Skills in Gestalt Counselling & Psychotherapy

Phil Joyce is a UKCP registered psychotherapist and a BACP senior accredited supervisor in private practice. He works in West London as a trainer, supervisor, psychotherapist and consultant  He was formerly an approved psychiatric social worker in London and has considerable experience of multidisciplinary teams in mental health. He has been a primary tutor on the MSc course in Gestalt Psychotherapy at Metanoia Institute for over 15 years, and has given many gestalt presentations at international conferences over the last 15 years during that time. He specializes in trauma treatment and is an accredited EMDR Supervisor and Consultant. His other abiding interest is in the transpersonal dimensions of human experience. Charlotte Sills is a UKCP registered integrative psychotherapist in private practice and a supervisor, coach, trainer and consultant in a variety of settings. She has been working in the field of psychological therapies since 1979 and is a BACP senior accredited supervisor and a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst. Until 2007 she was also part of the Leadership Team at Metanoia Institute. One of her strong interests is in the interface between therapy and coaching and she is a member of faculty of the Masters in Executive Coaching and Professor of Coaching at Ashridge Hult Business School, UK.

• Part One: Gestalt Therapy in Practice1. The Important First Steps2. Phenomenology and Field Theory3. Awareness4. The Change Process5. The Therapeutic Relationship6. Making Contact7. Polarities8. Therapist Self-Disclosure9. Assessment and Diagnosis10. Assessment and Management of Risk11. Treatment Considerations12. Strengthening Support13. Shame14. Difference and Power15. Neurodiversity16. Experimenting17. Unfinished Business18. Transference and Counter-transference19. The Erotic in Therapy20. Embodied Process21. Working with Dreams22. When you feel stuck23. Ethical Dilemmas24. Ending the JourneyPart Two: Specialised Areas of Practice25. Resourcing the Client26. Depression and Anxiety27. Trauma Part 1: Assessing and Stabilizing28. Trauma Part 2: Processing and Integrating29. Brief Therapy30. Working Virtually3031. Spirituality in Counselling32. The Reflective Practioner – Research and Gestalt