A Monthly Study Group for Therapists with Facilitators Janneke van Beusekom, LCSW & Catherine B. Gray, LCSW
September 11, October 9, November 13, December 11, 2026 & January 8, February 12, March 5, April 9, May 14, 2027
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. each session (USA EST)
27 CEUs available
In Person, Narberth, PA
Overview:
Leader led theoretical presentation and group discussion and demonstration when appropriate. Participants will be expected to participate in the discussion as well as share how these concepts affect their professional practice and personal lives.
In this second series we will study Jean-Marie Robine’s book, Situation, Field Perspective and Formation of Forms in Gestalt Therapy: Social Change Begins with Two. Each month as we delve more deeply into Gestalt Therapy Theory, we will pay particular attention to the shift created by applying a field theoretical lens to Gestalt Therapy concepts.
These will include self, intentionality, intuition, creativity, embodiment, creative adjustment and growth. Building upon this foundation we will then turn our attention to pathology within a field orientation and the resulting consequences for the psychotherapeutic encounter and the forms created from experience.
Finally we will look at the application of the theory to social change.
Learning objectives:
- Following the layout of the book, participants will be able to articulate:
- How situations create self
- How situations create pathology
- How situations create forms
- How situations create encounters
- Identify the significance of each of the above in the therapeutic encounter.
- Apply an understanding of each of the above to their work, their clinical practice and/or Gestalt therapy teaching, as well as in their life.
Important details about this program:
- After meeting with a facilitator and mutual agreement to continue with registration, you will be provided with a link to complete the tuition payment and registration process.
- We will meet in person in Narberth, PA each month, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm, September 11, October 9, November 13, December 11, 2026 & January 8, February 12, March 5, April 9, May 14, 2027
- Participants are graduates from a Gestalt therapy training program who are interested in further study
- We are asking that people commit to being with us for all nine sessions of the program.
- There are 27 CEUs available for attending all nine sessions.
- Tuition for the program is $105 per session and $945 total.
- Refund policy: Full refunds are available until two weeks prior to the program start date. Refunds will not be provided for missed sessions.
Program Leaders
Catherine B. Gray is a licensed clinical psychotherapist in private practice in Narberth, Pennsylvania. She is on the faculty of the Gestalt Training Institute of Philadelphia. She has 40 plus years working with organizations and individuals, first as an organizational development consultant and later as a psychotherapist. Cathy works with individuals, couples, and groups and provides individual and group embodied supervision. In addition to her studies in Gestalt Therapy, she also studied improvisational movement, Focusing, EMDR, Mind-Body Centering and Developmental Somatic Psychology. Cathy is passionate about Gestalt Therapy and its potential to provide healing both for individuals and for our society. She gives workshops and leads week-long residential retreats nationally and internationally. Cathy enjoys reading and writing poetry, although most of her writing remains in her desk drawer. She gets excited exploring new ideas and theory.
Janneke van Beusekom graduated from Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research with a MSS in 1994 and GTIP in 1997. She co-authored the book Encountering Bigotry: Befriending Projecting Persons in Everyday Life with Philip Lichtenberg and Dorothy Gibbons. She has served on the Board of the International Association for Gestalt Therapy, continues to be a member there and is a member of the National Association for Gestalt Therapy and the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy. She has presented at international conferences and has been a long-time faculty member at GTIP. She is retired from her private psychotherapy practice of many years.
Tuition (includes the cost of CEUs):
- $945 for nine sessions at $105 per session.
Refund policy: Full refunds are available until August 28, 2026. Refunds will not be provided for missed sessions.
Workshop Full at this time.
Continuing Education Credits
GTIP offers Continuing Education credits to: LSW, LCSW, LPC, LMFT, PSY. Should you be requesting CEUs, please indicate what license you hold and your license number on the registration form.
This session is co-sponsored by Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research for a maximum of 27 credit hours. Bryn Mawr College GSSWSR, as a CSWE accredited School of Social Work, is a pre-approved provider of continuing education for Social Workers in PA and many other states.
GTIP is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology to offer 27 hours of continuing education for psychologists. GTIP maintains responsibility for the program. The Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology requires Psychology workshop participants to furnish their license number to receive a certificate of attendance.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Christine Manturuk, Administrative Coordination, at christinem@gtip.org
