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VSOF NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2024
—– VSOF Conference, online and in person, June 27 through 29, 2025 —— —— Oaklander Model Zoom Consult Group—— —— Certification in the Oaklander Model —– — Announcing the 2025 Violet Solomon Oaklander Foundation Conference June 27 to 29, 2025 IN PERSON AND ONLINE In person in Carpinteria, CA and likely other locations around the world TBA Videos of […]
February 7, 2025
Changing families, changing times
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.
December 2, 2024
Am I Bovvered? A Gestalt Approach to Working with Adolescents
The functional role of anger in helping adolescents.
In Memorium: Violet Oaklander
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.
You, me, and the parts of myself I’m still getting to know
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, […]
Giving voice: A gestalt approach to undoing negative body images and introjects
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 […]
Talking Cards
I was inspired to create a large collection of Talking Cards based on the work of Dr. Violet Oaklander during the process of doing my dissertation research on her methods of training adults to do therapy with children. I was impressed by how powerful the use of images was in her wok with both children […]
Image before word: making good contact with boys
It is important to recognise that boys often need a more direct style of contact in counseling. Peter Mortola looks at the reasons for this, and explains how he uses images to initiate the process of honouring the client’s style.
VSOF NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 2024
November 2024 —– VSOF Conference, online and in person, June 27 through 29, 2025 —— —— The Oaklander Model Goes to Nairobi —— —— Certification in the Oaklander Model —– — VSOF Conference June 26 through 30, 2025 Our conference will be a “hybrid” event, with both online and in-person portions. The in-person part of […]
November 2, 2024
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