Gestalt Workshop: Gender in the Cabinet – relational therapy in the areas of masculinity, non-binarity and femininity – Adam Kincel

Gestalt workshop – Adam Kincel: Gender in the office – relational therapy in the area of masculinity, non-binary and femininity.

This two-day, interactive workshop is aimed at relational psychotherapists and counsellors – both those who work with the topic of gender and those who have avoided the topic so far. There will be an opportunity to look at how we embody gender and to increase awareness of biases and their role in shaping who we are and how we work.

How we display our gender (clothing, jewelry, gestures, body shape, posture, etc.) has a direct impact on both our embodiment and how our clients experience us. Unfortunately, most psychotherapy training avoids the topic of identity, hence therapists often have to deal with it on their own, and the ground is… slippery.

Opening the topic of gender often brings difficult and strong feelings, both in the area of male-female, non-binary and trans relationships. The differences in perspectives and thus privilege are significant and often cause a rift in the therapeutic relationship – especially if the topic of gender is not addressed. In my supervision work, I often hear about the conflict between a client’s desire for support and his own identity, such as when a client seems unkind to his girlfriend in the presence of a female therapist. Non-binary clients seek therapists who are aware of their gender and have worked through their biases. Transgender is also a target of political attacks in therapy circles.

The “Gender in the Cabinet” workshop is an invitation to open up this topic by working on your own, gaining new therapeutic skills and familiarizing yourself with some of the discourses on gender in psychotherapy.

Gestalt Workshop – Adam Kincel:

Dr. Adam Kincel – EAGT Certified Supervisor, Training and Supervising Member at GPTI, UK. Adam is a psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer working in England, Bulgaria, Georgia and Poland. His Gestalt passions are the large groups (of 80 people or more) he has led at the Gestalt Centre in London, relational therapy in which he trained for years at the Pacific Gestalt Institute in Los Angeles, and politics in therapy, about which he has written a PhD and a book published by Routledge in 2021. He has been a father of two daughters for three years and has little time for the above passions.