In her article for our Spring Newsletter theme ‘Neurodiversity & Gestalt – Creative Relating’, Gaie Houston considers how we use language in Gestalt, in our practices and with each other. www.ukagp.org.uk/spring-2025-... #Gestalt #Language #Neurodiversity #Creativity #TherapistsonBlueSky

The Gestalt Prayer, by Fritz Perls. “Gestalt Therapy Verbatim”, 1969. #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #Psychotherapy #Therapy

The Gestalt Prayer, by Fritz Perls. “Gestalt Therapy Verbatim”, 1969. #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #Psychotherapy #Therapy

A few of our committee members met this weekend to reflect on our recent conferences, share ideas for future ones and other events, and discuss how we can continue to support our UKAGP community and each other. #Gestalt #UKAGP #GestaltTherapy #GestaltConnect #GestaltCommunity #GestaltApproach

'Gestalt therapy views the entire biopsychosocial field, including organism/environment, as important. Gestalt therapy actively uses physiological, sociological, cognitive, motivational variables. No relevant dimension is excluded in the basic theory.' - Gary Yontef #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy

📢 Certificate In Contemporary Trauma Practice: Mind, Body & Relationship: Developing Competence in Applying Neuroscience to Therapy 📅 January - October 2026 📍Oxford & online www.ukagp.org.uk/events/relat... #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounseling #GestaltTraining #GestaltCommunity #CPD

'Contact is the lifeblood of growth, means for changing oneself, and one's experience of the world.' - Erving Polster, Gestalt Therapy Integrated: Contours of Theory & Practice #Gestalt #GestaltCommunity #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounselor #GestaltTherapist #Therapy #Psychotherapy #RelationalTherapy

📣 We’re now on Instagram! If you're an Instagram user, feel free to give us a follow for the latest UKAGP news on: www.instagram.com/_ukagp/ #Instagram #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCommunity #GestaltTherapist #GestaltCounselor

📢 Training: Relational Living Body Psychotherapy 📅 9-11th Jan and 20-22nd Feb, 2026 📍 Online Julianne Appel-Opper offers new ways of working in a relational and field-oriented way. www.ukagp.org.uk/events/relat... #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #Psychotherapy #Therapy #Training #TherapyTraining

'We make contact with our world through our senses at what we refer to in gestalt as the contact boundary – where ‘I’ ends and ‘other’ begins. It is in this between that self forms.' - Dave Mann #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #Psychotherapy #GestaltCommunity #Thoughtoftheday #Therapy

📢 1 Day Workshop Exploring Shame and Guilt 📅 October 11th 📍 The Practice Rooms, Exeter For more details or to book: www.ukagp.org.uk/events/one-d... #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCommunity #Psychotherapy #TherapyWorkshop #Workshop

'Even in the deepest retreat, there is a vague restlessness of the soul yearning for a genuine meeting with others.' - Richard Hycner How does this land with you today? #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #DialogicalPsychotherapy #Therapy #Psychotherapy #Thoughtoftheday

erapy 📅 Seminars on September 17, October 15, November 19, 2025 📍Online For more details or to book: www.ukagp.org.uk/events/gesta... #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCommunity #GestaltSupervision #TherapySupervision

‘We are the contact we make. We exist when we contact the world.’ - Lee McLeod, ‘The Self in Gestalt Therapy Theory’ How are you making contact with your world today? #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCommunity #Therapy #Thoughtoftheday

The 6th International Gestalt Research Conference starts today! You can still get tickets for the weekend, one day or online. Programme: www.ukagp.org.uk/2025-interna... Tickets: www.ukagp.org.uk/2025-interna... #GIRC2025 #GestaltResearch #GestaltEvidence2025 #TherapyResearch #GestaltCommunity

Come and join us to learn more about how Nicola's research can support your practice. Conference Programme: www.ukagp.org.uk/2025-interna... Buy Ticket: www.ukagp.org.uk/2025-interna... #GIRC2025 #GestaltResearch #GestaltEvidence2025 #TherapyResearch #GestaltCommunity

The 6th International Gestalt Conference is being held in Birmingham, UK this weekend! In-person and online tickets available: www.ukagp.org.uk/2025-interna... #GestaltResearch #TherapyResearch #GestaltCommunity #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #Psychotherapy #Therapy #Research

