Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy
Psychoanalytic Program Course Registration Form Fall 2015 Semester
The following courses are required for trainees in the NYS Licensure Program, and are open as electives to graduates and the general
public. Full course descriptions may be accessed at our website www.gestaltassociates.org. Courses are offered every two to three
years.
Sociocultural Issues in Treatment: This course explores the many ways that issues of “culture” influence the frame of psychotherapy
and the relationship between client and therapist. A historical and psychoanalytic context is provided to help define “Multiculturalism,
Biculturalism and Interculturalism. Next, an analysis is provided by several Gestalt therapists. Emphasis is given to therapist and
client field-related issues with regard to race and ethnicity. Finally, the course looks at social action as it relates to Gestalt therapy
theory and to our role as Gestalt therapists. Instructor: Patricia Tucker, LCSW, LP
Dates: Mondays: 10/19 & 26; 11/9
Time: 5:30 - 8:45pm
10 hours, $300
Location: 1133 Broadway, @26th St., Suite 715
Case Seminar, Presentness and Presence: Gestalt therapy has always emphasized the experience of the present moment. This focus
has served to heighten our awareness of the immediacy of living our lives, and of contact with what is. Presence is the basis for all
forms of presentness. This seminar will include didactic and experiential explorations of both presentness and presence, and will
address clinical applications and implications of this expansion of the Gestalt approach. Instructor: Alan Cohen, LCSW, LP
Dates: Saturday/Sunday: 11/21 & 22
Time: 10am - 4pm
10 hours, $300
Location: 113 Washington Place, #2
Developmental Theory, Freud, Erikson & Piaget: This course explores impairment of functioning and other symptoms in
relationship to their genesis during the socialization process, from a physical, energetic perspective. We will work with memory
recollection and in-the-moment re-experiencing of painful past episodes—where cognitive understanding is coupled with appropriate
affect (abreaction). This working through process will be examined and discussed in detail, along with specific techniques for dealing
with negative emotions and helping patients dispel the tension and confusion associated with repressed intra-psychic conflict.
Instructor: Todd Senzon, MA, LP
Dates: Saturdays: 12/5 & 12; 1/9 & 23
Time: 10am - 1:45pm
15 hours, $450
Location: GAP offices, 36 W 25th St, 10th floor
Clinical Practice with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Clients: Utilizing a psychoanalytic and Gestalt therapy
framework, the interplay of social factors in the environment and issues of LGBT identity will be discussed in depth. Students will be
presented with many of the cultural issues and struggles of this population, and the creative adjustments, defenses, and coping
mechanisms frequently utilized by LGBT clients that clinicians need to understand when working with this population in a
psychotherapy setting. Assessment and treatment issues will be discussed using both case material and the student’s own experiences
with the LGBT population. Instructor: Evan Senreich, PhD, LCSW
Dates: 11/2, 11/16, 11/30, and 12/7
Time: 7 – 9:30pm
10 hours, $300
Location: 1133 Broadway, @26th St., Suite 715
Please mail registration information to Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy, 36 West 25 th Street (10th floor) New York, NY10010; fax
to 212-689-7745; or email to gestaltassoc@aol.com. You may use Visa or Master Card, or a check payable to Gestalt Associates for
Psychotherapy. Registration is due 2 weeks prior to the first date of the scheduled course. Tuition is non-refundable after the start
date of each class. For additional information, email Arleen Maiorano at amaioranolcsw@aol.com.
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I would like to register for:
□ Sociocultural Issues in Treatment, Patricia Tucker
□ Case Seminar, Presentness and Presence, Alan Cohen
□ Developmental Theory, Freud & Erikson, Todd Senzon
□ Clinical Practice with LGBT Clients, Evan Senreich
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