Witnessed Improvised Diaspora Journey Enactments (WIDJE): an experiential method for exploring refugee history
This article by Jon Blend and Roz Carroll was originally published in the Journal of Jewish Historical Studies: Transactions of the Jewish Historical Society of England volume 51. Abstract This article describes the use of improvised enactments as...
The drama of being an adolescent
This blog post originally appeared on the Gestalt Centre’s website Approximately 10 per cent of children and young people aged 5 to 16 suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder; around 1in 13 deliberately self-harm. Nearly 80,000 children and young people suffer...
Working with children: making contact with ‘Jardie’
Children who grow too fast often miss out on vital experiences of mastery essential for healthy development (Oaklander, 2005). This can happen when parents do too much for the child or disallow opportunities for exploring and expanding their Lifespace (Lewin, 1957)....
A flavour of therapeutic arts group work
A Gestalt approach to working with children: Oaklander method NB the following is a composite account, based on several years of delivering an Easter intensive, arts–based workshop in London, UK. All names used are fictional. “Can you cut the clay into lumps, Khalid-...
