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Gestalt therapy is a psychotherapeutic approach developed by Frederick S. Perls and his wife Laura Perls in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Gestalt became part of the humanistic approach to psychotherapy, and was groundbreaking in shifting the focus from the analyst as observer to the inclusion of self by the therapist, expressed in a dialogic relationship between therapist and client.

Gestalt Therapy, in its purest application, addresses what is happening in the moment in relationship between the therapist and client. The Gestalt approach brings into the client’s awareness, in the present, the more obvious discrepancy between the individual’s presentation or responses and their current life situation.

Once we are fully present in the here and now, we are able to take responsibility for our responses and actions with more excitement, energy and courage to live life directly.

Gestalt Theatre: its methodology is the result of the synthesis between Theatre of the Experience and Gestalt therapy as a mean for self-discovery, personal growth and the person’s holistic development.

The value of this fusion is that, as well as all therapy is defined with a cure, art develops health. In particular Gestalt therapy and Theatre share the same precepts of the experience: working in the present, to be aware and take responsibility for your own experience so both are included and nourishing each other.

Much of the therapeutic value of theatre is that everyone is his/her own tool, his/her instrument and his/her interpreter. Fiction requires exploring safely entering situations that otherwise the person would avoid, to express feelings that were contained, release emotions that had been penalized and integrate different aspects of ourselves that we used to give less or no space.

Art therapy is a form of expressive therapy that uses the creative process of making art to improve a person’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being.

The creative process involved in expressing one’s self artistically can help people to resolve issues as well as develop and manage their behaviours and feelings, reduce stress, and improve self-esteem and awareness.

You don’t need to be talented or an artist to receive the benefits and there are professionals that can work with you to dive into the underlying messages communicated through your art, which will aid in the healing process.

Art therapy can achieve different things for different people. It can be used for counselling by therapists, healing, treatment, rehabilitation, psychotherapy, and in the broad sense of the term, it can be used to massage one’s inner-self in a way that may provide the individual with a deeper understanding of him or herself.

Art therapy proposes an accompaniment to the person in personal development in a context of maximum care and empathic listening.

Art therapy restores communication with oneself and the environment. Through our creations we can re-experience conflicts in a safe environment and we can take the responsibility and overcome them.

Through art therapy we will use different visual arts techniques like drawing, painting, collage, puppets ...

We will experience the space and introduce participants to the presence of self-expression with the performance.

DEEPDANCE is a dynamic bodywork and free movement focused on dance, where music has a paramount importance. A tool for personal growth in which we seek the integration of the three centers: body, emotion and cognition.

The music invites us on an energetic and emotional journey; A journey through different sensations that serves exploration and expression of emotions, while we touch ourselves and others from a different place, leading to genuine personal expression.

With continued practice one can develop a therapeutic and self-help resources as well as to integrate forgotten and neglected parts of ourselves.

The work is influenced by different physical contributions as the five rhythms of Gabrielle Roth, authentic movement, body Gestalt, Gestalt Arterapia, dance trance ..

The structure of the sessions is:

-Starting: Small theoretical introduction to explain what is DEEP DANCE.

-Warm Up and bodywork focused on preparation for the dance.

-Dance and music session.

-Silence, meditation

-Debriefing of the experience in plenary

Yosem is a Gestalt Art therapist, trainer and specialist in performance and personal development through arts since 2002.

She has also worked in the field of personal development and training with international groups as well as national and local.

Yosem has developed her therapeutic activity in the penitentiary context as well as with young people and adults.

Carol Villalón works as Gestalt art/therapist, DJ and sculptor.

She has being working in the field of personal growth since 2006 and is the founder of the method called “Deepdance” that she continuously develops in Barcelona since 2010.

She works as trainer for penitentiary staff in art therapy, as well as with individuals and groups in personal development in other contexts.

Always focused in body movement, dance and music, she believes that those disciplines can be a true path for personal healing. She is also experienced in bioenergetics and holotropic breath work.

Diego is a Gestalt therapist and trainer in non formal learning. He is also specialist in Gestalt Theatre applied to work on conflict and personal development since 2009. Diego is currently working with patients in group therapy outside and inside the prison of Murcia. He has experience in transpersonal psychology and holotropic breathwork as well as in Enneagram psychology. He is member of the Pool of Trainers of Council of Europe as well as SALTO and Spanish National Agency for Youth.