Welcome to our Gestalt Community of Practice

INTRODUCTION

Outline of our learning sessions, 

What is Gestalt, The Basic Assumptions Centering & Grounding Practice & 

Introduction to the Cycle of Experience

Practice 1:

"Who am I?" 

CYCLE OF EXPERIENCE

Journey into the Cycle of Experience,

Learn about the ways we break contact &

Various resistances that lead to unfinished business 

Choosing your Figure & Ground

Practice 2: 

"Pay attention to how I break contact"

STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT

Process of Understanding self & others: 

I) Orienting + Awareness > 

II) Conflict + Choice > 

III) Cohesion + Responsibility 

Practice 3: 

"What do I want & What do we need?"

UNIT OF WORK

Gestalt basic change model of Beginning | Middle | End 

1) What is,  

2) choosing what to attend to, 

3) acting on the choice and 

4) closing out the activity

Paradoxical Theory of Change 

and the Theory of Learning 

Practice 1: 

"What do I want & 

What do we need?" 

LEVELS OF SYSTEMS

2 Boundaries for interventions: 

Definition / Exchange 

at any Level of systems: 

Self, Dyad, Subgroup & Group.

Heightening Awareness for system to learn

Forces for and against Change

Practice 2:  

"What do you choose to attend to?"

COMPLETION

Bringing it all together 

to deepen our understanding of

Gestalt OSD 

CoE, F&G, SoD, UoW & LoS.

Awareness, Boundary, Contact, 

Definition & Exchange

Questions & Answers

Practice 3: 

"What really matters?"