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16 Oct 2017

2017, November 26 Aura soma Wisdom






The use of the color to discover your inner self
The beginnings of Aura-Soma® are a truly remarkable story. It began with the inspiration of Vicky Wall, a retired surgical chiropodist, living in a small village in England. One evening in 1983, Vicky had a vision in meditation to create colour products. As Vicky recalled the blending of those first radiant bottles, she said: “I only know that other hands had guided mine”. Amazingly, Vicky Wall was blind.
Margaret Cockbain, an acclaimed cranio-sacral osteopath, had worked in partnership with Vicky. Together they dedicated their lives to helping all those who came to their clinic. Margaret was Australian.

Gemma is going to support you in the process of your own "awareness" here and through the Aura soma Equilibrium
With the magical color bottles of Aura soma and Gestalt Therapy philosophy, the clients will be able to project their conflicts, attend to their personal issues and integrate their strengths with the aim to resolve unfinished business and access personal growth.
In this Workshop, we will create our own bottles as a "talisman" that can offer us a symbolic support when we need it in our daily lives.

Gemma Garcia Co-Director of the Gestalt Art Therapy centre is Gestalt Therapist and Aurasoma Therapist Level 2.

1 day:
Time:
Saturday: 9:30 am - 4:00pm

Where:
Gestalt Art Therapy Centre
Ashgrove- Brisbane
Contact Phone: 04 2151 4907

Price:
Members: $105
Non- Members: $120





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2017, November 25 Rorschach techique - Gestalt Approach






Everything is projection ... nothing is projection ...
F.Perls
This interesting TEST- Tool will be presented and used in a contemporary Gestalt approach.
The "traditional Rorschach test" is a psychological test in which subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using psychological interpretation, complex algorithms, or both.
Some psychologists use this test to examine a person's personality characteristics and emotional functioning. It has been employed to detect underlying thought disorder, especially in cases where patients are reluctant to describe their thinking processes openly.
The test is named after its creator, Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach. In the 1960s, the Rorschach was the most widely used projective test.

In a Gestalt approach, the test will be used like a projection and be supporting the client's "awareness"
We will not follow the traditional interpretations.

During this workshop you will learn:
  • How to create Rorschach cards
  • How to develop Mixed media techniques building cards in a Rorschach style
  • Starting the process of using the Rorschach cards with clients
  • Applying the SICAIDIR method using the cards
  • Working with the projections of the clients
This will be an interesting and creative workshop

1 day:
Time:
Saturday: 9:30 am - 4:00pm

Where:
Gestalt Art Therapy Centre
Ashgrove- Brisbane
Contact Phone: 04 2151 4907

Price:
Members: $105
Non- Members: $120

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2017, November 18 & 19 Introduction Working with Children in Therapy Sessions









Giving Children support in therapy sessions will contribute to having happy adults in the future.
Kids are the future and they need to have support from the family, school and society.
The way to work with children in a therapy session could be a little different than working with adults. Professional therapists need to adjust their therapeutic tools to the level of children by creating an appropriate environment.
The way to work with children in a therapy session could be a little different than working with adults. Professional therapists need to adjust their therapeutic tools to the level of children by creating an appropriate environment.
What You Will Learn:
The basic principles and practices will be covered through experiential exercises, discussion and some personal exploration.
This will include:
 • The paradoxical theory of change
 • The magic of role playing with children
 • Being open to the unexpected – magic happens
 • Experiencing the Now: savouring and chewing
 • The importance of being specific and concrete
 • The creative void and change in the Here and Now

Also, we will explore an introduction to Gestalt work with children:
 •          Use of drawing and colours
 •          Sand play with children
 •          Music therapy
 •          Family sculpturing and more

