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RGP Awareness, Choice and Trust

Oct 18-19, 2025

The relational experiences in group work are an essential part of two psychological processes associated with health, the intrapersonal and interpersonal. Intrapersonal health is defined as internal clarity-good contact with the emotional, physical and intellectual aspects of ourselves, or the awareness of the lack of clarity in any of these aspects. Interpersonal health is defined as appropriate contact with aspects of the environment and this will vary from person to person, given differences in values, relational history, culture and background.

Our sense of who we are develops in connection with others, and within certain conditions. Group work can meet our needs for attunement and understanding; support us in identifying and expressing our emotions and acknowledging and respecting areas of similarities and differences. When we commit to practicing self response-ability, kindness, acceptance and honesty we can learn to fully experience and express ourselves in healthy ways, which is integral to being alive.

In this workshop, we'll seek to:

  • Improve our ability to make contact

  • Develop and track awareness of our emotions and sensations

  • Learn to express and practice communicating needs and wants effectively

  • Discover habitual relational patterns that prevent us from cultivating the type of contact we want.

The workshop will include time for basic gestalt awareness practices, a mixture of didactic and experiential exercises. There will be time for some participants to experience one-to-one Open Seat practice sessions with Dorothy with the support of the group.

This workshop is open to those who have attended a previous Relational Gestalt Practice workshop with Dorothy, or done GAP with Christine Price and/or Sharon Terry.

Dates & Times

Saturday, Oct 18 - 10:30am - 6pm

Sunday, Oct 19 - 10am - 5pm*

*Please note the schedule is different on Sunday

Group Location

Tribal Ground Circle
Aptos, CA 95003

Tuition

$400

*Contact registration@dorothycharles.com if scholarship is needed.

Registration

Contact registration@dorothycharles.com to register. Numbers are limited and you will receive a response with information on how to secure your place by paying a $100 non-refundable deposit by PayPal. Balance of payment is due one week before the start of the group.

**Covid policy: Because of the continued prevalence of COVID, to protect everyone's health, we ask that all participants provide proof of a negative antigen test taken on the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday before the start of group. Vaccination is encouraged. Masking is welcomed for self-protection. If you have symptoms of illness, we ask you not to attend. Local and CDC guidelines at the time of the workshop will dictate mask-wearing policy.**