Whom Shall We Steal from Next?

Whom Shall We Steal from Next?
(In-Person Format)
Ken Meyer, Ph.D.

Saturday, June 14, 2025
10 am – 4 pm (EDT) (with one-hour lunch break)
5 CE hours
$175

What we know today as Gestalt techniques were often “borrowed” from other approaches of the time -- Moreno's psychodrama, Lowen's bioenergetics, and Charlotte Selver's sensory awareness exercises. We will review these and then introduce newer experiential methods drawn from contemporary therapies that are also fully compatible with Gestalt theory and practice. These will include methods from Hakomi Therapy, Psychomotor Therapy, meditative traditions and others. We will also explore more deeply the meaning of “experiment” in Gestalt therapy and the principles for adapting methods from other approaches. This will be an intensive, hands-on training useful for both beginning and experienced therapists.

Objectives:

1. Learn the historical development of Gestalt therapy methods.
2. Learn the meaning of “experiments” in Gestalt therapy and how to introduce them.
3. Learn guidelines for adapting methods from other therapies to be compatible with Gestalt

Ken is Emeritus Faculty at the Gestalt Center and has served as president of the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy. He trained in Hakomi therapy with its founders, Ron Kurz and Greg Johanson. His writings on Gestalt psychotherapy appear in The Gestalt Review, The Italian Gestalt Journal, and several anthologies, including Self: A Polyphony of Contemporary Gestalt Therapists.

Host or Publisher Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and Training