James Kepner is a leading voice in Gestalt, writing extensively on embodied process. His article ‘The Embodied Field’ argues that therapeutic work benefits from therapists themselves being more embodied. static1.squarespace.com/static/572d0... #Gestalt #GestaltPsychotherapy #GestaltCounselling

In this 'Humans of Gestalt' dialogue, Giselle Ruzany discusses her identity through dance, motherhood, embodiment and considers her relationship with Gestalt. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk1t... #Gestalt #HumansofGestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounseling #GestaltPractitioner

Gestalt Literature Transcript of lecture with Lynne Jacobs Lynne Jacobs outlines and explores core notions about the I-Thou relationship in Gestalt. gestalttherapy.org/wp-content/u... #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounselling #GestaltPractitioner #TherapistsofBlueSky

How does this quote resonate with you? Do you feel like you're making art in your practice? #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounselling #GestaltPractitioner #Creativity #Art

📢 Presence & Process: Artist Residency 📅 3-9 June 2026 📍Malvern House, Nottingham, UK Explore presence, awareness, and creative process in a supportive, dialogic environment. www.ukagp.org.uk/events/artis... #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounselling #TherapistsofBlueSky #ArtistResidency

Gestalt Therapy - 100 Key Points and Techniques Dave Mann’s book is essential for trainees & qualified practitioners, providing a comprehensive guide that covers 100 key points & techniques. www.routledge.com/Gestalt-Ther... #Gestalt #GestaltCounsellor #GestaltTherapist #GestaltTherapy

As we begin a new week and a new month, how does this land with you? #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounselling #GestaltPractitioner #TherapistsofBlueSky #TherapistsConnect

Miriam Grace: Myth, Maturity, Mid-life and Meaning Psychotherapist Miriam Grace explores seasonal, aging and feminine cycles within a women’s wintering group. Read it here: www.ukagp.org.uk/spring-2025-... #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounselling #GestaltPractitioner #Newsletter

Gestalt Literature Joyce & Sill's work offers practical guidance to Gestaltists. This accessible guide details the essential skills needed to create a Gestalt practice. www.psychologicaltherapybooks.co.uk/product/skil... #Gestalt #GestaltPsychotherapy #GestaltCounselling #GestaltTraining #Therapy

In his chapter 'Gestalt Therapy Theory of Change', Yontef questions how Gestalt therapy can facilitate healing rather than deterioration in the face of inevitable change. gestalttherapy.org/wp-content/u... #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounselling #GestaltPractitioner #Change #Growth #Healing

What does 'trying' mean to you as a practitioner, both in your practice and outside of it? #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounseling #GestaltPractitioner #Trying #Thoughtoftheday #ExistentialTherapy #HumanisticTherapy #TherapistsOfBlueSky #TherapistCommunity #TherapistsConnect

Humans of #Gestalt brings us interviews with Gestaltists from around the world. Greta joins from her home in Sweden and discusses what brought her to the Gestalt world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfA6... #HumansofGestalt #GestaltTherapy #TherapistsofBlueSky humansofgestalt.com

The number of adults seeking support for anxiety is rising. However, less than half of those who access treatment through NHS Talking Therapies reliably recover. We are proud to be one of 30 organisations supporting @UKCP_Updates campaign calling for an urgent update to the NICE anxiety guideline =

📚 Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality 📖 Perls, Hefferline & Goodman introduce the Gestalt modality, exploring how experience begins at the contact boundary and what might support or block growth. www.goodreads.com/book/show/40... #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #Therapy

What does creativity mean for you? How does it show up in your practice? #Gestalt #GestaltCounseling #GestaltTherapy #GestaltPractitioner #Creativity #TherapistsofBlueSky #TherapistsConnect

