Peter Philippson, M.Sc. (Gestalt Psychotherapy) is a Gestalt psychotherapist and trainer, a trainer of the Gestalt Psychotherapy & Training Institute UK, a founder member of Manchester Gestalt Centre, Full Member of the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, faculty member of Gestalt Therapy International Network (GTin), and a guest trainer for many training programmes internationally. He is co-author with his GTin colleagues of 'Contact and Relationship in a Field Perspective', pub. l'Exprimerie, editor of 'The Nature of Pain' and (with John Harris) co-author of 'Gestalt: Working with Groups' and co-editor of 'Topics in Gestalt Therapy', all published by Manchester Gestalt Centre, and author of many papers on Gestalt therapy in British, French, American, Australian, Canadian and Spanish Gestalt Journals. His book 'Self in Relation' is published by the Gestalt Journal Press. He is on the Editorial Boards for the International and British Gestalt Journals, and is President of the Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy. Peter is a teacher and student of Aikido.

Illawarra Gestalt Centre

Counselling, Psychotherapy and Community Voice

International Faculty

The Illawarra Gestalt Centre is fortunate to have access to international faculty who are all authors, trainers and therapists and have each in their own way contributed markedly to the world wide Gestalt therapy community.

 

Robert G. Lee, PhD, a psychologist in private practice in Cambridge and  Newton, Massachusetts, has written extensively and presented widely about shame and belonging as regulator processes of the relational field. He  applies his intersubjective, constructivist insights to a wide range of clinical populations, including working with individuals, couples, families, children and adolescents, as well as to the topics of self process, development, field theory, ethics, culture, gender, and chronic illness. His research on couples and shame led to a deeper understanding of the hidden dynamics of the intimate couple. His article, "Gestalt and Shame: The foundation for a Clearer Understanding of Field Dynamics," won the 1995 Nevis Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Gestalt Therapy Theory. Robert is co-editor of The Voice of Shame: Silence and Connection in Psychotherapy. (Jossey-Bass, 1996), editor of the Values of Connection (GestaltPress/The Analytic Press, 2004), and is currently at work authoring his latest book The Secret Language of Intimacy (GestaltPress/The Analytic Press, in press). He is an editor at GestaltPress, a member of the faculty of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland and teaches and trains nationally and internationally. His other life interests include dancing, snorkeling, and being with and enjoying his wife and their collective children.

Seán Gaffney  was raised in Ireland, spent six years in the UK and has lived in Sweden since 1975. He is a Gestalt therapist, supervisor and trainer; Gestalt organisational consultant, supervisor and trainer; and a university lecturer (Cross-cultural Management). He is a member of the Professional Staff, Gestalt Institute of Cleveland (USA). Trainer with The Gestalt Academy of Scandinavia (Sweden), The Nordic Gestalt Institute (Denmark), The Gestalt Trust (Scotland & North of Ireland), The London Gestalt Centre (England) and the Illawarra Gestalt Centre (Australia).

 

 

Talia Levine Bar-Yoseph, BA, MA (hons), is a co-founder of the Jerusalem Gestalt Institute and a visiting trainer in several countries in Europe. She is the past coordinator of the post graduate Gestalt program at the Hebrew U. as well as a past head of the Gestalt MsC program at Metanoia Inst. London. She was the first Professional Continuing Education on the UKCP executive. Talia was on the editorial board of the BGJ and is now on the editorial board of the GR. She is a registered clinical psychologist since 1981, with vast experience in PTSD, cross cultural work and group work. Talia is a business consultant in Israel, Europe and the USA. She has over 20 years experience working with multinational companies, social structures, family businesses as well as volunteering work with low profit organizations. Talia published number of papers in professional journals and edited the book; The Bridge – Dialogues Across Cultures.

 

Talia published number of papers in professional journals and edited the book; The Bridge – Dialogues Across Cultures.

 

Talia is a business consultant in Israel, Europe and the USA. She has over 20 years experience working with multinational companies, social structures, family businesses as well as volunteering work with low profit organizations.

Talia published number of papers in professional journals and edited the book; The Bridge – Dialogues Across Cultures.