Days:
November 18 & 19, 2017

Time:
Saturday: 9:30 am - 5:00pm
Sunday: 9:30 am – 4:00pm

Where:
Gestalt Art Therapy Centre
Ashgrove- Brisbane
Contact Phone: 04 2151 4907

Price:
Members: $169
Non- Members: $199

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2017, November 11 & 12 Introduction to Sand play Therapy a Gestalt approach





It is not just sand... Sand play offers you a deep therapeutic work.
INTRODUCTION TO SAND PLAY THERAPY – A GESTALT APPROACH

In this weekend you will:
  • Use creative methods to enhance your therapy practice with Sand Play tools.
  • Learn how to facilitate and promote positive results with symbolic imagery
  • Uncover the reasons why your clients may resist verbal counseling.
  • Improve your skills working with traumas and early child painful history.
  • Discover ways to clear negative memories and blocks to your own growth
  • Find the way of facilitating sand play figures and understand their unconscious meanings.
  • Enable clients to discover their self-supports and deal with their life crises.

Days: November 11 & 12, 2017
Time:
Saturday: 9:30 am - 5:00pm
Sunday: 9:30 am – 4:00pm

Where:
Gestalt Art Therapy Centre
Ashgrove- Brisbane

Price:
Members: $169
Non- Members: $199


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2017, November 4 & 5 Introduction to working effectively with Groups





Each Group is a different World...
MASTERCLASS IN WORKING EFFECTIVELY WITH GROUPS
 
Each Group is a different World...
 
In this weekend, you will learn:
 
- The secret of leadership from within.
 
- Become at ease in a safe place in which you can develop skills as a group facilitator.
 
- Be able to practice various skills, creative methods in working with groups and become confident in being present as a leader.
 
- Refine yours and participants' abilities to work with group dynamics as they emerge in the training group.
 
-Discover the key principles of group process work: Group energy, clients’ patterns, and leadership models.
 
- Practice working on simulated issues that deal with group problems and members will learn how to lead and solve group problems.
 
- Learn how to resolve group conflicts, emotional blocks, 'shadow work' and more creative methods in group work.
 
 
Days: November 4 & 5, 2017
 
Time:
 
Saturday: 9:30 am - 5:00pm
 
Sunday: 9:30 am – 4:00pm
 
Where:
Gestalt Art Therapy centre
Ashgrove- Brisbane
 
Price:
 
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10 Aug 2017

2017, October 21 & 22 FLAMENCO Rhythms & Dance & Therapy by Noemi Chico



2017, October 21 & 22 FLAMENCO Rhythms & Dance & Therapy by Noemi Chico





Experiment Spanish Flamenco and dIscover how to link this kind of Dance with emotions...
Workshop designed for any person who wants to awake his/her personal potential using Dance,
Movement, Rhythm and Emotions!
Days:21 & 22, 2017 
Time:
Saturday: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm  3:00 pm to 5:00pm
Sunday: 10 to 1:00 pm  3:00pm to 4:00 pm
More information soon 
Reserve your participation ASAP limited places available.

Where:

Brisbane - venue to be annaounced soon.
Contact Phone: 04 2151 4907

Price:
Members: $300

Non- Members: $345


Credit card payments have 4% of the commission is applied. see the link.

  • Participants must be 18 years old at the registration time
See Cancellation Policy in the registration form, please.
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2017, October 15 PSYCHO- MAGIC and Rituals in Gestalt Art Therapy



2017, October 15 PSYCHO- MAGIC and Rituals in Gestalt Art Therapy





Psychomagic aims to heal psychological wounds suffered in life. 

