Each year, GTILA presents a series of Salons which provide an opportunity to learn about some aspect of Gestalt Therapy in a relaxed, informal setting. Salons are free and participants receive CEUs. All students and qualified professionals are welcome without regard to race, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender or sexual orientation.
Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles
2008-2009 Salon Series
Salons are free and offer 1.5 CEU credits ($5 for CEU processing)
Salons take place on Thursday nights at the Unitarian Universalist Church
in Santa Monica
1260 18th Street (at Arizona), Santa Monica, CA 90404 Room 4—enter through double doors off Arizona Street
Please RSVP to Michelle Seely Lang 323-754-1487 or michelle@michellelang.net
“Mindfulness and Gestalt Therapy” Led By Jami Winkel, LMFT and Michelle Seely Lang, LMFT
October 16, 2008 7:30-9:00 PM
Mindfulness is the practice of being fully present within moment-to- moment experiences with acceptance. In the therapeutic encounter, mindfulness enhances both therapists’ and clients’ capacity to stay with what is happening so that deepening of experiences is possible. In this salon, we will engage in mindfulness practices and explore how mindfulness in the context of Gestalt therapy fosters emotional courage, and enhances here-and-now awareness work with clients.
JAMI WINKEL, LMFT, provides psychotherapy to multiply diagnosed communities affected by HIV/AIDS at Common Ground in Santa Monica. Jami has completed three years of Gestalt training and maintains a private practice in West Los Angeles.
MICHELLE SEELY LANG, LMFT has a private practice in Burbank serving individuals, children, families and couples. She gives workshops to new parents and parents of new teens. Mindfulness practices have informed her work for many years. She serves on the GTILA board. www.michellelang.net.
“Mindfulness and Gestalt Therapy” Led By Jami Winkel, LMFT and Michelle Seely Lang, LMFT
October 16, 2008 7:30-9:00 PM
Mindfulness is the practice of being fully present within moment-to- moment experiences with acceptance. In the therapeutic encounter, mindfulness enhances both therapists’ and clients’ capacity to stay with what is happening so that deepening of experiences is possible. In this salon, we will engage in mindfulness practices and explore how mindfulness in the context of Gestalt therapy fosters emotional courage, and enhances here-and-now awareness work with clients.
JAMI WINKEL, LMFT, provides psychotherapy to multiply diagnosed communities affected by HIV/AIDS at Common Ground in Santa Monica. Jami has completed three years of Gestalt training and maintains a private practice in West Los Angeles.
MICHELLE SEELY LANG, LMFT has a private practice in Burbank serving individuals, children, families and couples. She gives workshops to new parents and parents of new teens. Mindfulness practices have informed her work for many years. She serves on the GTILA board. www.michellelang.net.
“Gestalt Group Therapy” Led by Christine Campbell, LMFT, ATR
November 13, 2008 7:30-9:00 PM
Group therapy is a lively, interactive, and ever-changing experience that offers unique opportunities for growth not readily available through individual therapy. An on-going therapy group provides a regular heart connection to an empathic group of others, with the potential for an experience of true acceptance and belonging, thus promoting a deep sense of community that is often missing from modern life. In this largely experiential workshop Christine will draw from her 20 years of experience working with groups to present a readily accessible and effective method of Gestalt group therapy.
CHRISTINE CAMPBELL, LMFT, ATR, is the current president of the Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles. She works with individuals, couples, groups, and children using a relational gestalt therapy approach. She has practiced for 20 years, as an art therapist, as the director of a number of outpatient mental health centers, and in private practice with offices in Westwood and Burbank.
“EFT and Relational Gestalt work with Couples” Led by Michelle Seely Lang, Sharon Law, and Larry Starr-Karlin
January 15, 2009 7:30-9:00 PM
Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples is a well-researched, highly effective, and clinically relevant approach to couples therapy. EFT combines the emotional focus of Relational Gestalt psychotherapy with an understanding of couple dynamics derived from Attachment Theory. The presenters are trained in both EFT and Gestalt therapy. With demonstrations and discussion, we will explore this nexus of approaches to working with couples.
SHARON LAW, LMFT, maintains her private practice in So. Pasadena. With her bicultural background, she specializes in working with bicultural and biracial couples in her practice. She is a Consultant with Gerry Grossman Seminars. She has completed three years of Gestalt training and is currently undergoing psychodynamic therapy training.
