Processing traumatic memories and experiences

ConnectGround is a community-based counselling & psychotherapy centre offering low-cost individual and group therapy.​We offer low cost and ongoing psychotherapy that emphasises the therapeutic relationship as a support for developing awareness and flexibility.We are putting into practice relational gestalt theory by emphasising the importance of connection to others and the world in which we live.We offer opportunities for student interns, volunteers and graduate interns to gain experience by working with clients and develop their skills and professionalism.

ConnectGround Clinic

This 3-day workshop will provide a unique opportunity for therapists to gain a deeper understanding of trauma-sensitive practice.

Elie, Gestalt Centre Training Campus

Gestalt events and training  in Melbourne

Bring gestalt thinking into your professional work and develop a perspective that supports you to work well and relate well. Open to all mental health practitioners, including psychotherapists, counsellors, psychologists, mental health nurses, coaches.

<h3>A﻿ Gestalt and somatic approach to processing traumatic experiences </h3><h3>P﻿resented by: Noel Haarburger</h3><h3>D﻿ate: 13-15 November, 2023 </h3><p>This 3-day workshop will provide a unique opportunity for therapists to gain a deeper understanding of trauma-sensitive practice, and how to alleviate the core symptoms of trauma. It will be facilitated by Noel Haarburger, a certified Somatic Experiencing practitioner, Psychologist and Gestalt Psychotherapist with over two decades of experience.</p><p>Participants will explore the specific goals and practice steps involved in processing shock and developmental traumatic experiences and memories, which is often referred to as Stage 2 trauma work. Participants will review the principles of trauma-sensitive practice and learn how a therapist can alleviate the core symptoms of trauma. The workshop integrates ideas and practices from Somatic Experiencing, Parts Work, Poly-vagal Theory, Neuroscience, Memory Reconsolidation Theory, Sensory-motor Psychotherapy, and Gestalt Therapy's emphasis on awareness, support, the paradoxical theory of change, embodiment, and working relationally.</p><p><strong>Venue </strong>|  Elie, Gestalt Centre Training Campus, 27 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria</p><p><strong>Date</strong> |  Monday 13 November to Wednesday 15 November, 2023</p><p><strong>Time</strong> |   9.30am - 5:00pm</p><p><strong>Cost </strong>| Full registration $850  /  GTA Student  $600. Excluding GST.</p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WVpaw_XWkbinYXhIjeeQdgRD9i10si4d/view?usp=share_link" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">V﻿iew flyer</a></p><p><a href="https://www.connectground.com.au/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.connectground.com.au/</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.gestaltcentre.com.au/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.gestaltcentre.com.au/</a></p>

<h3><strong>About our facilitator</strong></h3><p><strong>Noel Haarburger  </strong></p><p>Noel has been a faculty member and trainer at GTA (Gestalt Therapy Australia) since 2001, and now works in full time private practice as a Psychologist and Psychotherapist working with individuals and couples, as well as offering supervision to allied health professionals. He also practices and trains Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Nature Assisted Therapy. He has worked extensively in a wide variety of counselling and psychological services since 1995, including working as Senior Psychologist at Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre, in family counselling, drug and alcohol, sexual assault, problematic gambling, men’s behavioural change programs, and the mental health fields.</p><p>Noel has a special interest in working with Trauma and Body Work, as well as integrating developmental/attachment perspectives. He is a certified ‘Somatic Experiencing’ practitioner, which utilises highly effective and safe body awareness methods for negotiating and releasing trauma, developed by Peter Levine. Noel is also an ongoing student of the ‘Diamond Heart approach’, a western psycho-spiritual school that integrates mindfulness, western depth psychology, Sufism and Buddhist approaches to personal and spiritual development.</p>

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