Gestalt Art Therapy Centre

22 Dec 2015

2016, March 5th Workshop: Using the TAROT in a Therapy Sessions

2016, March 5 Using the TAROT in a Therapy Sessions

Why not?

Gestalt Art Therapy Centre is using creative ways to offer professional support to Psychologists, Counsellors, Therapists, Social workers and social service providers who are working with clients in therapy sessions.

Using the Tarot with a psychotherapeutic objective is novel and exciting.

The reason being that the cards are associated with the Archetypes (Jung) therefore the work is directly relevant to the discovery of the unconscious material indicated in the symbolic images in the cards.

We tend to project everything onto images before us. Our thoughts, feelings and emotions, and make decisions based on our selection of a specific card. In this workshop the participants will learn how to use Tarot cards as a technique to deepen their work with clients and find unconscious material in a Gestalt Art Therapy approach.

FACILITATOR:

Yaro Starak has extensive experience for over thirty years in group facilitation in Australia and in many countries around the world. Yaro has a warm, affirming manner and endeavors to help participants understand their unique style and gifts and to use them to their best advantage in the group situations. His perspectives in Gestalt Therapy ensure a deep understanding of the dynamics of group energy. His background in lecturing gives a clear methodology to the theoretical basis of group work. He is also the author of a new book on group work and art therapy.

Time:

Saturday: 9:00am - 5:00pm

Costs

2016, February 27 & 28 workshop: Working with Groups

2016, February 27 & 28 workshop: Working with Groups

The workshop is designed to teach by experiential demonstration of a variety of ways to work with groups in any setting using Gestalt Art Therapy approach.

The workshop is for those working or training as social and community service providers, counselling or anyone wanting to explore, develop confidence, and further group facilitation skills. The participants will be able to understand their unique style and gifts and to use them to their best advantage in the group environment. The workshop is designed to offer an in depth understanding of the dynamics of group energy and gives a clear methodology to the theoretical basis of group work.

This workshop is an approved PD for professionals

Each participant will receive a free book : "Group Work Skills" by Yaro Starak

Day 1:

INTRODUCTION TO GROUP WORK.

The theoretical principles and practices will be covered through experiential exercises, discussion and some personal exploration in group settings:

- How to begin group work.

- The paradoxical theory of change.

- What sort of groups can get us into trouble and what to do to change and re-frame our difficulties into opportunities.

- The magic of role playing.

In addition we will explore THE UNKNOWN ASPETCS IN GROUPS. That is looking at the major aspects of the unconscious process of group work. Much of what goes on in groups happens ¨below the neck¨. Much of it is in the dance between our unconscious selves. This dance is what helps to make groups so exciting, scary and full of potential for transformation.

Day 2:

THE PRACTICE OF GROUP LEADERSHIP.

The more we understand our own inner 'selves' and their interplay, the better facilitators we will be. Come prepared to know (and accept) yourself better!

This includes:

- How to facilitate groups in any setting.

- Getting to know and working on the fears and other self-limiting messages that hold us back as group facilitators

- Learning by facilitating a small group and receive feedback.

- Group reality development, including the 'dreaded' unconscious group collusion and the role of 'ghosts'.

- Meeting and working with people's different 'selves' in a group.

- Understanding the unconscious roles people can play, and get stuck in set ways.

FACILITATOR:

Time:

Saturday: 9:30am - 5:00pm & Sunday: 9:30am - 4:00pm

Costs: Click the link please

Registration form

2016 February 20th- Workshop Working with Kids

2016 February 20th- Workshop Working with Kids

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: savoring 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

Download here the Workshop Registration

29 Nov 2015

MERRY CHRISTMAS

WE WISH YOU

A MERRY CHRISTMAS

AND MAGIC 2016!

Yaro & Gemma

www.gestaltarttherapy.com

8 Nov 2015

2016 February 20th- Workshop Working with Kids

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.

DATE: FEBRUARY 20^th, 2016
TIME: Saturday 9:30am To 5pm
COST FOR THE WORKSHOP:

Early Bird, Payment before 5^th February, 2016: $130

Payment after 5^th February, 2016: $150

•             Ask us for the Bank details: gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com

•             Payment by paypal has a 4% commission of the total cost.

FACILITATOR: YARO STARAK

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: savoring 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

Download here the Workshop Registration

27 Sept 2015

2016 Open Day - Gestalt Art Therapy Centre- Brisbane- Australia

OPEN DAY !!!

FEBRUARY 13th, 2016

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 13th, 2016
10:00 Welcome
10:30 to 11:00  Solo Performance Art presentation
11:00 to 13:00 Gestalt Art Therapy Centre program presentation & hands on practice.
13:00 Closing Open day.

Free morning tea /coffee

RSVP  gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com
www.gestaltarttherapy.com

2016 GESTALT ART THERAPY PROGRAM

GESTALT ART THERAPY CENTRE

2016 PROGRAM

Month	Day	Workshop Name	Book Now	Registration form
FEBRUARY	13	OPEN DAY!		Click here
	20	WORKING WITH KIDS		Click here
	27/ 28	WORKING WITH GROUPS		Click here
MARCH	5 / 6	USING THE TAROT IN A THERAPY SESSION		Click here
	12 / 13	ICAT -I		Click here
	19	CONSTRUCTION OF PUPPETS		Click here
APRIL	16 / 17	ICAT- II		Click here
MAY	7	HOW TO DESIGN YOUR WORKSHOP TO HAVE THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS		Click here
	14	ICAT- III		Click here
	20, 21 / 22	ART CAMP		Click here
	28	HOW TO CREATE AND USE AN “ART DIARY” IN A THERAPY SESSIONS		Click here
JUNE	4	SAND PLAY, GESTALT FOCUS		Click here
	11	MEN MENTORING		Click here
	18	SCULPTURE THERAPY		Click here
	26 to 30	BALI BLISS GESTALT ART THERAPY EXPERIENCE		Click here

The Gestalt Art Therapy Directors may change the Program if it will be necessary.
How to book:
Download the “registration form”, complete it by hand, take a picture or scan the document, send it by email to: Gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com After that, pay the fee by Credit card or Bank transfer.
The credit card payment has a 4% of commission. Ask us for a Bank details.
Please read the policy of workshop cancellation in the Registration form.

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

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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.

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)