Gestalt OSD - Community of Practice

INTRODUCTION

Outline of our learning sessions, 

What is Gestalt, The Basic Assumptions 

 Centering & Grounding Practice & 

Introduction to the Cycle of Experience

Practice 1: "Who am I?" 

CYCLE OF EXPERIENCE

Journey into the Cycle of Experience,

Learn about the ways we break contact &

Various resistances that lead to unfinished business 

Choosing your Figure & Ground

Practice 2: "Pay attention to how I break contact"

STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT

Process of Understanding self & others: 

I) Orienting + Awareness > 

II) Conflict + Choice > 

III) Cohesion + Responsibility 

Practice 3: "What do I want & What do we need?"

COMPLETION

Bringing it all together to understand our human process

through Gestalt OSD - CoE, F&G and SoD.

Getting to the crux of it all: Awareness, Boundary & Contact
Question & Answer

Practice 4: "What are your patterns & what emerged for you?" 

INTRODUCTION

Outline of our learning sessions, 

The Basic Assumptions 

Review of the Cycle of Experience, 

Figure & Ground & Stages of Development

Practice 1: "What do I want & What do we need?" 

UNIT OF WORK

Gestalt basic change model of Beginning | Middle | End 

1. What is, 2. choosing what to attend to, 

3. acting on the choice and 4. closing out the activity

Paradoxical Theory of Change

Practice 2: "What do you choose to attend to?"

LEVELS OF SYSTEMS

2 Boundaries for interventions: Definition / Exchange 

at any Level of systems: Self, Dyad, Subgroup & Group.

Heightening Awareness for system to learn

Theory of Learning through Anxiety, Fear & Emotions 

Practice 3: "Pay attention to your triggers"

COMPLETION

Bringing it all together to deepen our understanding of

Gestalt OSD - CoE, F&G, SoD, UoW & LoS.

Awareness, Boundary, Contact, Definition & Exchange
Question & Answer

Practice 4: "What really matters?"