One week until the Gestalt International Research Conference! With 16.5 hours CPD on offer, this conference has something for everyone. To book: www.ukagp.org.uk/2025-interna... #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #TherapyResearch #Psychotherapy #EvidenceBasedResearch

“All real living is meeting.” ― Martin Buber How has this idea impacted or shown up in your practice? #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #IThou #Psychotherapy #Therapy #Philosophy

📢 The Diploma in Supervision 📅 Begins 16th October The Gestalt Centre Diploma in Supervision is a UKCP-recognised course designed for new and experienced supervisors. For more info, follow the link: www.ukagp.org.uk/events/the-d... #Gestalt #GestaltSupervision #TherapySupervision

Two weeks to go until the International Gestalt Research Conference! Follow the link for more info or to book: www.ukagp.org.uk/2025-interna... #GIRC2025 #GestaltResearch #GestaltEvidence2025 #TherapyResearch #GestaltCommunity #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #Psychotherapy #Therapy #Research

'There is no field per se that is perceived by one and all.' - Dave Mann, 2010 How do you help your clients increase their awareness of all the moving parts in their field, whilst keeping in mind the impact of your own? #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #Psychotherapy #DaveMann #FieldTheory

ONLINE TICKETS! - International Gestalt Research Conference 2025 Join us this weekend, 5th-7th September! With 16.5 hours CPD on offer whether you are a practitioner, researcher or both, this conference offers something for everyone. www.ukagp.org.uk/store/p/2025... #Gestalt #GestaltResearch

Laura Giordani invites us to explore the transformative power of physical contact in individual Gestalt psychotherapy in her talk at the International Gestalt Research Conference! #GIRC2025 #GestaltResearch #GestaltEvidence2025 #TherapyResearch #GestaltCommunity www.ukagp.org.uk/2025-interna...

‘The Gestalt therapist rejects the role of "changer," for his strategy is to encourage, even insist, that the patient be where and what he is.’ - Arnold Beisser How do you meet a client in their desire for change? #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #Therapy #Change #Thoughtoftheday

📢 One Day Workshop Exploring Shame and Guilt 📅 Saturday October 11th 🕥 10am to 5pm 📍 The Practice Rooms Exeter, UK For more info or to book, follow the link: www.ukagp.org.uk/events/one-d... #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #Workshop #TherapyWorkshop

Here's why our past delegates come back! “I keep coming back to Gestalt Research Conference because I meet new people from the international Gestalt Community with exciting ways of looking at Gestalt therapy that I hadn’t thought of before." www.ukagp.org.uk/2025-interna... #Gestalt #Research

“The person most in control is the person who can give up control.” ― Fritz Perls How does this land with you today? #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #Psychotherapy #FritzPerls #Thoughtoftheday

📢 International Gestalt Research Conference: Building the Evidence Base for Gestalt Therapy 📅 5-7 Sept, 2025 📍 Birmingham, UK Join us to discover the latest research in Gestalt and gain 16.5 CPD hrs! www.ukagp.org.uk/2025-interna... #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #Psychotherapy #Conference #Research

📢 Wild Way Retreat for Women 📅 19th-22nd September 2025 📍Lake District Wild Way Retreats are immersive experiences for women seeking to explore feminine power through connection with nature. www.ukagp.org.uk/events/wild-... #GestaltTherapy #Retreat #WomensRetreat #LakeDistrict #AutumnEquinox

“Sometimes I simply remind patients that sooner or later they will have to relinquish the goal of having a better past.” - Irvin D. Yalom, The Gift of Therapy #Psychotherapy #IrvinYalom #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #thoughtoftheday

Helena & Billy invite us to learn about foregrounding the lived body in psychotherapy research. Join us to learn more about how their research can support your practice. Find out more here: www.ukagp.org.uk/2025-interna... #GestaltResearch #GestaltEvidence2025 #TherapyResearch #GestaltCommunity

📢 Workshop: Trauma Recovery Through Creative Expression 📅 7th September 2025 📍 Manchester This workshop will focus on exploring the ways in which creative expression can help with processing trauma. www.ukagp.org.uk/events/traum... #Creativity #Gestalt #Workshop #TraumaRecovery #GestaltTherapy

For the our Spring Newsletter, Umaa Thampu submitted her piece ‘Working with Fear and Anxiety through the Lens of Neurodiversity', in which she reflects on her workshop of the same title: www.ukagp.org.uk/spring-2025-... #Gestalt #Neurodiversity #Psychotherapy #Workshop #Conference #Newsletter

