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Lindsey Walker
“Started seven years of useless couch life. Felt I was stupid.” -Fritz Perls
Fritz Perls was a trained psychoanalyst who (with others) created gestalt therapy in the context of the rise of the authoritarian Nazi regime, and in part as antidote to the authoritarian nature of analysis. Gestalt therapists took patients off the couch, and sat them face-to-face with their therapists, in a move to make the patient an equal, as knowing a participant as the therapist.
This class will be a short exploration of the main principles of gestalt therapy. We will both discuss and experience the theory, through exercises that encourage embodied relational understanding with other participants. Therapists may discover how gestalt therapy has already informed their practice, as gestalt and psychoanalysis have been "in conversation" for decades.
My 15 years of experience is in individual and couples therapy, with training in contemporary psychoanalytic models, PACT couples therapy, relational gestalt and gestalt-based developmental somatic work.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the paradoxical theory of change and how working from a here-and-now framework allows patients to bring a non-shaming perspective to their defenses.
- Discuss how to find yourself in the room the patient, as a starting point to both diagnose and create intervention.
Fees:
| Member Type | Fee |
| Alliance Members | $200 Plus Tax |
| Non-Members | $240 Plus Tax |
Cancellation Policy: If you need to cancel your purchase, please do so before February 24, 2026 by emailing admin@nwaps.org to request a refund minus a 30% cancellation fee. We are unable to process or offer any refund for cancellations made after February 24, 2026. Allow 2-4 weeks to process your refund request. Note that participation in the entire event is required to obtain CE credits.
