Gestalt Therapy Institute of Philadelphia (GTIP) Adjunct Faculty

	Adjunct Faculty

Laurie Barron, M.S.S., L.C.S.W., D.C.S.W.

"Gestalt Therapy provides a solid and flexible loom on which to weave my creativity, humor and use of metaphor in meeting the other. I see connection between healing the self and healing the world. As someone who came of age in the '60s, I strongly believe that the personal is political, and vice-versa. Gestalt Theory and Therapy can be powerful, holistic and revolutionary."

Biography

Before entering the world of Gestalt, Laurie was a professional singer specializing in music of the Renaissance and Baroque and a founding member of the Philadelphia Singers. Drawn to social work by the devastation of the arts and gay communities by the AIDS pandemic, she obtained her MSS from Bryn Mawr before completing her training at GTIP. With an independent practice in center city and Erdenheim, her interests include mood disorders, chronic illness, trauma, grief, relational difficulties, women's and gay/lesbian issues.

Laurie Barron, M.S.S., L.C.S.W., D.C.S.W.: 215 836-9121 or laurie.barron@verizon.net

Debra Brosan, M.A., O.D.

"As an Organizational Development Consultant, my work over the past several years has led me to the Theory of Gestalt Therapy and its’ humanistic interventions and strategies to enhance meaningfulness in work. I have integrated the Theory of Gestalt Therapy in working with leadership, teams and individuals as a coach and consultant. Meaningful work is (and is not limited to) acknowledging and buying into the purpose of the organization, alignment of organizational and individual visions, clarity of values and beliefs that mobilize oneself within the organization and job satisfaction. The vehicle and process that I use for achieving this is by helping my clients identify how they see themselves in their systems, as well as the systems-as-a-whole."

Biography

Debra is currently working internally for a non-profit educational agency as the Organizational and Leadership Consultant. With over 25 years in industry and non-profit organizations, Debra has applied her business experience to organizational development and completed graduate education in this field. Debra has worked with small and large groups, non-profit organizations, Fortune 500 companies, the federal government, and family-owned businesses. Her work focuses on creating sustainable change and leads to increasing employee and customer satisfaction.

Debra Brosan, M.A., O.D.: 215 862-0273 or Debra@gestaltworks.net

Donna Cotzen , M.D.

"There are many things I have come to love about Gestalt Therapy. First, the clarity and simplicity of the theory is elegant. Second, it takes the truth that I have learned from psychoanalysis and makes it deeper and three dimensional. I can see the theory in action instead of forcing understanding with my left brain ,which was not really understanding with my whole self. And lastly, it gives me a personal philosophy and guide of how to live my life that leads to engagement and happiness while bringing me into a community of therapists who are fun, warm, intelligent and interested in their own personal growth as well as the growth of their clients. I am stimulated by the people I meet here who are open to new experience, willing to be vulnerable and courageous enough to explore the unknown."

Biography

Donna Cotzen is a psychiatrist in Center City Philadelphia. She attended college at Boston and Temple Universities, received her medical degree from Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia, and her residency in psychiatry at The Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital. She completed her Gestalt Therapy training at The Pennsylvania Gestalt Center. She is adjunct faculty at Jefferson Medical College and The University of Pennsylvania, where she supervises residents in individual and group therapy. Her practice focuses on individuals and families, doing both psychotherapy and psychopharmacology and she has a special interest in dealing with the problems of single people.

Donna Cotzen , M.D.: 215 238-1262or dcotzen@comcast.net

Sandra Greenberg, Ed.D., L.C.S.W., B.C.D.

Frank Guarnaccia, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., B.C.D.

"What I valued most in my Gestalt training was the primary emphasis on the present and how to use myself to support the client to trust him or herself to attend to what was manifesting in the moment. Body awareness, breathing and the courage to risk expressing what the client is feeling was deemed essential in learning how to become free. Being playful and using humor has enabled me and my clients to relax, understand and accept the incongruities of human behavior. More recently, I have become interested in how compassion helps dissolve the bind of shame and other forms of emotional pain."

Biography

Frank is in private practice in center-city Philadelphia and Bala Cynwyd, PA, working with individuals, couples, groups and families. He also conducts men’s groups and facilitates workshops on singles issues, focusing on issues of intimacy and adult dependency. Frank received his masters degree in Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of the Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy in New York. He has over 31 years of clinical experience in community mental health and private practice settings. His current areas of interest include responding to relationship and intimacy issues, shame, and the use of humor in therapy.

Frank Guarnaccia, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., B.C.D.: 215 545-8296 #4 or frankg715@yahoo.com

Jerry Kolker, L.C.S.W., B.C.D.

Elizabeth Palazzi Revell, Ph.D.

Marjorie Copeland, L.C.S.W.

Marjorie Copeland, L.C.S.W.: 856 810-1015


	Directors and Principal Faculty Mary Lou Schack, Ph.D Philip Lichtenberg, Ph.D. David S. Henrich, L.C.S.W., B.C.D. Joyce E. Lewis, L.C.S.W., Co-Founder, Deceased Faculty Adjunct Faculty