💞 Gestalt Workshop: Sexuality in the therapeutic practice – selected clinical issues/workshop for professionals is dedicated to: ❣ Advanced students (final year of psychotherapy school) of Gestalt and other modalities
❣ Certified Gestalt psychotherapists and trainers
❣ Certified psychotherapists and trainers of Schools of Psychotherapy of other modalities ❣ Especially those who already work with sexuality and need to develop their competence in this area. The workshop is open to those in the final year of psychotherapy training as well as psychotherapists with experience. ‼ The class provides an opportunity to update one’s knowledge of sexuality, both one’s own and that of those receiving therapy. Addressing this topic is also important because of the dynamic changes in the area of knowledge about human sexuality and the need to “keep up” with the rapidly changing needs of those receiving psychotherapy. During the workshop, we will work on the most common sexual and clinical disorders in the area of sexuality, such as disorders of sexual function (sexual desire and arousal). We will discuss the phenomenon of sexual norm and disorder and the use of the GES and PLISSIT models in therapeutic work. There will also be an opportunity to supervise ongoing therapeutic processes related to the area of sexuality.
Gestalt Workshop: Sexuality in the therapist’s office – selected clinical issues – Workshop objectives:
- Increase knowledge: Provide participants with up-to-date information on the most common sexual disorders, their causes and ways.
- Development of therapeutic techniques: You will gain the knowledge and competence to work on selected areas in sexuality.
- Reflecting on one’s own attitudes: Helping participants understand and reflect on their own attitudes, beliefs, and values regarding sexuality,
which may influence the work in the study. - Strengthening communication skills: Learning to communicate effectively about difficult and sensitive issues related to sexuality.
- Creating a safe space: Enable psychotherapists/therapists to create a safe and non-judgmental environment in which to talk openly about their sexual problems.
One of the main reasons for allowing psychotherapy clients to open up the area of sexuality in the process of psychotherapy is the openness of the person who conducts psychotherapy. If shame, embarrassment or rigid norms regarding sexuality are present on the side of the psychotherapist_ty in the area of sexuality this area will not be addressed by the person receiving psychotherapy. Sexuality is often an area that is marginalized and overlooked in psychotherapeutic training, thus perpetuating socio-cultural influences on what we perceive as the norm in sexuality. The workshop will allow those attending to look at their attitudes about sexuality and the sources of those attitudes.
Krzysztof Kościółek – about the presenter:
I am a certified supervisor and Gestalt psychotherapist, sexologist, teacher of the profession of psychotherapy, founder of the Spaces Psychotherapy Center. I am certified by the European Association for Gestalt Therapy. I prepare future psychotherapists for the profession at the Lodz Gestalt School and the Gestalt Institute in Krakow. I specialize in working with LGBTQ+/GSRD individuals, both those who have just discovered their identity (sexual, gender, relational or kinetic) and are having difficulty accepting it, as well as those who are experiencing problems in relationships or the sexual sphere.
I work with transgender and non-binary people experiencing rejection from family and friends or facing other problems that require psychotherapy. I take a respectful approach to the free expression of gender, sexual and relational diversity. For me, the therapeutic relationship is a space where individuals (regardless of their: problems, orientation, religion, beliefs, race and color) can count on respect and understanding. Not only for the problems they come with, but especially for themselves as human beings.
Our life, including se_sual life, consists of pleasures, good and strengthening relationships and injuries, disappointments, not necessarily being our conscious choice. The attempt to escape from unpleasant experiences and emotions most often ends up in an attempt to create a project of happiness, or pleasure, in denial to past injuries and pain. Often such a project is doomed to failure. How to combine these two seemingly mutually exclusive worlds of pleasure and hurt? How do we accompany and support the people who use our offices? We will seek answers to this question during the two days of the workshop together. The class will give you an opportunity to update your knowledge of sexuality, both your own and that of those receiving therapy. Addressing this topic is also important because of the dynamic changes that are taking place in the area of knowledge about human sexuality that we currently have and the need to “keep up” with the rapidly changing needs of people receiving psychotherapy, which are due to the increasing awareness of these people and their increasing readiness to express their gender identity, relationships or their psychosexuality and sexual preferences.