# Event Details - **Event Name**: Meeting people where they love (gestalt workshop series) - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 09:30 am – Fri, 18 Sep, 2026 at 04:30 pm (+11:00) - **Event Description**: A series of 6 workshops exploring issues impacting intimate partner relationships.About this EventKey detailsThis 6-workshop series explores intimacy, conflict, and change through the lens of relational gestalt therapy. Each module focuses on a core theme found in the rhythms of human connection—how we move toward, away from, and with each other in the ongoing dance of relationship. You can attend individual workshops or the full series to deepen your understanding and practice.Workshops:Talking about sex and intimacy (Leanne O'Shea) | Fri 27 Feb 2026, 9.30am - 4.30pmCoercion and control in relationships (Nicole Van Os and Tom Trikojus) | Fri 20 Mar 2026, 9.30am - 4.30pmDisappointment and betrayal (Belinda Gibson) | Fri 24 Apr 2026, 9.30am - 4.30pmQueer love and lateral hate (Rochelle Oshlack) | Thur 28 May, 9.30am - 4.30pmImpasse and ending (Tom Trikojus and Nicole Van Os) | Fri 21 Aug 2026, 9.30am - 4.30pmPatterns of intimacy and distance (Tony Jackson) | Fri 18 Sep 2026, 9.30am - 4.30pmLocation | Elie, Gestalt Centre Training Campus, 27 Royal Parade Parkville, VIC 3052Fees | $350 per workshop (includes GST). You can purchase a single pass for all 6 workshops, or tickets for individual workshops.PACFA endorsement has been granted for workshops 1 and 2, and is pending for the rest of the series.Use the code XMAS25 to get a 25% discount on any ticket (including the series pass) - only valid for a limited time!About this seriesRelationships are central to human experience—dynamic, unpredictable, and alive with tension and tenderness.Through this 6-part series, we’ll explore how gestalt therapy invites us to meet these relational moments with awareness, creativity, and compassion.Each workshop integrates theory, practice, and embodied learning. You’ll engage in live demonstrations, small-group exercises, and creative experiments designed to bring the work to life.A certificate of completion is available upon request. We recommend attending the full series for a comprehensive learning journey.For detailed information on workshops and facilitator bios, .Workshop 1. Talking about sex and intimacy (Leanne O'Shea)Supporting conversations that often go unspokenLearn how to open, support, and sustain conversations around sex, desire, and intimacy.Attend to shame, vulnerability, and cultural messaging.Work creatively with silence, humour, and direct expression to support authentic contact.Workshop 2. Coercion and control in relationships (Nicole Van Os and Tom Trikojus)Naming and working with power, control, and coercionExplore overt and covert control dynamics.Examine how coercion can support safety yet inhibit freedom.Use gestalt methods to support awareness, flexibility, and choice.Workshop 3. Disappointment and betrayal (Belinda Gibson)When trust is brokenNotice how betrayal and unmet expectations emerge in the relational field.Attend to polarities of hurt/anger, revenge/repair.Discover creative approaches to restoring agency, repair, and meaning.Workshop 4. Queer love and lateral hate (Rochelle Oshlack)Exploring the diverse field of relational possibilities in a heteronormative worldDiscuss queer, poly, kink and gender diverse relating in detail.De-centre heteronormative assumptions.Embrace intersectionality, the vibrancy of complexity and the joy of consent.Explore gestalt perspectives on fluidity, power, and time in the field of diversity.Workshop 5. Impasse and ending (Tom Trikojus and Nicole Van Os)To stay or to go? Supporting choice, grieving, and new beginningsWork with couples and individuals facing relational impasse.Explore the gestalt framing of creative adjustment and stuckness.Support grief, loss, and re-authoring after endings.Workshop 6. Patterns of intimacy and distance (Tony Jackson)Understanding and working with intimacy, distancing, and differentiation in relationship dynamicsExplore patterns of closeness, fusion, withdrawal, and differentiation.Practise identifying repeating relational themes in clients’ stories.Experiment with embodied awareness to notice the subtle signals of pull–push dynamics.What can you expect?These experiential workshops are designed for therapists, counsellors, and anyone interested in deepening their relational awareness.You’ll explore key gestalt principles—contact, awareness, dialogue, and creative adjustment—through direct practice and reflection.By the end of the series, you’ll have a richer appreciation of how intimacy, conflict, and change emerge in relationship, and how to meet them with curiosity and compassion.Is this for me?Ideal for counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers, psychologists, and students in helping professions who wish to:expand their relational skill setintegrate gestalt concepts into their workexplore their own relational patterns and growth edgesThe workshops also welcome anyone curious about how gestalt practice can illuminate personal and professional relationships.About your facilitators https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/47217630-de84-11f0-91ba-d3d0a513804e-rimg-w1027-h740-dcf5e7e7-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/49118660-de84-11f0-91ba-d3d0a513804e-rimg-w1080-h740-dcf4e7e7-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/4f402aa0-de84-11f0-91ba-d3d0a513804e-rimg-w1086-h740-dcf5e7e7-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/554722a0-de84-11f0-91ba-d3d0a513804e-rimg-w971-h740-dcf5e7e7-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/5c0adaf0-de84-11f0-9ecf-37c8af779cb5-rimg-w958-h740-dcf5e8e8-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/5f8de730-de84-11f0-91ba-d3d0a513804e-rimg-w1069-h740-dcf5e7e7-gmir.jpg About the Gestalt CentreThe Gestalt Centre is the heart of Melbourne’s Gestalt community. We offer a four-year psychotherapy training program through Gestalt Therapy Australia, staying true to the experiential roots of Gestalt while embracing cutting-edge developments in contemporary Gestalt thinking and practice worldwide.We also operate ConnectGround, a community-based counselling and psychotherapy clinic. ConnectGround serves as both a training facility for psychotherapists and a provider of low-cost individual and group therapy for clients. The clinic emphasises the therapeutic relationship between client and therapist as a key support for building awareness and adaptability. Psychotherapy interns and volunteers gain valuable hands-on experience, enhancing their skills and professionalism through client work.Refund policyRefunds are available up to 7 days before the event.Please note:In the unlikely event that this workshop is cancelled or postponed, registration fees will be fully refunded. Please note that the organisers are not responsible for any travel, accommodation, or other costs incurred by participants. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/parkville/meeting-people-where-they-love-gestalt-workshop-series/100001854784393049 - **Event Categories**: workshops, meetups, parades - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 7 hours - Location: Elie - 27 Royal Parade Parkville (Gestalt Centre Training Campus) - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com.au%2Fe%2Fmeeting-people-where-they-love-gestalt-workshop-series-tickets-1854784393049 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 350, max: 2100, currency: AUD ## Event venue details - **city**: Parkville - **state**: VI - **country**: Australia - **location**: Elie - 27 Royal Parade Parkville (Gestalt Centre Training Campus) - 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