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“When I first entered this training, I could not have imagined
how much Gestalt therapy would reshape me — not only as
a practitioner, but as a human being. What began as curiosity
slowly became a way of living and relating. Gestalt has taught
me to listen not only with my ears but with my whole body; to
notice the subtle movements of contact and withdrawal; to allow
silence, tension, and the unknown to exist between myself and
another person. That moment crystallized what Gestalt means
for me: healing happens at the meeting, when therapist and
client both risk authenticity, when the field is strong enough to
hold the truth that emerges.”
Svetlana Rachitsky, Graduate of the Five Year Training Program
in Gestalt Psychotherapy
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