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Two Gestalt therapists discuss working with young people. This episode features guest host Lynn Stadler, LMFT. 
Lynn Stadler, LMFT is a Gestalt psychotherapist working in private practice in California. She also provides trainings about Gestalt therapy with children, adolescents, young adults and parents for social service agencies, universities and other teaching organizations worldwide. She is a founding member of the Violet Solomon Oaklander Foundation (VSOF) and a member of the International Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy (IAAGT).
Website information: 
https://vsof.org/about/#founding
Host information:
Stephanie Goldsmith, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and the owner and Clinical Director at Goldsmith Psychological Services where she provides individual, couples, family, and group therapy as well as post-graduate supervision to associate clinicians.  Some of her specialty areas include trauma, dissociation, interpersonal relationships, eating disorders, LGBTQI identities, and whole person care. 

​Stephanie is a Certified Gestalt Therapist, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, is trained in EMDR and EFT “Tapping”, and has completed certificate training in Emotion Focused Couple’s Therapy. She is the Co-Director for Gestalt Associates Training, Los Angeles and she also provides Gestalt clinical consultation via teleconferencing to therapists all around the world. 

In addition to her work in private practice, Dr. Goldsmith is an Associate Clinical Professor at Loma Linda University. 

Contact: www.goldsmithpsychologicalservices.com 
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Two Certified Gestalt therapists discuss Career Counseling and the Life/Work Balance. This episode features guest host Daniel Kelley-Peterson, MAEd, LMHC, LPC, NCC .
Guest Host information:
Daniel Kelley-Petersen, MAEd, LMHC, LPC, NCC is a licensed mental health counselor in WA state and licensed professional counselor in the states of Arizona & Oregon. Dan owns and operates a private practice in Seattle, WA that began in 2015. Dan offers clinical supervision in Gestalt Therapy in both Oregon and Washington as well as Poland and Lithuania. He is passionate about learning and practicing Gestalt Therapy and exploring the intersection of Gestalt and Career Counseling. Dan expresses his passion through teaching as affiliate faculty at Seattle University in the Department of Counseling, offering and facilitating workshops and seminars on Gestalt Therapy in the PNW region as well as internationally. Dan enjoys working with adults, couples, and groups through a social justice lens, taking a non-pathologizing and anti-oppression stance. Dan identifies as white, cisgender, straight, and an ally.
Dan is a Certified Gestalt Therapist and Faculty with the Gestalt Associates Training Seattle (GATSEA) Program.
contact : www.dkpcounseling.com 

Host information:
Stephanie Goldsmith, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and the owner and Clinical Director at Goldsmith Psychological Services where she provides individual, couples, family, and group therapy as well as post-graduate supervision to associate clinicians.  Some of her specialty areas include trauma, dissociation, interpersonal relationships, eating disorders, LGBTQI issues, and whole person care. 

​Stephanie is a Certified Gestalt Therapist, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, is trained in EMDR and EFT “Tapping”, and has completed certificate training in Emotion Focused Couple’s Therapy. She is the Co-Director for Gestalt Associates Training, Los Angeles and she also provides Gestalt clinical consultation via teleconferencing to therapists all around the world. 

In addition to her work in private practice, Dr. Goldsmith is an Associate Clinical Professor at Loma Linda University. 

Contact: www.goldsmithpsychologicalservices.com 

As discussed in the episode:

Assessment of Your View of Human Nature and Conceptual: Orientationtps://ww2.odu.edu/people/e/eneukrug/therapists/survey.html
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Two Certified Gestalt therapists discuss the role of Doubt in Gestalt therapy.  This episode features guest host Viktoras Keturakis, Ph.D.. 
Incidentally, this episode also features my dog's commentary about the neighbor's landscapers who were working next door at the time of this recording. You'll hear his barking in the background during parts of the episode. 
Guest host information:
Viktoras Keturakis, PhD, is a Gestalt psychotherapist and organizational consultant based in Vilnius, Lithuania, with over 20 years of private practice in individual and couples therapy. He is one of two founding partners of the Gestalt Psychotherapy Institute Dialogas (dialogas.net), where he trains and supervises Gestalt psychotherapists and co-leads the Gestalt Approach in Organizations program (gestaltin.org). He is also a board member of the Lithuanian Gestalt Psychotherapy Association. Viktoras is trained and certified by the Edinburgh Gestalt Institute (Scotland) and GATLA (Los Angeles), and currently serves on the faculty at GATLA European Summer Residentials. He trains Gestalt psychotherapists internationally and works with organizations applying the Gestalt approach to leadership and human development. Together with his wife, Vilija Girgždė PhD, he specializes in couples therapy and differentiation (coupledialogue.com).
Host information:
Stephanie Goldsmith, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and the owner and Clinical Director at Goldsmith Psychological Services where she provides individual, couples, family, and group therapy as well as post-graduate supervision to associate clinicians.  Some of her specialty areas include trauma, dissociation, interpersonal relationships, eating disorders, LGBTQI issues, and whole person care. 

​Stephanie is a Certified Gestalt Therapist, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, is trained in EMDR and EFT “Tapping”, and has completed certificate training in Emotion Focused Couple’s Therapy. She is the Co-Director for Gestalt Associates Training, Los Angeles and she also provides Gestalt clinical consultation via teleconferencing to therapists all around the world. 

In addition to her work in private practice, Dr. Goldsmith is an Associate Clinical Professor at Loma Linda University. 

Contact: www.goldsmithpsychologicalservices.com

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I am offering a one day Gestalt Therapy workshop co-facilitated by my colleague Doug Aberle in Surry Hills, NSW on Sunday March 29th. This event is open to newcomers and experienced Gestalt therapists alike. 
For information and to register, please check out our Eventbrite page:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gestalt-therapy-workshop-sydney-tickets-1983624605593?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Two Gestalt therapists talk about the science of trauma, Gestalt conceptualization of trauma, and applications for treatment.
This episode features guest host Kristen R Myers, PsyD, DrPH, MA.
Kristen R Myers, PsyD, DrPH, MA, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, GATLA-certified gestalt psychotherapist. She works as a clinic Site Director, Co-director of the Seattle GATLA training program and owns a private practice. She completed doctorate degrees in Clinical Psychology (with a specialization in Health Psychology) and in Public Health (with a specialization in Preventive Care) at Loma Linda University. Kristen has trained in and practiced Gestalt Therapy since 2005 and joined the faculty in 2016. She is passionate about self-acceptance, connection, interdependence and agency. She approaches her professional life and personal life with values for inherent growth and wholeness-orientation of all living beings. Also core for her are the importance of non-pathologizing, anti-oppression and the importance of the impact of one’s developmental and current environment on well-being and health. She works with individuals, couples, families and groups. Experience includes working through trauma, grief and loss, eating disorders and attachment difficulties.  

Host information:
Stephanie Goldsmith, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and the owner and Clinical Director at Goldsmith Psychological Services where she provides individual, couples, family, and group therapy as well as post-graduate supervision to associate clinicians.  Some of her specialty areas include trauma, dissociation, interpersonal relationships, eating disorders, LGBTQI issues, and whole person care. 
​Stephanie is a Certified Gestalt Therapist, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, is trained in EMDR and EFT “Tapping”, and has completed certificate training in Emotion Focused Couple’s Therapy. She is the Co-Director for Gestalt Associates Training, Los Angeles and she also provides Gestalt clinical consultation via teleconferencing to therapists all around the world. 
In addition to her work in private practice, Dr. Goldsmith is an Associate Clinical Professor at Loma Linda University. 
Contact: www.goldsmithpsychologicalservices.com

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