📢 AGM and Residential Conference 2026 📅 July 30th – August 2nd 2026 📍 Glastonbury, UK   Save the date! Our AGM and Residential Conference will be held at the EarthSpirit Centre in Glastonbury.   www.ukagp.org.uk/agm-and-resi... #Gestalt #AGM #Conference #TherapistsofBlueSky

What does “transcendence” look like in the therapy room? #Gestalt #GestaltPsychotherapy #GestaltCounselling #GestaltTraining #ErvingPolster

Three Approaches to Psychotherapy (1965) shows three therapists working with Gloria Szymanski. Fritz Perls demonstrates Gestalt therapy. The film has been criticised for Perls’s confrontational style. www.youtube.com/watch?v=53VX... What do you make of his session? #Gestalt #Psychotherapy

Happy new year, everyone! We want to thank our members for all their support in 2025. We look forward to seeing what 2026 brings! #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounselling #GestaltPractitioner #UKAGP #NewYear

Dr. Lynne Jacobs and Annie Stopford explore how Gestalt and contemporary psychoanalysis could be integrated, challenging the idea that the two approaches are incompatible. gestalttherapy.org/wp-content/u... #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounselling #Psychoanalysis #IntegrativeTherapy

Our lived experiences expand the pool we draw to meet the world with greater depth and flexibility. What experiences have most shaped your practice? #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounselling #GestaltPractitioner #HumanisticTherapy #Therapy #UKAGP

📢 Workshop: Exploring Shame and Guilt 📅 Saturday 7th March 10am to 5pm 📍 Stokes Croft, Bristol A 1-day workshop that will sensitively support an exploration of shame and guilt. www.ukagp.org.uk/events/explo... #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounselling #GestaltWorkshop #TherapyWorkshop #CPD

📢 Gestalt Conference Shanghai 2027 – save the date! 📅 15 April - 18 April 2027 📍Shanghai, China The theme is ‘The Tao of Gestalt’. For more info on the featured speakers, workshops and travel, follow the link: www.ukagp.org.uk/events/gesta... #Gestalt #Conference #Shanghai #Tao

How do you approach this principle in your practice? #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounselling #GestaltPractitioner

📚 Preface to Awareness, Dialogue and Process by Yontef If you’re interested in Gestalt, Yontef’s preface to 'Awareness, Dialogue and Process' provides an accessible introduction to the theory and its relational roots. gestalttherapy.org/wp-content/u... #Gestalt #GestaltAuthors #GestaltTherapy

Which Gestalt principles or interventions do you find most effective when working with fear in your practice? #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounselling #GestaltPsychology #GestaltPractitioner #TherapistsofBlueSky #Thoughtoftheday

LAST CALL for submissions to our newsletter!✉️ We would love to hear from those who attended our 1 day conference ‘Neurodiversity and Gestalt.’ To share your experience please email [email protected] #Gestalt #UKAGP #Newsletter #Neurodiversity #Conference

If you’re curious about Gestalt but aren’t sure where to start, “Gestalt Therapy” by Yontef and Jacobs offers an accessible and thorough introduction to the modality, introducing the core terms, principles and theory. gestalttherapy.org/wp-content/u... #Gestalt #Therapy #GestaltTherapy

📢 Relational Living Body Psychotherapy Training Weekends 📅 9-11 Jan & 20-22nd Feb 📍 Online 2 online training weekends with Julianne Appel-Opper that will focus how living bodies speak in their bodily rhythms. www.ukagp.org.uk/events/relat... #Gestalt #GestaltTraining #GestaltTherapy #Therapy

You can now find resources from our UKAGP Residential Conference on our website, which had the theme ‘Neurodiversity and Gestalt - Creative Relating’. www.ukagp.org.uk/residential-... #Gestalt #Neurodiversity #Neurodivergence #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounseling #GestaltPractitioner

Gestalt practitioners use creative and experiential approaches to engage a person’s curiosity in, and awareness of, self. How do you approach this in your practice? You can read more about Gestalt on our website: www.ukagp.org.uk/gestalt #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltPractitioner #Awareness