Psychomagic is the name of a therapeutic practice used by Alejandro Jodorowsky. The technique is very useful in psychotherapy. It combines art, Eastern philosophies (particularly Zen Buddhism), mysticism and modern psychotherapy to heal patients with emotional problems. The principle relies on the belief that the unconscious mind takes a symbolic act as a fact. So, a symbolic act could accordingly help solve some types of nonrational conflicts. 
Psychomagic aims to heal psychological wounds suffered in life. This therapy is based on the belief that the performance of certain acts can directly act upon the unconscious mind, releasing it from a series of traumas, some of which practitioners of the therapy believe are passed down from generation to generation.
In this workshop, we will examine the method and practice of Psychomagic as a way of healing.
1 day:
Day:
October 15, 2017
Sunday: 9:30 am – 4:00pm

Where:
Gestalt Art Therapy Centre
Ashgrove- Brisbane
Contact Phone: 04 2151 4907

Price:
Members: $105

No Members: $120

Credit card payments have 4% of commission is applied. see the link.
See Cancellation Policy in the registration form, please.
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2017,October 14 Art Journas in Art Therapy Sessions



2017,October 14 Art Journas in Art Therapy Sessions





This Amazing and interesting Tool is the "star"of the Art therapy tecniques
 During this workshop you will learn:
  • How to create Art Journals
  • How to develop Mixed media tecniques building Art Journals
  • Staring the process of using the Art Journal with clients
  • Selecting some creations at the Art journals to work in the Therapy sessions
  • How to close the therapy session after an Art Journal work
  • Offer options to the client to continue working with the Art Journal at home until the next session
This will be an interesting and creative workshop

1 day:
Time:
Saturday: 9:30 am - 4:00pm

Where:
Gestalt Art Therapy Centre
Ashgrove- Brisbane
Contact Phone: 04 2151 4907

Price:
Members: $105
 
No Members: $120

Credit card payments have 4% of commission is applied. see the link.
See Cancellation Policy in the registration form, please.
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2017, October 7 & 8 Introduction Working with Children in Therapy Sessions



2017, October 7 & 8 Introduction Working with Children in Therapy Sessions






The Kids are the future, and they need to have support from the family, school & society.
Giving Children support in therapy sessions will contribute to have happy adults in the future
The way to work with children in a therapy session could be a little different than working with adults. Professional therapists need to adjust their therapeutic tools to the level of children.
What You Will Learn:
The basic principles and practices will be covered through experiential exercises, discussion, and some personal exploration.
This will include:
 • The paradoxical theory of change
 • The magic of role playing with children
 • Being open to the unexpected – magic happens
 • Experiencing the Now: savouring and chewing
 • The importance of being specific and concrete
 • The creative void and change in the Here and Now

Also, we will explore an introduction to Gestalt work with children:
 •          Use of drawing and colors
 •          Sand play with children
 •          Music therapy
 •          Family sculpturing and more

Days:
October 7 & 8, 2017

Time:
Saturday: 9:30 am - 5:00pm
Sunday: 9:30 am – 4:00pm

Where:
Gestalt Art Therapy Centre
Ashgrove- Brisbane
Contact Phone: 04 2151 4907

Price:
Members: $169
Non- Members: $199


Credit card payments have 4% of the commission is applied. see the link.
See Cancellation Policy in the registration form, please.
Download the Registration form here

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2017, September 23 & 24 Healing through Art, TAROT and Gestalt Therapy work



2017, September 23 & 24 Healing through Art, TAROT and Gestalt Therapy work




C.G. Jung’s ideas will be a foreground for this creative tool in Gestalt Art Therapy sessions
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY!
 This is a unique opportunity to experience yourself and your work with art and imagery as a source for creative renewal. Just like in any situation in life, artists, professional therapists, and health workers can put themselves under strain either from trying too hard, or reversely, not starting a personal process to motivate themselves. This workshop will help.
Whatever your previous experience with art, professional qualifications or training, you will have an opportunity to explore the Self who knows what the soul needs and how to express it. The aim is to arrive at a state of relaxed perception, supported by the beautiful venue and good facilitators. True perception helps us to slow down to those moments of inner content, which are called happiness. All art materials are included in the fee.

