This series is designed for people who would like to explore the Relational Gestalt Practice form in theory as well as through personal practice. Participants will have the opportunity to experience this work from the role of the explorer (Initiator) and supporter (Reflector). Those in the helping professions who are interested in integrating this approach into their current practice may find this program especially useful.

The format will include

· structured exercises that allow participants to work with one another

· open seat sessions with the leader

· didactic presentation and discussion

This model requires us to be present and in touch with our body and our emotional experiences and to have the ability to “be with” another, rather than direct, manage, fix, or change.

We will attend to increasing our capacity for self-awareness and expanding our ability to make good contact in our relationships, both personal and professional.

The program will be open to participants with significant previous experience in gestalt workshops with Dorothy, Chris Price, and Sharon Terry, and must have recent participation in open seat workshops.