DIRECTIONS
FOR FILLING OUT THE LISTING FORM
Please read
these directions carefully before using the link at the end to enter
your listing.
Pay special attention to sections in red ink.
Follow directions!
See 2010 Update your Listing Alert for additional important information
The Gestalt Directory is a resource for those seeking a Gestalt
therapist and a referral source for practitioners. It also serves as a
way for members of the Gestalt community to locate each another.
There is no charge to be listed and those not offering clinical
services (teachers/academicians, O/D consultants, students, retirees,
etc.) may include themselves as long as they make their status
clear. This Directory does not include separate listings for
those offering training.
The Directory operates by the honor system and we hope that all will
refrain from "enhancing" their listing information. The Gestalt Therapy
Network will maintain and monitor the listings. However, we cannot
check on every listing submission. It is up to Listees and
prospective clients to report errors, misstatements or misleading
information. Please let us know if you find any errors. We
also
want to receive any suggestions or comments you may have.
Write
us at: directory@gestalttherapy.net.
- THE LISTING
FORM:
At the bottom of this page is a listing of the elements of the form
("fields") you will be filling out. When you submit
the
listing, you will provide yourself with a password that gives you
access to your listing in the future. If you need to make any
changes, use the "Edit Listing" link on the Directory index page and
follow the directions. You can revise your listing as often
as
you wish.
- LENGTH
AND FORM OF LISTING: Be brief, be accurate, and stick to facts
There is no limitation on Listing length. Use judgment -
listings
that are too long can be a "turn-off" to the consumer. Do not turn your
listing into a self promotion. For example, if you include any of your
publications use a standard reference format (author/date/publisher)
leave out the rave reviews or the long summaries of the content. Long
self promotions will not be accepted.
"I have been a
Gestalt Practitioner since . . ."
"Training in Gestalt
Practice." The training must take place in
programs or workshops designated
specifically for training in some form
of Gestalt Practice (e.g. Therapy, Organizational Development,
Coaching, etc.) Personal growth workshops or seminars should
be
listed under "Related Training and Experience." Include
year(s) and duration of training, e.g. Gestalt Institute of San
Francisco, 1975 - 1976 or Completed
Three Year Post-Graduate Training Program at Gestalt Institute of
Cleveland in 1980.
- PROBLEM AREAS: Please don't make us
write you to change your listing. The most
common mistakes are in these areas:
Web
Page: Make sure your link works!
Highest earned degree / Institution/ Year graduated: Example:
MSW/Univ. of Pennsylvania/65. Three items - each
one must
be included.
State or Provincial License, Registration or Certification: Title
& Number: State, Provincial or Federal only. *Include
the State in which you are licensed!
An
example:
State or Province: License, Registration or Certification: Title
& Number: Cinical Psychologist, Virginia #117409
NO
Institute, training or other certificates. Those belong in
your
"Related Training" section or in your Statement.
- USING
ABBREVIATIONS: You may use abbreviations if they are clear. (The only
exception - do not abbreviate your state or province name!)
Here
are some examples:
TRAINING:
Mishawaka Center for Gestalt Training, 500 hours, 76-79; 500 hour
Intensive Program, Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, 78-79; 40 hours w/E.
& M. Polster, 78; 58 hours monthly supervision w/B.
Libowski,
85-86; 13 hours workshop on Gestalt Therapy with Couples and Families
w/F.Tibedeau, 95.
RELATED
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: 6 hour workshop, Group Therapy: w/I.
Balom, 86; 6 hour workshop, Narcissistic Disorders, w/H. Berringer, 86;
48 hours training and assisting at Healing the Heart Workshop w/J.
Lovelorn, Jan. & Feb. 87; 15 hours professional training
workshop
w/B. Siegal, 90; 15 hours Dream Workshop, H. Potter 90.
- RELATED
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE FIELD: Remember you are informing the
public. Limit your listing to items of substance, of
relevance to
Gestalt practice or ones that show your areas of interest and
expertise. For example, in the United States, many licenses
require CEU's (Continuing Education Credits). Don't list
every one
day seminar you attended to fulfil your requirements.
Consider
the look of the Directory as a whole - keep it crisp, professional,
informative and focused on being a useful guide and not an
advertisement. Too much detailed information can
"turn
off" potential clients.
- AREAS
OF SPECIALIZATION FIELD: Here you list your interests,
specialties, expertise and scope of practice. For example:
"Combines Gestalt therapy with marriage & family therapy /
dying
& grief counseling in hospice settings." "Runs anger
and
anxiety management workshops for executives facing downsizing in
corporations in the greater Boston area. Works with individuals,
couples, families and groups." "Specializes in working with
adolescents."
- YOUR
STATEMENT: This is optional but we encourage you to contribute
one. You may say anything you think gives a potential client
or a
therapist who might want to refer to you a feel for your style,
personality, values, or approach. You may add information or
explanations of other fields if necessary. Again, brief is
better. If your primary language is other than English or if
you
indicated you speak more than one language, see "On Language" below.
- ON
LANGUAGE: The listing entry form is currently in
English.
If your primary language is not English, you may write your statement
in that language. You may also include an English version of
the
same statement. If you have listed more than one
language
on the form you may include your Statement in both languages as long as
the contents of both are identical.
| Summer 2010 Listing Alert - It's
time to check your listing!
|
Dear
Directory Listee:
We have gone over the Directory and found many of your listings need to
be updated, need corrections to conform to the instructions, contain
spelling errors, and some of you have links that do not work.
This letter contains detailed information to help you correct your
listing.
Check all your vital statistics such as address and telephone number
and website.
Dates of your training: This was not a requirement a few
years
ago. It is now! Please go to your listing and include
yours. Exceptions: If you attended many individual
professional
training workshops you can approximate the dates or leave the dates
out, but you must put the names of the workshop leaders -- just writing
"Esalen" is
not good enough and will be deleted if not changed.
Please pay attention to these three areas which contain the most common
mistakes or inconsistencies:
1) Highest earned degree / Institution/ Year graduated:
Example: MSW/Univ. of Pennsylvania/65. Three items
- each
one must be included.
NO Institute, training or other certificates should be included in this
category. Those belong in
your "Training," "Related Training" section or in your "Statement."
2) State or Provincial License, Registration or Certification: Title
& Number: Example: Clinical
Psychologist, Virginia
#117409
State, Provincial or Federal only. Include the State in
which you are licensed!
NO Institute, training or other certificates should be included in this
category. Those belong in
your "Training," "Related Training" section or in your "Statement."
If your country follows a different system for licensing or
certification enter the appropriate information for your
country.
But do not put training certification in this category.
3) Training in Gestalt Practice:
Examples: Gestalt
Institute of San Francisco, 1975 - 1976 or Completed Three
Year
Post-Graduate Training Program at Gestalt Institute of Cleveland in
1980.
The training must take place in programs or workshops designated
specifically for training in some form of Gestalt Practice (e.g.
Therapy, Organizational Development, Coaching, etc.) Include
year(s) and duration of training. This area must be filled out in order
for you to be listed in The Gestalt Directory.
Personal growth workshops or seminars belong in the category: "Related
Training and Experience." Some of you listed workshops under
training whose leaders were not Gestalt therapists.
To edit your Listing:
http://www.gestalttherapy.net/cgi-bin/udirectory.pl?command=edit
To review the Directory Instructions for Listing:
http://www.gestalttherapy.net/listings/instruct.html
To view the The Gestalt Directory:
http://www.gestalttherapy.net/listings
Remember - there is no fee for your listing and the Directory is based
on the honor system and individual and community effort in its
maintenance as a professional resource. The Gestalt Network
provides the server space, the software and the continued support of a
strong internet presence for Gestalt therapy. Please help us and do
your part.
Forgotten your password? E-mail us at
compass@gestalttherapy.net.
Thanks very much.
Sincerely,
Molly Rawle, M.S.W.
The Gestalt Therapy Network
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THESE ARE
THE FIELDS THAT APPEAR ON THE FORM:
Practitioners
Name
Business Name (if applicable)
Address
City
State or Province (must be spelled out in full)
Zip or Postal Code
Phone
E-mail
Web Page
Highest earned degree / Institution/ Year graduated
State or Provincial License, Registration or Certification: Title
& Number
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I
have been a Gestalt Practitioner since (year)
Work
Setting, Private Practice, Clinic, Organizational or Management
Consulting, Coaching, Academic or University setting, other (Choose one)
Second
work setting (address and phone number if applicable):
Primary language of practice
Other languages spoken:
Health/Insurance Plan Participation: Yes, No, Contact for details,
Areas of specialization
Training in Gestalt practice
Related training and experience
Statement
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