You will learn:
•             How to use art materials to enhance your therapeutic practice.
•             Learn the Art of imagery as manifested by the TAROT and the Houses of Astrology.
•             Learn how gestalt and process dynamics will influence your insights and become a more innovative practitioner.
•             Enable to offer your clients deeper insights on their life’s journey.
•             Integrate your art, your therapeutic modality and your practice skills to be more alive and passionate in your work and life.

Days:
September 23 & 24, 2017

Time:
Saturday: 9:30 am - 5:00pm
Sunday: 9:30 am – 4:00pm

Where:
Gestalt Art Therapy Centre
Ashgrove- Brisbane
Contact Phone: 04 2151 4907

Price:
Members: $169
Non- Members: $199


Credit card payments have 4% of the commission is applied. see the link.
See Cancellation Policy in the registration form, please.
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2017, September 17 A meeting with Men



2017, September 17 A meeting with Men


This is an invitation to men in their middle-age time, who wish to share their experiences how they have coped with problems of work, family, addictions, and other life crises and perhaps support younger men in similar situations.  

Day: September 17th
Time: Please inform us by email: gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com the best time for you, we can adapt the meeting to have the largest number of participants. Donations to cover coffee and tea.
Place: Gestalt Art Therapy center
Ashgrove
Contact Phone: 04 2151 4907


Yaro Starak, B.A., M.S.W., Gestalt Therapist & Trainer – Brisbane.

Yaro has 29 years of experience leading workshops in group process work and in teaching group dynamic skills. He lectured undergraduate and postgraduate students in group work at the University of Queensland for over 25 years.

He conducts international workshops and writes about group dynamics. Yaro has published two books and a variety of articles on Group Dynamics and has led men’s groups and training groups for men since 1994.

His book, LIFE TOOLS: TRAINING THROUGH SMALL GROUPS - AN EXPERIENTIAL APPROACH (2010), Is a gift to all who attend the first meeting.


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2017, September 16 Working with Mandalas in Therapy sessions



2017, September 16 Working with Mandalas in Therapy sessions






Life is a circular process. Our unresolved conflicts are also circular...we are constantly circling around our being and growing.
In this one-day event, you will learn how to change the repetitive patterns that emerge in your life using/creating/ modifying mandalas in a symbolic way.
Learn how to practice this skill to be used with your clients and/or for your own personal growth.

Note: According to art therapist and mental health counselor Susanne F. Fincher, we owe the re-introduction of mandalas into modern Western thought to Carl Jung, the Swiss psychoanalyst. In his pioneering exploration of the unconscious through his own art making, Jung observed the motif of the circle appearing spontaneously in many dreams.
The circle drawings reflected his inner state at that moment. 

1 day:
Time:
Saturday: 9:30 am - 4:00pm

Day:
September 16th, 2017


Where:
Gestalt Art Therapy Centre
Ashgrove- Brisbane
Contact Phone: 04 2151 4907

Price:
Members: $105

Non- Members: $120

Credit card payments have 4% of c the mmission is applied. see the link.
See Cancellation Policy in the registration form, please.
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2017, September 9 & 10 Gestalt as a way of being




2017, September 9 & 10 Gestalt as a way of being







Gestalt a way of being Here and now!


This workshop is designed to enable the participant to establish a basic Intervention model that clearly describes the process of therapeutic relationship between client and therapist. This requires the participant to become familiar with the ‘phases’ of this relationship. After demonstrating some degree of comfort in this structure, the participant will be able to begin to develop his or her own ‘style’ of interventions and creative practice.
Subject objectives:
1. To examine specific therapeutic applications of Gestalt Therapy theory and explore practical interventions with individuals, couples, families, and groups.
2. To examine the ways a therapist designs intervention strategy using the cycle of awareness model.
3. To enable the student to develop a beginning personal style of ‘Gestalt Work’.

At the workshop, we will extend the knowledge of:
-          The power of the here and now and awareness.
-          The Gestalt experiment to enhance and improve being in the here and now. 

