Gestalt therapy emphases on dialogue and on the paradoxical theory of change are supports for us to do this learning directly within the context of the therapeutic relationship. As Martin Buber described, genuine dialogue takes us in surprising directions. When we surrender to dialogue, the conversation we intend is always different from the conversation that happens. Developing a double-consciousness as a therapist changes the nature of Gestalt therapy dialogue subtly. It means that the dialogue is always occurring between people who are raced, who are placed in specific locations regarding power, privilege, and oppression. In this webinar, Dr Lynne Jacobs focuses on encouraging white therapists to practice living with double-consciousness.

During this webinar you will:

• Understand the notion of double-consciousness
• Identify unconscious structural advantages and of race privileges in society
• Understand the various notions of powers in society
• Identify and work with the experiences of “the other” in therapeutic  process

About Dr. Lynne Jacobs

Dr. Lynne Jacobs, Ph.D., is a both gestalt therapist and a relational psychoanalyst based in Los Angeles. She is a co-founder of Pacific Gestalt Institute and has long been interested in the relational dimension of psychotherapy, and in integrating humanistic theories with contemporary psychoanalytic theories. Lynne teaches at Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles and teaches gestalt therapists in the United states, and internationally. She has published numerous articles in both realms, and her most recent work is Relational Approaches in Gestalt Therapy (co-edited with Rich Hycner).