'What Doesn’t Make Figure' by Paulina Gjetnes A poetic piece exploring neurodivergent contact and GT’s neurotypical bias through the lens of ADHD experience for our Spring Newsletter. www.ukagp.org.uk/spring-2025-... #Gestalt #Neurodiversity #ADHD #Therapy #GestaltTherapy #Poetry #Poem

✉️ Newsletter: Call for submissions! 🗓️ Deadline: 24th November We would love to hear from those who attended our one-day conference ‘Neurodiversity and Gestalt.’ To share your experience please email [email protected] #Gestalt #Newsletter #Neurodiversity #TherapistsofBlueSky

Watch Humans of Gestalt in conversation with Nathaniel Mjema, who talks about how he ‘tumbled onto Gestalt’ and the impact it's had on his life. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM3F... humansofgestalt.com #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #HumansofGestalt #GestaltCounselling #Therapy #Counselor

In this episode of the Counselling Tutor Podcast, they begin by exploring the four pillars of Gestalt therapy. What do you consider to be the four pillars? Has your answer changed as your practice develops? www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNGl... #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounseling #Therapy

As practitioners, we are guaranteed to encounter difference. How do you navigate expressing a positive interest in differences in your practice? #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounselling #GestaltPractitioner #Difference #TherapistsofBlueSky

✉️ Newsletter: Call for submissions! 🗓️ Deadline: 24th November We would love to hear from those who attended our one-day conference ‘Neurodiversity and Gestalt.’ To share your experience please email [email protected] #Gestalt #Newsletter #Neurodiversity #TherapistsofBlueSky

In this conversation from Humans of Gestalt, Anthony Turi and Aleksandra Vancevska discuss many topics, including polarities, difference and Gestalt in the wider world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET-b... #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounselling #GestaltTherapist #GestaltCounsellor

Deniz Csernoklavek’s poem ‘Still I'm a Bit Magnificent’, featured in our Spring Newsletter, is a reflection on making sense in a nonlinear, relational way, embracing difference, awkwardness and a quieter kind of magnificence. www.ukagp.org.uk/spring-2025-... #Gestalt #Neurodiversity #Creativity

Creativity is a central pillar of Gestalt therapy. How do you get creative in your practice? #Gestalt #GestaltTherapy #GestaltCounselling #Therapy #Counselling #Creativity #TherapistsofBlueSky #BlueSkyTherapists

📢 EAGT Conference 📅 October 22nd- 25th 2026 📍 Dubrovnik, Croatia   Save the date! We’ll update this link when we have new info, and when tickets go on sale!   www.ukagp.org.uk/events/eagt-... #Gestalt #EuropeanGestaltists #GestaltTherapists #GestaltPractitioners #GestaltTherapy

On The Thinking Mind Podcast, Gestalt Psychotherapist Sarah Paul discusses the history and principles of Gestalt therapy, her own approach to her practice and some of the challenges of training as a therapist. Watch below! #Gestalt #Psychotherapy #TherapistsBlueSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGTk...

‘It is one of our greatest existential needs – to be deeply understood by another human being.’ - R. Hycner & L. Jacobs How has this need emerged in your practice? #Gestalt #RelationalTherapy #GestaltTherapy #Psychotherapy #Counselling #TherapistsofBlueSky #GestaltTherapist #GestaltCounselling

📢 AGM and Residential Conference 2026 📅 July 30th – August 2nd 2026 📍 Glastonbury, UK Save the date! www.ukagp.org.uk/agm-and-resi... #Gestalt #AGM #Conference #therapistsofbluesky #GestaltTherapy #GestaltPractitioner #therapistsconnect

“Phenomenological investigation demonstrates that, once our sedimented outlook is ‘opened up’, numerous perceptual possibilities become available which can be repeatedly turned to for experiential verification” - E. Spinelli #ErnestoSpinelli #existentialpsychotherapy

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