Days:
September 9 & 10, 2017

Time:
Saturday: 9:30 am to 5:00pm
Sunday: 9:30 am to 4:00pm

Where:
Gestalt Art Therapy Centre
Ashgrove- Brisbane
Contact Phone: 04 2151 4907

Price:
Members: $169
Non- Members: $199
Credit card payments have 4% of the commission is applied. see the link.
See Cancellation Policy in the registration form, please.
Download the Registration form here





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16 Jan 2017

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2017,February Sunday 26th, OPEN DAY & Open ART STUDIO!











 THE OPEN DAY date IS CHANGED TO the 26th of February 2017!



Free Event.
Enjoing us Creating Art!
OPEN DAY!

OPEN ART STUDIO!


Performances, Music, Hands on practice, Art to buy!
Have fun!

Day:Sunday, February 26th, 2017
Time: 10 am to 13 pm

Place: Gestalt Art Therapy centre
Ashgrove- Brisbane

Free event

Important: Confirmation of your participation before February 15th, 2017

Coffee, Cookies provided

Children are welcome

Contact us

gestaltartherapycentre@gmail.com

 IMPORTANT INFORMATION!





Gestalt Art Therapy Centre
OPEN DAY !!!   
 &
OPEN ART STUDIO

Sunday- February 26th, 2017 10:00 am

Training Workshops and Therapy Sessions in Australia by Yaro Starak & Gemma Garcia,  Directors.

Our Centre offers to develop art tools for therapists who wish to enhance their skills and practice across a range of clients.

In addition we provide professional therapy services for Children, Family, Couples, and Supervision, in a nurturing environment with respect, compassion and humility.

The Center is proud of its strong experience in the field of Gestalt Therapy and its practice of awareness  that has been the core method of  “mindfulness” learning for the last 30 years.


Open day Program

February 26th, 2017
10:00 Welcome
10:30 to 11:00  Solo Performance Art presentation
11:00 to 13:00 Gestalt Art Therapy Centre 2017 program presentation & hands on practice.
11:00 to 13:00 Open Art Studio
13:00 Closing Open day.

Free morning tea, coffee & Cookies

 RSVP to participate:  gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com
Important: Confirmation of your participation before February 15th, 2017

 www.gestaltarttherapy.com    Phone: 042 151 4907

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2017, February. Making Puppets to be used in Art Therapy Sessions














Making Puppets to be used in Art Therapy Sessions
The Power of play in therapy Sessions

How to make Puppets, with different materials, to be used in Therapy sessions.

In this workshop, you will learn:
- Safety materials to be used with children.
- Shapes and  sizes of the puppets with different objectives, depending the age of the client and the process in the therapy session
- Experiments with a big range of Art materials to create your own puppet (Paper Mache, recycled materials, Clay, Fabric)
- Working with Puppets in therapy sessions:    
Puppets ready created will to be used to demonstrate the work in therapy sessions
Creation of puppets with the clients (Children, Families & Adults) and how to use Puppets in therapy sessions with the Gestalt approach.

-Meet PEPITA our big and lovely Puppet.

Day: February 25, 2017

Time:
Saturday: 9:30 am - 4:00pm

Where:
Gestalt Art Therapy Centre
Ashgrove- Brisbane

Price:
Early bird payment, before January 16th, 2017: $150



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2017, Workshop, February, Introduction to Sand Play Therapy A Gestalt approach








It is not just sand... Sand play offers you a deep therapeutic work.
INTRODUCTION TO SAND PLAY THERAPY – A GESTALT APPROACH

In this weekend you will:
  • Use creative methods to enhance your therapy practice with Sand Play tools.
  • Learn how to facilitate and promote positive results with symbolic imagery
  • Uncover the reasons why your clients may resist verbal counselling.
  • Improve your skills working with traumas and early child painful history.
  • Discover ways to clear negative memories and blocks to your own growth
  • Find the way of facilitating sand play figures and understand their unconscious meanings.
  • Enable clients to discover their self-supports and deal with their life crises.

