12, 19, 26 june 2025
PM6:30 - PM9:30 Kyiv time
We invite you to a series of three webinars where we will explore body, presence, and interaction in online Gestalt practice.
Together, we will explore new possibilities for working in challenging environments – through movement, breath, voice, conceptual discussions, small group practice, and demonstration sessions.
IN THIS PROGRAM YOU WILL LEARN HOW:
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How to work embodiedly when the world is unstable?
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How to maintain a lively connection online?
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How to support yourself and others in times of war, immigration, danger and loss?
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How to integrate bodily experience into a Gestalt approach when the screen separates us?
WEBINAR PROGRAM
1st webinar | June 12
Shared physical practice and immersion in the topic
"What does it mean to be embodied in the online space?"
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How does corporeality affect presence and contact in Gestalt therapy?
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Self-inquiry: How do we feel about ourselves, our bodies, and others right now?
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Breathing, movement, and voice practices to support our embodiment.
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Group exercises: How can we “touch” each other through screens?
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Discussion: What bodily practices can support our online work in times of pain and uncertainty?
2nd webinar | June 19
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Demonstration client session with Arie - an opportunity to see live work.
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Interaction with the client's bodily processes through the screen.
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Work in small groups: practice of bodily presence in online dialogues.
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Open space for questions and reflection.
3rd webinar | June 26
Supervision in the Bodymind Gestalt approach
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Demonstration supervision - how corporeality can support the therapist's process
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Exploring our own experience: what do we experience in working with clients?
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How to work with our own physical state?
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Discussing the challenges of online work: how not to burn out, how to support ourselves and clients?
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The final integration of the entire experience of the series.
THE SEMINAR WILL SUPPORT:
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Expanding the range of experiences and experiments for working online.
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New conceptual frameworks for Gestalt practice in crisis.
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Deeper interaction and support of colleague.
FORMAT:
Online, with consecutive translation from English to Ukrainian.
Webinars will be recorded. Recording is only for registered webinar participants. Recordings will not be sold separately after the webinars.
Arie Burstein
GROUP LEADER
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Israeli Gestalt therapist in private practice, trainer and supervisor.
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Full member of EAGT since 2007.
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Board member of the Israeli Gestalt Therapy Association.
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Taught Body-mind Gestalt Therapy at Tel Aviv University and in various training programs for psychotherapists in Israel, the USA and Europe.
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Works at a mental health center established for survivors of the October 7, 2023 music festival massacre in Israel.
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Former dancer and movement instructor at the Hakibbutzim Teachers College Seminary in Tel Aviv. BA with honors (1978) from Tel Aviv University in Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology.
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Master of Arts (1989) in Dance from Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
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Interned at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, in Israel and Ohio, specializing in working with physical processes.
COST OF A WEBINAR CYCLE:
4000 grn (100$)
for Conference 2025 participants
when paid by April 15, 2025
4400 grn (110$)
when paid by April 30, 2025
4800 grn (120$)
when paid by May 31, 2025
5000 grn (125$)
when paying after May 31, 2025
5200 grn (130$)
when paying on the day of the event (June 12, 2025)