Gestalt therapy is a way of understanding and describing human experience so as to maximize awareness of creative possibilities. The foundations for this approach were presented in ‘Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality’, by Perls F., Hefferline R.F., Goodman P., 1951.Gestalt Therapy essentially offers support for the process of contacting and so creatively and aesthetically promotes awareness, presence and growth.There are many fields for its application: individual- and group development, psychotherapy, clinical psychology and psychiatry, organisations, arts, education, social and political activism.In the EAGT there are two professional sections:
We are preparing for the 2022 General Meeting of Members – our first ever hybrid experience.
Please save the date - September 24th and join us at your convenience either in Madrid or on Teams!
Read the full announcement here: GMM Announcement.pdf
Statement about the war in Ukraine
To the world
To all governments
To all conflicting parties in the war in Ukraine
To the press
To all individual and institutional members of EAGT
The Human Rights & Social Responsibility Committee of EAGT and General Board of the European Association of Gestalt Therapy, representing 26 European countries, meeting in Barcelona March 5th 2022, expresses their disgust at the war in Ukraine...
A letter from the EAGT Executive Committee
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Invites to General Board meeting 2022 in Barcelona has been sent. Please contact info@eagt.org if you think you should have been invited.
Invitees are EC, chairs of committees and representatives of NOGTs.
Approved proposal EAGT Climate Change and Biodiversity Statement Click here
For inquiries please contact Michal Lewandowski (michal.lewandowski@eagt.org)
Journal of the European Association of Psychotherapy
Volume 24Number 3November 2020
A ‘Special Issue’ on Gestalt Therapy Download here
Human Rights and Social Responsibility Committee
New Booklet available in English, French and Russian for free!
- English and French Download here
- Russian "Публикация Комитета по правам человека и Социальной"
- Ukrainian Бути поруч на відстані
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Being Close From a Distance
Online support for social activism worldwide by Gestalt therapists
March 2021
The purpose of this paper is multiple. On the one hand, it intends to provide reflections and operational tips for therapists who give online support to international human rights activists. On the other hand, some information included in the paper can be helpful for NGOs active in crisis situations that wish to improve their organizational styles and establish self-care protocols, initiatives and also regular training. .......
The 5th International Research Conference
"Dear colleagues,
we – the German Association for Gestalt Therapy (DVG) e.V. – are pleased to welcome you in Hamburg.
In cooperation with the European Association for Gestalttherapy (EAGT) and Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy (AAGT), we are organising the 5th International Research Conference for you. It is entitled “Gestalt for Future – Creating a network for research”.
Walk on, walk on As socially oriented therapists we all follow the sad news about the democratic and humanitarian crisis in Belarus. We are deeply shocked at the violation of human rights, democratic principles and the violence and torture by the Belarus’ government against its own inhabitants. We have ... Here you can find the complete text
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Letter to EU Commission To: President von derLeyen, EU Commission, Mr Charles Michel, President of the EuropeanCouncil, MsParaskeviMichou, Directorate-General for EuropeanCivilProtection and HumanitarianAid, Mr Janez Lenarčič, CommissionerCrisis management, EU Member States Athens, August 17th. 2020 Best, The European Association for Gestalt Therapy (EAGT) and its Human Rights and Social Responsibility Committee closely follows the dramatic developments in Belarus. We are deeply shocked at the violation of human rights, democratic principles and the violence and torture by the Belarus ‘government against its own inhabitants. The current crisis resulting from the total falsification of the election results is a horrible low point for 26 years of dictatorship in the person of Alexander Lukashenko. Here you can find the complete letter
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Letters to all members Read On .....
Stay well, take care of yourself and by this also of others,
With warm wishes until we can be in the presence of each other again,
The EC of EAGT
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