Days: February 18 & 19, 2017

Time:
Saturday: 9:30 am - 5:00pm
Sunday: 9:30 am – 4:00pm

Where:
Gestalt Art Therapy Centre
Ashgrove- Brisbane

Price:
Early bird payment, before January 16th, 2017: $250
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ART THERAPY - A GESTALT APPROACH

Hello! Welcome to our creative therapy centre!

Here you will find everything related to Art Therapy using the Gestalt approach.

What is Art ?:

Art is genarally known as what is done by a person whose purpose is to express a message through symbols.

These symbolic tools can be music, paintings, sculptures, theater and so on.


What is Gestalt Therapy ?:

Gestalt therapy is a methodology within psychology that grew out of the research and work of the psychiatrist Dr.Fritz Perls and his wife Dr.Laura Perls.

These two professionals were coming from the psychoanalytic perspective and felt that this method was not enough to work with clients. Today we are clearly aware that no one single method can resolve the issues that involve a range of human suffering and growth.

Gestalt is a German word roughly meaning "Shape" or "configuration".

This concept is understood, in gneral terms, that all individual experiences are shaped by a figure and a background. As time goes on, and our needs change, the figure can become the background and vice versa. So in the client's experience, the figure is changing at all times from becoming a background and as the needs arise, the figure emerges seeking completion.

When we block or prevent this process, we become unaware and suffer. That is a part of the theoretical foundations of Gestalt therapy.

Gestalt therapy, therefore, is a "philosophy", a way of being in the world in the "here and now" and taking "response-aibility" without pushing the river. Thus life is a flow ..

What is GESTALT Art Therapy?


It is the sum of the two previous concepts, Gestal therapy and the use of tools we learn to use in art therapy.

Using the artistic tools and adding the gestalt language between client and psychotherapist we work jointly to decode the messages hidden in the intrinsic symbols representing the client's situation. The Psychotherapist accompanies the client in the process of "discovering" what is helpful and not analysing or interpreting, but suggesting and asking the client what it is he or she knows are the answers and supports client's need to discover the ncessary solutions.

WE ARE SURE THAT YOU WILL BE ATTRACTED by this new way of working with emotions, whether or not you are a professional psychologist or therapist, since many of the exercises can be used personally for your own growth.

Our work is done in Australia & Spain and other countries. We have given workshops and participated in conferences throughout the world. We are located in our offices at the Gestalt Art Therapy Centre in Brisbane -Australia.

BE HAPPY HERE AND NOW..... AND BE CREATIVE !

Yaro Starak - Gestalt Psychoterapist
Gemma Garcia- Gestalt Therapist- Ericksonian Hypnosis


SEE LABELS ON THE RIGHT SIDE

1-TRAINING MODULES FOR SALE: Gestalt art therapy

1.1-FOR PSYCHOLOGY & THERAPY PROFESSIONALS:

Here you will find and carry out therapeutic work with tools that combine art and gestalt method.

You can learn new ways of providing therapeutic treatment depending on the particular situation and client needs.

1.2-ART AS PERSONAL GROWTH

These modules can be practical exercises for your "realize" how do you do in your life.

There are specific modules that you can play with your partner and / or family.

SKYPE - ON LINE THERAPY

We offer brief therapy sessions via Skype. You may request a no-obligation appointment with us, the first session is free.

This is a way of doing personal therapy we call "Emergency work" used in very special cases and situations. For us, the therapy session should be mainly for the benefit of the client needing immediate help.

BOOKS FOR SALE:

GESTALT THERAPY theory and practice - some books written by Yaro Starak

A GESTALT TEST: you can acquire to discover your potentials.

VIDEOS & DVD focussing on gestalt work and art therapy work.

ARTICLES: Written by varoius therapists from Australia, NZ and overseas.