Gestalt Art Therapy Centre: 2025 Intrusive Thoughts – A Gestalt Creative Workshop

Sep 25, 2025

2025 Intrusive Thoughts – A Gestalt Creative Workshop - ZOOM

Intrusive Thoughts –

A Gestalt Creative Workshop - ZOOM

About the event

Intrusive Thoughts – A Gestalt Creative Online Workshop

Contact. Create. Acknowledgement. Transform.

Do you experience recurring thoughts that feel intrusive or overwhelming?

Join our 1.5-hour online *FREE workshop designed to help you work creatively and therapeutically with intrusive thinking.

Using the Gestalt therapy approach and integrating concepts from mindfulness and positive psychology. We will explore how to externalise intrusive thoughts, regulate emotional intensity, and connect with the deeper message behind these mental projections.

What you will gain

- A creative process to manage intrusive thoughts, Gestalt Art Therapy approach

- Understanding of the Gestalt Art Therapy SICAIDIR method

- Regulation techniques, including the Intensity Thermometer

- Access to the recorded session

Registrants can obtain their CPD /OPD hours (non-endorsed activities)

Your Association - CPD Hours

AASW CPD hours

ACA OPD hours

PACFA CPD hours

*This event is free for members of the Gestalt Art Therapy Club.

Join the Gestalt Art Therapy CLUB!

Day: September 27th

Time: 9 am to 10:30 am (Brisbane- Australian time) AEST- Australian Eastern Standard Time. UTC/GMT +10 hours

Time Zones

Cost:

*Members of the Gestalt Art Therapy Club: FREE

General participants: $15 AUD

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General participants: $9 USD

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Workshop REGISTRATION HERE

► This workshop will be recorded, allowing participants who cannot attend due to time zone differences to access the content later. By participating in this workshop, you agree to these conditions.

If you need a Certificate of Participation for CPD purposes but cannot attend the live event, you are still eligible for the certificate. To qualify, you must watch the recording, complete the proposed activities, send us a picture of your creations, and complete a feedback form.

We are not registered for GST

Zoom (After registration and payment , you will receive the Zoom link )

System:

System and Materials you will need for the workshop participation:

- Internet connection

- Having installed the Zoom program (Download here)

- PC, Laptop, Tablet with webcam & audio

- Paper to write

- Felt pens, or other colored pens that you like

Workshop only for adults.

More information:

Gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com

Online Workshops

Please note that if we do not have the minimum number of participants on the day of the workshop, the live workshop will not proceed.
Please note that PayPal payments and refunds will incur a 3% transaction fee, applied by PayPal.
A list of required materials for each workshop can be found on our website and will also be sent via email. These materials are essential, even if they are similar across workshops.
By registering for and attending our events, you agree to these terms and conditions.
Please note that this workshop will be recorded. By registering and attending, you agree to be recorded and waive any future claims regarding the use and distribution of the video. The recording will be made available to current and future registered participants. Issuance of a certificate incurs a twenty-dollar AUD fee.
This workshop is not intended to treat OCD. If you have a diagnosis or symptoms of OCD, please consult your GP.

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Yaro Starak

He graduated in Psychology from the University of Manitoba and in Social Work from the University of British Columbia, Canada. He continued his doctoral studies at the University of Toronto, specializing in group psychotherapy and Adult Education. He trained in Gestalt Therapy with Jorge Rosner at the Gestalt Institute of Toronto and after graduation, he was a faculty member for four years. He worked as a professor at the University of Queensland, Australia and is the founder of the Gestalt Center in Brisbane and Terrigal near Sydney in this country. Yaro conducts gestalt training workshops in Spain, Mexico, Denmark, Germany, and Canada. He also gives workshops for groups of men using indigenous rituals. Yaro is Gestalt Art Therapist CAT®. Co-Director of the Gestalt ART Therapy center (Australia). Co-Director of the Arteterapia Gestalt (Gestalt Art Therapy training in the Spanish language)
Yaro has an interesting range of Books related to the Gestalt works, Couples & Groups work.

Gemma Garcia

Gestalt Art Therapist CAT® Gestalt Art Therapy. Gestalt Therapist Master diploma from the Gestalt Institute Valencia (Spain). Art Therapist using the Gestalt approach CAT. Master in Ericksonian Psychology at the University of Valencia (Spain). Communications Operator at the Provincial Emergency Coordination center and Fire Consortium (Castellon, Spain) Naval radiotelephone operator. Group work and individual psychological intervention in crisis and emotional impact on collective emergencies with firefighters, policemen, paramedics using Gestalt art therapy techniques. Aurasoma Therapist Level 2. Dip. of Visual Arts. Curator. Coordinator-Art Group exhibitions. Co-Director of the Gestalt ArtbTherapy center (Australia). Co-Director of the Arteterapia Gestalt (Gestalt Art Therapy training in the Spanish language)