AS YOU LIKE IT!…
A Gestalt arts-led approach to working with young people *
JUNE 5-7 2026, 10-5pm throughout. 18 hours CPD. VENUE: LONDON W3 ;
FEE £350 ( £50 discount for participants from Jon’s previous courses. ) Includes reading
list, materials, refreshments, attendance certificate.
‘What we do now?’ managing change.…
*Latest research (November 2025)-neuroscientist Dr Alexa Mousley et al Univ. Cambs suggests in urban cultures, adolescent brain development starts at age 9 and ‘stabilises’ at age 32 years.
THIS STAND-ALONE, SMALL GROUP INTENSIVE, HOSTED BY JON BLEND & ASSISTED BY BASI AMODU, MEETS IN-PERSON. (Good transport links, local accommodation)
Topics Include several of the following:
Cultural Anthropology with Adolescents and Young Adults: Ideas from renowned gestalt psychotherapists Violet Oaklander and Mark McConville.
Raising Self -Esteem: Contributions to therapeutic work from Norman Shub, Ruth Lampert
and others
Haiku , Cinquain: Making Instant Poetry
Lyric Writing; ’Cut Up’s ( technique used by musicians Bowie, Dylan, Lennon, Morissette)
‘Bitting and Chunking Stories: New Lamps for Old?‘ (What stories do you tell about your
life?).
Puppetry and Working with Animal Metaphors
“Live” supervision ( how might an arts -led approach augment your client work?
Revisiting the Arts: Drawing; Clay- Sculpting; Sandtray; Improvised Music -Making
Anticipatory Loss: Making a Commemorative Video
Projection work: Using Native American Medicine cards
Setting up Groups, Commissioning: “One- Minute Pitch “
Referral on, Safeguarding.
Do get in touch if you are interested in adding some arts-informed ‘strings’ to your bow, so to speak. Suitable for qualified counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists , SENCO’s and other professionals working directly with young people- in any cultural context, also for those simply wishing to explore their own relationship with creativity. All good wishes,
Jon Blend MA Dip Child ECP CQSW
Jon.blend335@gmail.com ; Web: www.gacp.co.uk
Director: Gazebo Training School