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*Fees are listed in $USD. If cost is a barrier to your participation, please email jenleongtherapy@gmail.com for a reduced fee.
Join in this 6-hour, 2-part workshop on Autism for Gestaltists
Dates: Wednesdays, 10 & 17 December 2025
Time: 5pm - 8pm Central European Time (8am - 11am Pacific Time)
Location: Zoom
Gestalt Therapy’s focus on awareness, without trying to fix or change, is well matched to the needs of autistic patients, yet still requires additional training on autism (Narzisi, 2023). Understanding the common attributes and vast diversity of autistic people is a cultural competence that is often overlooked in psychotherapy and psychotherapy training. As Gestalt Therapists, learning about autism can enrich our ground and support us in better serving the autistic patients we work with.
In this workshop, Jen will draw from her clinical and personal experiences, the lived experiences of others, and current research. The workshop will begin with foundational education on autism. Then, with an understanding of the autistic neurotype as a feature of the ground, we’ll explore autistic ways of experiencing the world through the lens of the field-emergent self. We’ll focus the majority of our time on the practice of Gestalt Therapy with autistic patients, including the phenomenological experience of the therapist.
You can read more about your trainer, Jen Leong, here.
~This workshop will not be recorded.~
*Fees are listed in $USD. If cost is a barrier to your participation, please email jenleongtherapy@gmail.com for a reduced fee.
Join in this 6-hour, 2-part workshop on Autism for Gestaltists
Dates: Wednesdays, 10 & 17 December 2025
Time: 5pm - 8pm Central European Time (8am - 11am Pacific Time)
Location: Zoom
Gestalt Therapy’s focus on awareness, without trying to fix or change, is well matched to the needs of autistic patients, yet still requires additional training on autism (Narzisi, 2023). Understanding the common attributes and vast diversity of autistic people is a cultural competence that is often overlooked in psychotherapy and psychotherapy training. As Gestalt Therapists, learning about autism can enrich our ground and support us in better serving the autistic patients we work with.
In this workshop, Jen will draw from her clinical and personal experiences, the lived experiences of others, and current research. The workshop will begin with foundational education on autism. Then, with an understanding of the autistic neurotype as a feature of the ground, we’ll explore autistic ways of experiencing the world through the lens of the field-emergent self. We’ll focus the majority of our time on the practice of Gestalt Therapy with autistic patients, including the phenomenological experience of the therapist.
You can read more about your trainer, Jen Leong, here.
~This workshop will not be recorded.~