Background

Gestalt Australia and New Zealand (GANZ): An Association for Gestalt Therapy and Practice was formally established as an Association at the 1st 'Down Under' Gestalt Therapy Conference held in Perth in September 1998. The establishment of the Association was the outcome of a series meetings, the first being held in Sydney (November 1996) followed by Melbourne (May/June 1997) and Brisbane (March 1998). These meetings were attended by representatives of training centres from across Australia and New Zealand, practitioners and interested others. The motivation to form an Association arose from developments in the field of counselling/psychotherapy and registration requirements and a desire to forge bridges between centres and practitioners across Australia and New Zealand.

Three working parties were established at the Sydney meeting; umbrella/organization; standards/accreditation; and conference. Each working party included representatives from various sectors of the gestalt therapy community and provided materials for discussion at each meeting.

In March 1998 a draft constitution, based on meeting discussions and community consultation, was circulated, revised and accepted by those who had participated in the various meetings. In June 1998, GANZ was incorporated in the ACT as professional Association.

GANZ seeks to promote the study of gestalt therapy and practice as a specialty in the area of psychology and to advance the ethical practice of gestalt therapy across a range of settings involving human and environmental wellbeing. GANZ seeks to maintain a professionally-based Association which is inclusive, representative, respectful, human and humane.

 

Introducing the GANZ Council 1998-2000

Executive Officers:

Chairperson - Michael Reed (Sydney/Illawarra Gestalt Centre Wollongong)
Tel: 0412 011 350; E-mail: michaelr@nch.edu.au

Secretary- Brenda Levien (Gestalt Institute of New Zealand, Christchurch)
E-mail: be.levien@xtra.co.nz

Treasurer - Zish Ziembinski (Gestalt Training Institute West Australia, Perth).
Tel: 08 9388 8890; E-mail: zish@mosaicbooks.net

 

Committee Chairs:

Training & Practice Standards - Gabe Philips (Gestalt Therapy Australia, Melbourne)
Tel: (03) 9587 3900; E-mail: gestoz@iaccess.com.au

Membership - Helen Diack (Perth)
E-mail: hmdiack@bigpond.com

Ethics - Ruth Dunn (Gestalt Institute of Melbourne, Melbourne)
Tel: (03) 9818 7660

Communications - Steve Gunther (Northern Rivers Gestalt Institute, Lismore)
Email: sgunther@scu.edu.au

Conference - Allan Meara (Gestalt Therapy Association of Queensland, Inc, Brisbane).
E-mail: ameara@ozemail.com.au

Area Representatives (at the time of voting):

Victoria - Claire Taubert (Gestalt Therapy Australia, Melbourne)
Tel: (03) 9587 3900

New South Wales - Brian O'Neill (Illawarra Gestalt Centre, Wollongong)
E-mail: Brian_ONeill@uow.edu.au

Queensland - Yaro Starak (Brisbane Gestalt Therapy Institute)
E-mail: staraky@social1.socialnet.uq.oz.au Western Australia &Mac246; vacant

New Zealand - Geoff Buckett (Christchurch)

Northern Territories - vacant
South Australia &Mac246; vacant
Aust Capital Territories - vacant

Trainee Reps (shared):

Australia - Sabin Fernbacher & Noel MacDonald (Melbourne)
Tel: via (03) 9587 3900

New Zealand - not filled.

Activities Update

At this point in it's development, members of the elected Council are focusing on:

- defining minimum standards for membership of GANZ;

- defining minimum standards of training; - establishing ethical guides of practice;

- establishing communication networks and newsletter; and

- preparing for the 2nd Down Under Gestalt Therapy Conference to be held in Brisbane in 2000.

It is envisaged that membership standards will be finalised by mid-1999, at which time a call for membership will be extended to the Australia and New Zealand Gestalt Therapy community. This timeline will place GANZ in a position to apply for full membership of the recently formed Psychotherapists and Counsellors Federation of Australia (PACFA) of which GANZ is a founding member.

Further updates will be provided via this website on a regular basis. Please pass this information on to your colleagues and please contact a member of the Council if you have any inquiry and/or feedback regarding GANZ and its activities.

Michael Reed
Chairperson
GANZ

 

 

Membership

Announcing: a call for membership of GANZ.

• Membership information document

• Membership brochure

Grandparent application form

Coming...

Planning for 2002 conference in Christchurch, NZ

 

 

Whats happening in GANZ?...

• Branch-sponsored events around Australia and New Zealand

  • Exciting newsletter published quarterly. Contributions to Sharon Snir: sharonsnir@ans.com.au

Links...

Australasian Gestalt Institute Homepages:

• Northern Rivers Gestalt Institute

• Brisbane Gestalt Institute

• Gestalt Therapy and Training Centre (Brisbane)

• Gestalt Institute of Melbourne

• Gay, Lesbian and bisexual Gestalt Therapists Network on the Internet

• Australian Gestalt Journal

International Gestalt Links:

Accredited Centres:

New South Wales:

Sydney: Gestalt Therapy Training Institute

Contact: Anna Burnett

3/17 Hayes St

Neutral Bay

NSW2089

Phone02 9904 4200

Email: abernet@magna.com.au

 

Sydney Gestalt Centre

Contact: Rhonda Gibson Long

50 Snape Street

Kingsford

NSW 2032

Phone: 02 9344 7289

Email: rhondagl@rocketmail.com

Web: www.gestaltsydney.com

 

South Coast:

Illawara Gestalt Institute

Contact: Jenny O'Neil

Box 77

Wollongong

NSW 2500

Phone: 02 42280 132

Email: Brian_ONeill@uow.edu.au

 

North Coast:

Northern Rivers Gestalt Institute

Contact: Steve Gunther

15 Coleman St

Lismore

NSW 2480

Phone: 02 66 213 911

Email: sgunther@scu.edu.au

Web: http://geocities.datacellar.net/nrgestalt

 

Victoria:

Gestalt Institute of Melbourne

Contact: Marge Hamilton

PO Box 4010

Richmond East

VIC 3121

Phone: 03 9815 0050

Fax: 03 9815 0050

Email: gim@alphalink.com.au Web:

http://www.swin.edu.au/sbs/pub/gestalt/

 

GestaltTherapy Australia

Contact: Fran

Box 205

Fairfield

VIC 3078

Phone: 03 9587 3900

Email: gestoz@iaccess.com.au

 

Queensland:

Brisbane Gestalt Institute

Contact: Maria Vogt

PO Box 592

Ashgrove

QLD 4060

Phone: 07 3366 7500

Fax: 07 3366 2656

Email: y.starak@mailbox.uq.edu.au

Web: http://www.gestaltinstitute.com.au

 

Gestalt Therapy Training Centre

Contact: Alan Meara

81 Frederick St

Toowong

QLD 4066

Phone: 07 3371 8163

Email: ameara@ozemail.com.au

Web: http://www.powerup.com.au/~gaqi

 

Western Australia:

Gestalt Training Institute West Australia

Contact: Claudia Rosenbach-Ziembinski

1 Rawson Street

Subiaco

WA 6008

Tel/Fax: 08 9388 8890

Email: clauroz@opera.iinet.net.au

 

New Zealand:

Gestalt Therapy Training

Contact: Brenda Levien

207 Hoon Hay Rd

Christchurch

New Zealand

Phone: 03 373 659

Email: be.levien@xtra.co.nz

 

 

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