TRAINING & PRESENTATIONS

September 20
Santa Barbara, CA
Gateway to Gestalt: Therapy with Children & Adolescents. Start date for one-year training group led by Lynn Stadler. For more information: lynnstadler@verizon.net or 805/962.9992

September 27-28
Solvang, CA
First weekend of Felicia Carroll’s ongoing weekend series in Gestalt Therapy with Children and Adolescents. For more information go to www.feliciacarroll.com

November 18, 2008
London, England
Jon Blend and Roz Carroll will present at the Friends of the British Gestalt Journal Study Day at the Gestalt Centre in London. Jon’s “Landmines and the Lifespace: Adolescents, Anger and the Abyss” will include the structure and imagery of certain  pop/rock  music 'classics'  which  fascinate UK teenagers --  from The Who, Simon and Garfunkel, Alanis Morisette, Janis Ian, Linkin Par , Nirvana  and Jimi Hendrix. Roz will be speaking on “Science and Sensibility:  Neuroscience and the Re-organising Field of Psychotherapy”. For more information contact Jon at life-changes@ntlworld.com

February 28-March 1, 2009
Solvang, CA
Spring Workshop:  Pinocchio:  A Story for All Ages at the West Coast Institute for Gestalt Play Therapy. Presented by Felicia Carroll, LMFT, RPT-S. This classic story by Carlo Collodi sheds a deeper understanding of the child’s journey in therapy toward wholeness and being real. For more information: www.feliciacarroll.com

March 13-15/April 3-5/May 7, 2009
London, England
A Gestalt Approach to Working with Children and Adolescents
This seven-day course for counselors, psychotherapists and other practitioners working with young persons aims to develop participants' understanding of key issues and processes involved in working therapeutically with children and adolescents. Based on contemporary Gestalt Therapy this relational approach utilizes creative arts methods and play. This 'hands on' workshop includes didactic input, practical demonstrations, video excerpts and experiential exercise. Contact: Jon Blend life-changes@ntlworld.com