Using Chairwork and Parts Work to Combat the Psychological Impact of Oppression

Chairwork Psychotherapy is an experiential therapeutic modality uniquely suited to addressing the impact of trauma, mistreatment, and inner turmoil.
Chairwork, with its roots in Psychodrama and Gestalt Therapy, is undergoing a world-wide renaissance and can be a powerful tool to address the uniquely challenging and painful psychological impacts caused by oppression, discrimination, and marginalization.

Liberation-Focused Chairwork Psychotherapy is a specific application of trauma-focused Chairwork, Parts Work, and the Four Dialogues Model that may be used for historically oppressed and margi...Read morenalized people. Oppression-based traumatization may individually manifest as one or more of the Five Core Problems of Oppression: socially-induced traumatization, internalized oppression, identity conflict or confusion, connection to voice, and oppression-rooted coping. Using the Four Dialogues, clinicians may work with these issues to support self-esteem development, address despair, hold harmful forces accountable, and foster internal liberation.

Using foundational Chairwork dialogue structures, this workshop will explore Parts Work/Giving Voice to address identity conflict and confusion, Confrontational Dialogues to challenge harmful and oppressive forces or people, and Trauma-Centered Storytelling to address painful or traumatic memories of mistreatment and injustice.

In addition to a brief lecture, the workshop will include live, unrehearsed clinical demonstrations and group discussion.

Participants will gain applicable and effective experiential techniques to use with any patient dealing with the pain and suffering of oppression and marginalization.

This workshop welcomes all psychotherapists, pre-licensed therapists, clinical interns, and grad students.

Due to the sensitive content that may emerge during the live demonstrations, webinar recordings will not be available. Less...

Learning Objectives

Setup a dialogue structure for confronting harmful or oppressive forces or persons.
Utilize Parts Work to support development or recovery of a specific part impacted by internalized oppression.
Setup a dialogue structure for working with an unintegrated difficult memory or positive memory.
Compare the respective roles of Dr. Jacob Moreno and Dr. Friedrich "Fritz" Perls in the creation of Chairwork.
Identify the importance of Inner Leader development.

Friday, May 30, 2025

Live Interactive Webinar

01:00 PM EDT - 04:00 PM EDT

EARN 3 CE Credit Hours

About the speaker

Amanda Garcia Torres, LMHC

Co-Founder and Co-Director, Chairwork Psychotherapy Initiative

Amanda Garcia Torres is a certified Chairwork Psychotherapist and a Voice Dialogue Practitioner. She received her Master’s Degree in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness from New York University in 2014. Ms. Garcia Torres began her study of Chairwork in 2013 and completed her Chairwork Psychotherapy certification in 2019. In the same year, she also formally joined The Transformational Chairwork Psychotherapy Project as a Trainer. In 2020, Ms. Garcia Torres became Co-Director of Training at TCPP. She currently teaches and shares her Chairwork Psychotherapy expertise with clinicians in the United States and abroad. In 2023, she co-founded the Chairwork Psychotherapy Initiative with Scott Kellogg, PhD. As Co-Director of CPI, she has recently co-launched the world’s first international Chairwork Psychotherapy Certification program. Her presentations and writings have addressed topics including Chairwork, trauma recovery, social justice, and identity issues. Ms. Garcia Torres is in private practice at Chairwork Therapy NYC.

Agenda

12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Using Chairwork and Parts Work to Combat the Psychological Impact of Oppression Workshop

Introduction to Chairwork, Parts Work, and the Four Dialogues Model
The Five Core Problems of Oppression
Case Examples
Live Demonstration
Discussion

CE Information - Earn 3 CE Credit Hours

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