Home – where the heart is? – speaker: Marten Bos
What is it like to work with/deal with being in (a forced) disconnection from home. The impasse of being (temporarily or permanently) separated from your roots is a reality for many of us and our clients. Is working from field theory, grounding, working with ground and figure a suitable option?
Can we, as Gestalt therapists, deal with the impasse of being cut off, especially if we ourselves are experts in this area? Can we explore new and familiar ways of belonging, being a part of: the “new country”, “new social ground”, maybe a “new chosen family”? Is this possible without neglecting the reality, the impasse of being separated from our roots? How to work with contact boundary and contact styles. How to work in the organising field, with the loss and gain, the shift of our identities. How to be there, with our clients, in compassion and creativity in a stuck situation?