

Such unexpected and unpredictable circumstances that at first disorganize us, entrapping us in a sense weakness and inaction, require our creative adjustment, individually, professionally and socially.

So we, at the Gestalt Foundation, after the initial  sense of bewilderment, have adjusted creatively, reacting and acting in time, with excellent organization, cooperation, response, willingness and even self-sacrifice on the part of the founding trainers! With the excellent guidance and undivided support and dedication of our technical support manager, we managed to complete our training program and some of the other educational activities of the academic year 2019-2020 through the online platform ZOOM US. As a result, our students, who have entrusted the Gestalt Foundation with their preparation in becoming gestalt psychotherapists and counselors, did not lose a single day of training.

Of course, the impetus for the success of this endeavor was our team of trainers, who responded very positively and selflessly, as well as the trainees,  with only a few exceptions who in the end, after carrying out various activities online, also gave  (mostly) positive feedback!

But all this is about the past! Now we are looking forward to the future with courage, confidence and optimism and we are preparing and organizing all our programs for the new academic year 2020-2021!

Corona Virus Pandemic! A climate of disorder, fear, panic, entrapment and isolation!

Such rapid, unexpected and forced changes in our lifestyle often present significant "difficulties" and "restrictions" in our daily lives, but at the same time, these same difficult situations can offer a number of interesting "possibilities" so that the crisis can become an opportunity to coexist in new ways, caring for each other. However, there are situations that make it difficult for some people to adapt to the rhythms imposed by the new temporary status quo, and they need support in order to cope with these sudden limitations!

In the context of this "pandemic crisis", the Gestalt Foundation and its trainees felt that this was the time to offer their help to fellow human beings who really need support.

So through the link https://www.facebook.com/group.process.team  a new telephone and online practice was established, offering voluntary Gestalt counseling and psychological support sessions, via Skype, Messenger, Viber, WhatsApp and/or by phone to anyone who truly needs it!

The sessions had and continue to have a specific duration, in line with  the principles and code of ethics of Gestalt psychotherapists and mental health counselors.

In this specific ongoing initiative, 150 people have responded to 30 trained Gestalt therapists who, in turn, are supported by four supervisory teams!