We are all too aware that we find ourselves in an unprecedented global crisis due to COVID-19. As a child therapist who uses the Violet Oaklander Model of Gestalt Therapy with Children, I wish both to gather and to share…
My mentor, Violet Oaklander, who died September 21, 2021, and whom I’ll always miss, wrote a groundbreaking article, “The Many Faces of Anger.” [1 ] Violet saw anger as the least-tolerated and most-misunderstood emotion. She noted that children get so…
Online Gestalt Play Therapy during the COVID-19 Emergency with Children in the care of a Home Paediatric Assistance, Pain Therapy (PT) and Paediatric Palliative Care (PPC) team. AUTHORS: A. Pezzutto (psychologist with the Assistenza Domiciliare Pediatrica, Terapia del Dolore e Cure Palliative…
Thanks to Peter Mortola, Ph.D. for sharing an excerpt from BAM! (published by Routledge and available at www.bamgroups.com) Peter is Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology for the Graduate School of Education and Counseling at Lewis and Clark College. Chapter 2 Making Contact…
We are so happy to share a children’s coloring book to help children manage COVID-19, authored by a wonderful Italian psychologist, who is skilled in the Oaklander Model. Monica has translated Carlo’s Diary into English and Spanish, in addition to…
If you have ever attended a Violet Oaklander training, you have had this experience. At some point in the proceeding – either at the beginning, when we are going around the circle and introducing ourselves, or during a break for…
