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Changing families, changing times
December 2, 2024
The prefix ‘step’ still carries some stigma, even though it is now the norm to find a far wider configuration of families in society and among our client base. Jon Blend, a Gestalt psychotherapist and himself a stepparent, describes some of the hurdles and dilemmas faced by these ‘bereaved’ children and families.
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Am I Bovvered? A Gestalt Approach to Working with Adolescents
December 2, 2024
The functional role of anger in helping adolescents.
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In Memorium: Violet Oaklander
December 2, 2024
We have lost one of the greats: Dr. Violet Oaklander died on September 21, 2021. Yet her amazing impact on the field continues to surge worldwide like a COVID epidemic, only positively. Before I get to her present-day influence, it is fascinating to consider the humble origins and then the exponential development of her work.
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You, me, and the parts of myself I’m still getting to know
December 2, 2024
An interview with Violet Oaklander on the role of the relational triangle in her approach to therapeutic work with children and adolescents. Much of what has been written regarding relational practice has focusedon the quality of the two-way relationship between the therapist and the client.In Violet Oaklander’s approach, this aspect of relational practice is clearlyimportant, […]
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Giving voice: A gestalt approach to undoing negative body images and introjects
December 2, 2024
Authors in the fields of gender studies and gestalt therapy theory have both placed importance on the issue of “voice” in their work. More specifically, authors in these disciplines are concerned with both “giving voice” and paying close attention to whose voices get to speak. In her now classic text In a different voice: psychological […]