Description
GTB Summer School
Let the deep Roots Hold You…
5-day immersive conference
In uncertain and troubling times, we find ourselves not only supporting others—but also navigating the same storms. As Gestalt therapists and practitioners, we are not separate from the collective field. We, too, are influenced by the turbulence of the world: climate crisis, systemic injustice, war, economic strain, disconnection, and the quiet griefs of everyday life.
How do we stay present and responsive when we are similarly impacted?
How do we remain rooted—ethically, relationally, somatically and sustainably—when the ground itself feels unstable?
This conference invites us to return to what holds us. To the deep roots of our practice, our community, our body, land, and lineage. Together, we will explore how to live and work more fully and creatively in complexity. We will ask: What sustains us? What connects us? What practices restore our capacity for moments of clarity, compassion, courage and hope?
Let the deep roots hold you is both a call and a comfort—a reminder that in Gestalt therapy, we do not stand outside the field, but within it. Through dialogue, creative practice, embodied process, and collective inquiry, we gather to reconnect with what is life-giving and grounding, so we may continue to offer our presence in a world that deeply needs it.
What can you expect?
- Five nights living as part of the Gestalt Therapy Brisbane learning community.
- Teaching and insights from our colleagues Daisy Reese and Peter Cole from the Sierra Institute for Contemporary Gestalt Therapy, California
- Participation in whole-community learning activities
- Master Classes in Gestalt therapy and Group facilitation.
- Space for play, creativity, rest and connection with our more than human kin
- Over 20 hours of PACFA Category A professional development
Who is this conference for?
- Gestalt therapists and practitioners from across Australia and beyond
- Psychotherapists and counsellors interested in process-oriented, experiential learning in a group environment
- Allied Health professionals (e.g. social workers, psychologists)
International Presenters
Daisy Reese & Dr Peter Cole
Peter Cole, LCSW, and Daisy Reese, LCSW are long-standing Gestalt therapy educators based in the San Francisco Bay Area, USA. They co-direct the Sierra Institute for Contemporary Gestalt Therapy and teach both nationally and internationally.
They are the authors of New Directions in Gestalt Group Therapy and the edited volume Together in the Therapeutic Process: Exploring the Relational Field of Gestalt Therapy, which features contributions from many of Gestalt therapy’s leading relational theorists, including Lynne Jacobs, Gary Yontef, Dan Bloom, and Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb.
Peter and Daisy are a married couple and proud parents of five children and grandparents to six.
