Therapeutic Presence, Dialogue and Co-Regulation in Troubled Times

Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles (GTILA)

A presentation with Charlie Bowman, LCSW & Peter Cole, LCSW

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In this presentation, Gestalt Therapists Charlie Bowman, LCSW and Peter Cole, LCSWwill discuss their recent article I Am Here: A Gestalt Perspective on NavigatingThrough Troubled Times scheduled to appear in the Spring 2026 issue of GestaltReview. They will explore the impact of the U.S.’s current authoritarian political climateon the practice of psychotherapy. They will discuss the Mass Induction of Trauma, aconcept they introduce in this paper and will examine how therapists and clients canwork together toward co-regulation and hopefulness in these trying times. Drawing ontheory and practice, including field theory and relational gestalt therapy theory, Charlieand Peter will outline ways to sustain therapeutic presence and healing in today’schallenging sociopolitical atmosphere.

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About the presenters: Charlie Bowman is a gestalt therapist, educator and consultant with extensive mentalhealth, substance abuse and human resources experience. He enjoys his gestalttherapy practice in Indianapolis as well as training and consulting in the United Statesand abroad. Charlie has made multiple contributions to professional, business, and laypublications on such topics such as psychotherapy history, theory and practice,business consulting and HR management, trauma and addictions counseling. He isPresident and senior faculty member at the Indianapolis Gestalt Institute and Past-President of the International Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy.Charlie lives with his wife Ann in a quiet town in mid-America where he enjoys time withhis five children, nine grandchildren, Phoebe the dog, three cats and eight chickens. Peter Cole served as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry with the UC DavisSchool of Medicine for 25 years. He has served on the faculty of the Wright Institute inBerkeley CA, Stanford University School of Medicine and The Psychotherapy Instituteof Berkeley California. Peter is on the Editorial Board of Gestalt Review and on theScientific Committee for Routledge Publisher’s Gestalt Therapy Book Series. Heteaches internationally in the field of Gestalt Therapy. With his wife Daisy Reese he isthe author of New Directions in Gestalt Group Therapy (Routledge, 2017) and the editor of The Relational Heart of Gestalt Therapy (Routledge, 2022). He is the author ofnumerous articles and book chapters. Peter is in private practice in Berkeley andSacramento where he specializes in group therapy for therapists, clinical consultationand long-term individual therapy with mental health professionals. Peter lives inBerkeley CA . He and his wife Daisy have five children and nine grandchildren in theirblended family. In his spare time Peter enjoys playing music and song-writing.

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