GESTALT THERAPY
. . . for me, being a Gestaltist is having access to the art and beauty of gestalting . . .
Gestalt therapy is a direction within humanistic psychology. It is based on Gestalt psychological theories and ideas from existential - phenomenological philosophy. Gestalt therapy was founded in the 1950s/60s in the USA by the German-born couple Laura and Fritz Perls, together with the American Paul Goodman.
Read more: https://ngfo.no/gestalt-terapi/
THE FIELD IS EXCITING! Roughly simplified, I can say: In Gestalt therapy theory, we believe that healing can happen in relationship with the therapist. Both therapist and client influence and are influenced by each other. This can create new experiences in the field.
Then it becomes extra important for me, that I as a therapist work with my own unfinished gestalts/ traumas so that I can contribute to precisely new experiences. Then there will perhaps be less creative adaptation here and now.
"UNFINISHED BUSINESS"/ UNFINISHED GESTALS/ UNFINISHED EVENTS/SITUATIONS/ TRAUMA
Zinker writes that if we do not organize and process the "unfinished events/situations, the unfinished gestalts" from childhood, they will disturb us for the rest of our lives. He believed that Laura and Fritz Perls had created a direction in psychology "to complete unfinished business - to make them whole inside of us - so we can move on with our life."
Read more on the association's pages: https://ngfo.no/gestalt-terapi/
NEW!
ONLINE INTERNATIONAL
CONTINUING EDUCATION
From December 2026 till December 2027
HOW TO WORK WITH "UNFINISHED BUSINESS"
WITH THE FIELD SUPPORT METHOD
How to work with unfinished gestalts/ trauma in your gestalt therapy practice? This is a online continuing education for fully trained gestalt therapists. The learning method is experiential, process learning where you learn through experiencing working with your own unfinished gestalts.
The course provides 88 hours of approved guidance category B and 15 hours of approved guidance PFO category A.
New international group (max 22 people) Starts in December 2026. Eight sessions over two days in one year. All sessions are DIGITAL on Zoom. The course runs on weekdays: Tuesday and Wednesday. Two days are also set aside in between for pure supervition in your own practice, PFO category A. It is also possible to get individual follow-up as needed.
"UNFINISHED BUSINESS"/ UNFINISHED GESTALT/ TRAUMA
Zinker writes that if we do not organize and process the "unfinished events/situations, the unfinished gestalts/ traumas" from childhood, they will disturb us for the rest of our lives. He believed that Laura and Fritz Perls had created a direction in psychology "to complete unfinished business - to make them whole inside of us - so we could move on with our life."