This 1-Day workshop offers an experiential immersion into the space couple clients occupy and how to creatively support their arrival into relational contact. Follow the link for more details! www.ukagp.org.uk/events/creat... #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #Psychotherapy #CouplesTherapy #Workshop

Our One Day Conference and AGM in Bristol is this Saturday! The theme of this year's conference is Neurodiversity and Gestalt. We’re looking forward to seeing you there! www.ukagp.org.uk/ukagp-bristo... #Gestalt #Neurodiversity #Conference #Bristol

You’ll gain 16.5 CPD hours by attending the International Gestalt Research Conference! You’ll also be taking part in the premier event for cutting-edge research & experiential learning in the Gestalt community. For more FAQs, follow the link: www.ukagp.org.uk/2025-interna... #Gestalt #Therapy

'Creativity is a celebration of one’s grandeur, one’s sense of making anything possible. Creativity is a celebration of life - my celebration of life. It is a bold statement: I am here! I love life! I love me! I can be anything! I can do anything!' - Joseph Zinker #Gestalt #Therapy #Creativity

Helena's workshop will focus on Forming Form and her research into practical and bodily knowledge. Come join us to learn more and how Helena's research can support your practice. #GIRC2025 #GestaltResearch #GestaltEvidence2025 #TherapyResearch #GestaltCommunity

In our Spring newsletter, Psychotherapist Miriam Grace explores seasonal, aging and feminine cycles within a women’s wintering group. www.ukagp.org.uk/spring-2025-... #Psychotherapy #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #Women #Winter

MEET OUR RESEARCHERS: Julia Ouzia In Julia's workshop we will learn about amplifying the voices of practitioners through research. Come join us to learn more and how Julia's research can support your practice. #GIRC2025 #GestaltResearch #GestaltEvidence2025 #TherapyResearch #GestaltCommunity

“Beginning therapists must learn that there are times to sit in silence, sometimes in silent communion, sometimes simply while waiting for patients' thoughts to appear in a form that they may be expressed.” ― Irvin D. Yalom #Therapy #Psychotherapy #TalkingTherapy #Beginning

“Befriending one's parts is not simply a therapeutic endeavor: it also contributes to developing the practice of self-acceptance, one part at a time.” ― Janina Fisher #Therapy #Psychotherapy #GestaltTherapy #Gestalt

MEET OUR RESEARCHERS: Emilyn Claid Emilyn's workshop will focus on letting go of things. Come join us to learn more and how Emilyn's research can support your practice. #GIRC2025 #GestaltResearch #GestaltEvidence2025 #TherapyResearch #GestaltCommunity #Gestalt #Therapy #Psychotherapy

International Gestalt Research Conference - Meet our researchers! Rafael Cortina's workshop will focus on Healing Through Connection: A Compassionate Relational Gestalt Approach to Trauma and Addiction Treatment. #GIRC2025 #GestaltResearch #GestaltEvidence2025 #TherapyResearch#GestaltCommunity

“There are wholes, the behaviour of which is not determined by that of their individual elements, but where the part-processes are themselves determined by the intrinsic nature of the whole. It is the hope of Gestalt theory to determine the nature of such wholes." - Max Wertheimer #Gestalt #Therapy

ONLINE TICKETS! - International Gestalt Research Conference 2025 Gestalt Therapy changes lives. But how do we prove it? Join the conversation this September. www.ukagp.org.uk/store/p/2025... #GIRC2025 #GestaltResearch #GestaltEvidence2025 #TherapyResearch #GestaltCommunity

​📢 Wild Way Retreat 📅 29th – 22nd September 2025 📍 Lake District Early bird price available until 7th July! Wild Way Retreats are a 4-day immersive experience, exclusively for women. www.ukagp.org.uk/events/wild-... #Gestalt #WildTherapy #Women #LakeDistrict #Retreat

“I do my thing and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, And you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you, and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, it's beautiful. If not, it can't be helped.” ― Fritz Perls #Gestalt #Psychotherapy

“Befriending one's parts is not simply a therapeutic endeavor: it also contributes to developing the practice of self-acceptance, one part at a time.” ― Janina Fisher #Psychotherapy #SelfAcceptance