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10/27/2026

We’re pleased to share this upcoming milestone from our colleagues at the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy (NYIGT) as they celebrate 75 years of Gestalt theory, practice, and community.

The 75th Anniversary Conference, “Our Past in the Present, Our Future in the Moment,” will bring together members of the Gestalt community to reflect on the field’s history, engage with new ideas, and explore possibilities for its future.

📅 June 4–5, 2027
📍 New York City + Online

This celebration is an opportunity to connect across generations and cultures, share experiences, and continue the conversations that shape Gestalt therapy and its evolving practice.

Congratulations to NYIGT on this significant milestone! We’re glad to share and support events that bring our broader Gestalt community together.

Learn more: https://www.nyigt75.org

10/21/2026

A look back at our Introduction to Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy™ workshop! 🌿

Over two days, participants explored how movement, bodily awareness, and early relational patterns shape the ways we connect with ourselves and others.

Thank you to our facilitators, Karen Ginsburg, LCSW, Zachary Model, LMHC, and Chrys Hakyung Kim, Psy.D., and to everyone who joined us for this meaningful learning experience.

Ready to go deeper?

GTIP is now welcoming participants for our five-module Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy™ certificate training, beginning April 2027. Explore movement, relational awareness, and the foundations of somatic experience through experiential learning.

✨ Five modules
✨ 110 CEUs available
✨ April 2027 – April 2028
✨ In person in Philadelphia

Learn more and apply at the link below.

🔗 https://www.gtip.org/dsp-5-modules/

10/14/2026

🌿 Join or Renew Your GTIP Associates Membership!

Stay connected to the Gestalt community while supporting GTIP’s programming and scholarships.

✨ Membership Benefits Include:
• A listing in GTIP’s online directory
• 10% off 1–2 day workshops
• Access to our annual reading library
• Opportunities to spotlight your practice, workshops, groups, and services on GTIP’s social media and listserv

💚 Graduates and Gestalt-trained therapists and coaches are welcome!

Join or renew today and continue growing with our community.

Link ⬇️

🔗 https://www.gtip.org/get-involved/become-an-associate/

10/05/2026

PHENOMENOLOGICAL INQUIRY

“What are you noticing right now?”

In Gestalt therapy, we may shift attention away from explaining an experience and toward how that experience is happening in the present moment.

Rather than immediately asking why something is happening, the therapist may become curious about what the person is experiencing right now:

• What are you noticing in your body?
• What are you aware of as you say that?
• What happens as you talk about it?
• What are you noticing between us right now?

Phenomenological inquiry invites the client to slow down and explore their experience without requiring an immediate interpretation.

The focus is not on finding the “right” explanation.
The focus is on becoming aware of what is here.

Awareness can open new possibilities for contact, choice, and change.

09/30/2026

Introduction to Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy

What happens in the body can shape how we connect, communicate, and relate.

Join Karen Ginsburg, LCSW, Zachary Model, LMHC, & Chrys Hakyung Kim, Psy.D. for a two-day in-person workshop exploring Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy (DSP), developed by Ruella Frank, PhD.

Through movement experiments, lecture, and demonstration, participants will explore early movement patterns, kinesthetic resonance, bodily awareness, and their role in the therapeutic relationship.

📅 October 3–4, 2026
🕙 10 AM–5 PM EST
📍 English House at Bryn Mawr College
🎓 11 CEUs available
🔗 https://www.gtip.org/introduction-to-developmental-somatic-psychotherapy/
📋 https://pci.jotform.com/form/261596118873165

For therapists, coaches, massage therapists, and body practitioners interested in deepening their understanding of somatic and relational work.

09/14/2026

Introduction To Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy

Two days of in-person training led by Karen Ginsburg, LCSW and co-teachers Zachary Model, LMHC & Chrys Hakyung Kim, Psy.D.

Saturday & Sunday, October 3 & 4, 2026
10 am - 5 pm (EST) | 11 CEUs | Bryn Mawr College

Developed by Ruella Frank, Ph.D., Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy (DSP) explores the early infant movement patterns that form the relational base for how we interact as adults, both in therapeutic settings and everyday life.

Through movement experiments, lecture and demonstration, participants learn how to attend to, and experiment with, their own and their clients’ movements, which creates the ground for new, more vital, patterns to emerge.

Who should attend: Therapists, coaches, massage therapists and body practitioners of all kinds.

📍 English House at Bryn Mawr College
815 New Gulph Rd, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

Registration Deadline: Friday, September 25, 2026

🔗 https://pci.jotform.com/form/261596118873165

08/06/2026

Grow Your Practice

Supervision isn’t just about finding answers, it’s about expanding awareness, deepening presence, and discovering what’s possible in the therapeutic relationship.

Join Laura Hawley, LCSW and Beth Filla, LCSW for Supervision in Action, an eight-session monthly practice group designed to support therapists through collaborative learning, meaningful dialogue, and experiential reflection.

🗓 Eight Fridays | October 2026 – May 2027
📍 In Person | Center City, Philadelphia
🎓 24 CEUs Available

Come as you are. Leave with greater clarity, confidence, and connection.

🔗 : https://www.gtip.org/supervision-in-action/

08/05/2026

Repair doesn’t always wait until the conflict is over.

Sometimes, repair begins in the very moment of rupture.

It begins when we slow down instead of pulling away.
When we name what’s happening instead of pretending it’s not.
When we stay curious rather than certain.
When two people remain in contact, even while feeling hurt, misunderstood, or disconnected.

In Gestalt therapy, rupture isn’t a sign that the relationship has failed. It can become the place where trust is rebuilt, awareness deepens, and something new emerges.

Healing isn’t the absence of rupture.
It’s discovering that authentic contact can survive it.

07/29/2026

When rupture arises in the therapeutic relationship, the goal isn’t perfection, its presence.

Repair begins when we stay. When we notice. When we’re willing to meet the moment with curiosity instead of certainty.

Healing doesn’t happen because we never miss each other. It happens because we’re willing to find our way back.

In Gestalt therapy, presence is more than a technique, it’s the ground from which awareness, contact, and repair become possible.

07/23/2026

Past experiences shape what we see.

In Gestalt, perception isn’t just about what’s in front of us, it’s also about what we bring with us. Our memories, culture, relationships, and lived experiences influence how we interpret the world.

The same image can tell a different story to every person. That’s the beauty of awareness: when we recognize our lens, we create space for new possibilities.

✨ What do your past experiences help you see & what might they be keeping you from seeing?

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Thursday	9am - 5pm
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