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Joyce E. Lewis, L.C.S.W., Co-Founder, Deceased |
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I left the church when I was 17 and went off to college — leaving both home and the support of a religious, spiritual, connection. After years of struggle to find other connections and finally getting sober, I began to look for a community where I could express my need for a "higher power" and found it in a church, which is of the same denomination as the one in which I grew up. The differences are great, however, in that we have female clergy and the congregation is almost evenly African-American and white. And I can be who I am: recovering, bisexual, and Lutheran — as well as a Gestalt Therapy practitioner."
Biography
Joyce was a licensed clinical social worker, who taught clinical social work and Gestalt Therapy for more than 30 years at the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College. She was, with Mary Lou Schack, one of the founders of GTIP. Joyce trained in Gestalt Therapy theory and practice with Mariah Fenton Gladis, Miriam and Erving Polster, and Isadore From. After retiring from Bryn Mawr, Joyce attended Episcopal Divinity School and received her M.A. in Theological Studies in 1996. She retired from full involvement in GTIP in 2002. Her areas of special interest included dreams, addiction, and spiritual life. Joyce passed away in September, 2006.
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