GTILA Presents: Gestalt Therapy and Trauma with Stephanie Goldsmith

In this GTILA salon Stephanie Goldsmith, Certified Gestalt Therapist and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, will discuss and describe how trauma affects the mind and body, how we conceptualize trauma from a Gestalt lens, and how clinicians can use process-based interventions to help heal the impact of trauma and restore wellness.

This presentation will discuss trauma in three parts:

1. A brief overview of the science of how trauma impacts the brain and body

2. A Gestalt conceptualization of how trauma interrupts healthy organismic self-regulation

3. How therapists can utilize Gestalt methodology to effectively treat trauma and restore wellness.

We invite you to come explore this powerful, relational way of working with and being with people bringing your interests, experience, and questions.

We look forward to learning more together.

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GTILA is a non-profit membership organization based in Los Angeles. Our mission is to advance and promote the exchange of information and expertise regarding the field of gestalt therapy among our members, the professional community, and the community at large. We offer scholarships and community programs to support this mission. Last year we funded 42 partial scholarships and 4 full scholarships to the Los Angeles Gestalt Institutes. Additionally, GTILA hosts a salon series for the Gestalt and therapist community and maintains an online directory of our members. You can read more about us here.

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About the presenter:
Stephanie Goldsmith, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and the owner and Clinical Director at Goldsmith Psychological Services where she provides individual, couples, family, and group therapy as well as post-graduate supervision to associate clinicians. Dr. Goldsmith specializes in providing care from a process-oriented perspective informed by her extensive training and experience in Gestalt and Emotion-Focused therapies. While she works with a variety of clinical issues and concerns, some of her specialty areas include trauma, dissociation, interpersonal relationships and communication, eating disorders and body image concerns, LGBTQI issues, and whole person care. Dr. Goldsmith believes in a holistic and collaborative approach to counseling.​
Stephanie is a Certified Gestalt Therapist, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, is trained in EMDR and EFT “Tapping”, and has completed certificate training in Emotion Focused Couple’s Therapy. She is the CEO and Co-Director for Gestalt Associates Training, Los Angeles (GATLA) where in addition to her administrative role, she is Trainer faculty for the Los Angeles program and Group Leader faculty for the international Summer Residential program. She also provides Gestalt clinical consultation and supervision via teleconferencing to therapists all around the world.
In addition to her work in private practice, Dr. Goldsmith is an Associate Clinical Professor at Loma Linda University. Dr. Goldsmith specializes in teaching Emotion-Focused Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Affective Basis of Behavior, and Management and Professional Practice.

Host or Publisher Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles