Christopher Corey LMFT

"...we all face a future that is uncertain and unknown to us"

Recommended reading!

Our annual workshop is coming up soon! Register now to get the early bird price.

Insightful post by BAGI Trainer and Faculty Member Frank Rubenfeld, PhD.

Great new post from my friend and colleague, Pilar Dellano!

Don't miss this psychotherapy workshop with Lynne Jacobs, a wonderful and wise presenter who skillfully integrates Gestalt and psychoanalytic theories!

Very excited to have a chance to work with Lynne. Therapist friends, register fast! Space is limited.

Freedom, itself, can become stressful and troublingthat one has a responsibility to make good use of their freedom, but becomes paralyzed in their choices and fails to act in a meaningful way... What presents as ‘depression and anxiety’ often isn’t biologically-based, but is ontologically/existentially-based.

Coupes therapy - not just for romantic pairs.

An interesting (to me) history of the roots of the organization I work with, Bay Area Gestalt Institute. http://www.originalgisf.com/

Technically, we're now full. But in case there are cancellations, you still have time to get on the waiting list! _______________________________________________ A Training with Gary Yontef: Healing Shame Relationally... Saturday, February 21, 2015, 10am5pm Cultural Integration Fellowship, San Francisco, CA Cost: $100 ($80 for students and MFT interns) Six CEUs available for MFTs To register, send an email to [email protected] Bay Area Gestalt Institute is thrilled to welcome Gary Yontef, PhD, to San Francisco. During this day-long workshop, the esteemed trainer, writer and gestalt therapist will present his theory on shame, through the lens of relational gestalt, and its clinical applications. The day will also include abundant opportunities to witness and be part of demonstrations of the theory. Shame is one of the most common and complex aspects of the therapeutic processjoin us for this unique opportunity to learn from a master in the field as he offers clear and concrete ways to fearlessly work with this ubiquitous phenomenon. Based in Los Angeles, Gary Yontef is diplomate in Clinical Psychology with American Board of Professional Psychology and a fellow of the Academy of Clinical Psychology. He has been a gestalt therapist since training with Frederick Perls and James Simkin in 1965 and a supervisor and trainer since 1971. Past president of the Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles (GTILA), he was chairman of the faculty there for 18 years and has been on the editorial board of the International Gestalt Journal, an associate editor of theGestalt Review and is editorial advisor of the British Gestalt Journal. He is a co-founder of the Pacific Gestalt Institute (PGI) and teaches and consults internationally. Space is limited, so register soon! To register, send an email to [email protected] http://www.bagisf.org/upcoming-events

Intriguing. "Professor Peter Cohen argues that human beings have a deep need to bond and form connections. It's how we get our satisfaction. If we can't connect with each other, we will connect with anything we can find -- the whirr of a roulette wheel or the prick of a syringe. He says we should stop talking about 'addiction' altogether, and instead call it 'bonding.' A heroin addict has bonded with heroin because she couldn't bond as fully with anything else..."

"There is no reason to suppose that self-consciousness, the recognition of a creature by itself as a self, can exist except in contrast with an other, a something which is not the self. . . ."