I am pleased to introduce Dorothy Siminovitch, Ph.D., MCC, in this episode. Dorothy and I cover many topics, including the exploration of what Gestalt Coaching really is. Looking at how coaches can hold the space for their clients. Gestalt is very focused on the current present state. So awareness is a very key piece of Gestalt coaching. And there are different dimensions to awareness. Picking up your awareness, body cues, framing your awareness, naming what that is, understanding that you might have whatever it is that you name physical or emotional, or an idea might have some emotional energy, excitement, or anxiety. Deciding do we act on that? Awareness is a very key part of the Gestalt approach. So, today you will get a lot of insight into Gestalt Coaching. Enjoy!

Dorothy E. Siminovitch, Ph.D., MCC, is a pioneer of Gestalt Coaching and a master coach certified coaching through the International Coach Federation. She is an international leadership, team, organizational coach, mentor coach, speaker, and author. Dorothy is the Director of Training for the Gestalt Coaching Program in Istanbul, an ICF-ACTP offering, and co-founder and co-owner of the Gestalt Center for Coaching. She uses Gestalt theory and awareness process tools to support personal and professional development and mastery at the individual, group, and organizational levels. Her areas of specialization are coaching for executive presence and masterful use of self, Awareness Intelligence TM, and high-performance team development. Dorothy has published seminal articles on Gestalt Coaching and is the author of A Gestalt Coaching Primer: The Path Toward Awareness Intelligence, which has been translated into Turkish. 

She is a co-author of a leadership assessment called Awareness2020.

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• A Gestalt Coaching Primer: The Path Toward Awareness Intelligence

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Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC

Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer

Production Editing: Lyssa deHart

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