LARRY STARR-KARLIN, JD, LMFT, has a private practice in West LA, specializing in Couples Therapy. He is a Board member of GTILA and has completed 5 years of training at the Pacific Gestalt Institute. He embraces the contemporary perspective that we are first and foremost beings-in relation, which makes the couple a particular interest.
MICHELLE LANG (see bio above)
“Using Images in Group Process” Led by Jennifer Lehr, LMFT
February 5, 2009 7:30-9:00 PM
Our imagination deeply connects us to our experience, guiding us into our future and dreams, as well as allowing us to encounter other aspects of ourselves. Coupled with support, connection and dialogue with others, we deepen our awareness and understanding of what it is to be a human in community with others. In this experiential workshop you will get to experience the use of images in creating community and group support.
JENNIFER LEHR, LMFT has a private practice in Brentwood. Her background in the visual arts and creative writing as well as relational gestalt therapy, informs her in using the creative process to increase awareness, open up dialogue, and shape healing. She works with individuals, couples, and runs groups and workshops with a focus on the imaginative process. www.JenniferLehrMFT.com
“What’s a Gestalt?” Led by Stephanie Sabar, MSW
March 19, 2009 7:30-9:00 PM
“What’s a Gestalt?” What does Gestalt mean?” I have even been asked, “Who was Gestalt?” When asked this kind of question, do you find yourself tongue-tied or stuttering, vainly trying to explain a term you frequently use, yet secretly have no idea what it really means? If so, join me in tracing the journey of this concept from Gestalt theory in philosophy, to Gestalt psychology, and finally to its arrival in Gestalt therapy. With the help of concrete examples of Gestalts, you will be surprised to find out how easy it is to understand and explain what this seemingly esoteric term means.
STEPHANIE SABAR, MSW has worked in social service agencies with the sick, the elderly, people with HIV/AIDS, hospice patients, and their families. Now retired, she is writing a handbook of Gestalt therapy terminology.
“Adolescents & Gestalt Therapy” Led by Chris Massey, MA, MFTI
April 9, 2009 7:30-9:00 PM
Gestalt therapy theory, specifically focusing on field theory, phenomenology, and the dialogic method, may present us with an ideal theoretical orientation to help clinicians work with teenagers and begin to understand the worlds they inhabit. We will engage in an open discussion regarding the theory, during which we participants are encouraged to think about our client’s needs, or better yet delve into our own (fading?… frightening?...) memories of adolescence and what we would need/have needed from a therapist…and of course, how Gestalt Therapy could specifically be used to help meet those needs
CHRIS MASSEY, MA, MFTI works with adolescents, children, their families/teachers/doctors and sometimes their friends and pets, as a clinician with San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center, Children’s Full Service Partnership (FSP) Division. Chris has previously worked with adults and adolescents in residential dual diagnosis rehab, a community outpatient clinic, and residential/educational placement settings. He has completed two years of training with PGI.
“Executive Coaching from a Gestalt Perspective” Led by Brian Buckley
May 7, 2009 7:30-9:00 PM
Supporting executives to be more effective leaders involves increasing their awareness around habitual ways of behaving and conceptualizing experience. I coach clients to use their whole self (their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual intelligences) with intention toward meeting goals. Working with breath, body awareness, polarities and resistance, the Gestalt method enables executive coaches to support leaders in building greater trust and moving their organizations forward. In this salon, we will explore how the concepts of phenomenology, relational needs, field theory and body awareness are integrated into the coaching process.
BRIAN BUCKLEY brings over 25 years of experience of leading a multi-million dollar printing company to executive coaching and leadership development. He is a graduate of the International Gestalt Coaching Program at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland (one of the few ICF accredited programs in the country), and has completed three years of Gestalt Therapy Training as well as continuing education credits with the Newfield Network in Boulder, CO.
All Salons are free--$5 for CEU processing
Salons take place on Thursday nights at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Santa Monica
1260 18th Street (at Arizona), Santa Monica, CA 90404
Room 4—enter through double doors off Arizona Street
RSVP to Michelle Seely Lang 323-754-1487 or michelle@michellelang.net