Official AAGT Website
www.aagt.org
Manchester Gestalt Centre
www.mgc.org.uk
www.metanoia.ac.uk
Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute
www.spti.net
Scarborough Psychotherapy Training Institute
www.scpti.co.uk
www.counselling-direct.co.uk
Gestalt Psychotherapy & Training Institute
www.gpti.org.uk
Edinburgh Gestalt Institute
edinburgh-gestalt-institute.moonfruit.com
The Gestalt Centre
www.gestaltcentre.co.uk
Conference Convenor and Chair of the Conference Planning Committee: Sarah Fallon
Co-Chairs of the Program Planning Committe: Mae Tang and Philip Brownell
Chair of the Peer Review Committee: Susan Gregory
Chair of Publicity: Talia Levine Bar-Yoseph
Co-Chairs of Process Groups: Bud Feder and Jack Aylward
"Borders and Bridges:
Differentiation in Contact"
Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy -
An International Community
9th International Conference
Manchester, England
July 23-27, 2008
Join Keynote Speakers Gaie Houston and Malcolm Parlett, with Lynne Jacobs, Daan Van Baalen, Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb, and colleagues from around the world, such as Talia Levine Bar Yoseph, Sylvia Fleming Crocker, Michael Clemmens, Charles and Ann Bowman, Brian and Jenny O’Neill, Seán Gaffney, Peter Philippson, Dan Bloom, Bud Feder, Joseph Melnick, Susan Gregory, Philip Brownell, Ansel Woldt, Marlene Blumenthal, Gary Yontef, and Conference Convenor, Sarah Fallon.
Opening ceremonies will be on the evening of Wednesday, July 23rd.
THEME - “Borders and Bridges: Differentiation in Contact”
Borders and Bridges will be a celebration and exploration of meeting whilst acknowledging differences -- maintaining awareness of the dissimilarity, uniqueness and novelty in our experiences, interests, perspectives, theories, cultures, and the process of differentiation or "making-different" in and of itself. Standing side-by-side, we invite you to explore our standing apart whilst building bridges toward one another.
We encourage innovative and creative presentations, student papers, and presentations based on research projects relating the conference theme to gestalt theory, neuroscience and mind-body dimensions of gestalt practice, transpersonal dynamics, spiritual and religious experience, clinical practice, social justice, and organizational change. Presentations may be theoretical, clinical, and/or experiential, and they may be demonstrations, panels, video presentations, and/or discussions. Conference presentations will be approximately two hours in length, allowing time for participant discussion, and will be selected by the conference planning committee following blind peer review.
THE PROGRAM:
Pre-Conference Workshops - Peer Reviewed Presentations - Plenaries - Small Process Group Sessions – Keynote Address and Invited Presentations - Community Meetings - Dinner Dance and Other Social Events.
REGISTRATION:
Instructions will soon be posted on the AAGT website (www.aagt.org). Look for "2008 Conference Registration" at the bottom of the home page.
Continuing Education credit will be offered to attendees. The AAGT is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to offer continuing education to psychologists. The AAGT maintains responsibility for the program. It is also approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), California Board of Registered Nurses, California Board of Behavioral Sciences for Licensed Marriage, Family, and Child Counselors and Licensed Social Workers.
Those wishing to submit a proposal are encouraged to download a presentation proposal form directly from the conference website (www.aagt-manchester08.org), complete it, and send it via email attachment to peer.review@aagt-manchester08.org. People can also request that an email-based form be forwarded to them directly by sending a request to proposalform@aagt-manchester08.org.