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Room questions, not book questions.
Why this intervention and not another? How do I pace it? What do I say if they shut down? We answer these with your real cases.
Online · for clinicians and students
Gestalt Coaching & Consulting
Bring me the cases that feel stuck, and we’ll find ways to take your work with them deeper. Along the way, we work on you as a clinician: your confidence, your presence, and the style that’s truly yours. One-on-one, or in a monthly group of like-minded clinicians.
Coaching and consultation aren’t therapy, and they don’t replace it
Online, wherever you are in the U.S. or abroad
Single sessions or packages
Discount for students and pre-licensed clinicians
Why Gestalt
Going deeper, to the root of the pattern.
Gestalt is a humanistic, present-focused approach that works with the whole person: body, emotions and mind. Instead of only talking about a feeling, we stay with it. Where is it in the body? What is it protecting? What does it need right now? Symptoms become information, and defenses are understood as protection, not resistance. That’s how clients move beyond understanding their patterns to actually changing them.
The clinicians I work with usually come for one of two reasons. Some are still learning to trust their instincts: what to say, how to say it, and when. Others are seasoned and want to go deeper with their clients, but aren’t sure how. Either way, we work with your real cases, and we give attention to you as well. When a case gets stuck, it often touches something in us too. That doesn’t make you a bad therapist. It’s an invitation. We can only guide clients as deep as we’ve gone ourselves, so your confidence, your presence, and what comes up for you in session are part of the work.
Read more about Gestalt on my blog
One-on-one
Coaching & Consulting
Tired of staying on the surface with your clients? Curious about going deeper, but not sure how?
Bring me the cases that feel stuck. We look at what’s been tried, what’s happening in session, and what comes up for you in the room. The attention is on you as much as on the case: your tools, your confidence, and the style that’s truly yours. Helpful for students and newer clinicians finding their footing, and for seasoned therapists who want to bring Gestalt’s experiential work into the approaches they already use, like IFS, CBT, EMDR, etc.
Just took one of my workshops? Ask about the follow-up package to bring what you learned into your sessions.
Book a free sample session
Monthly · small group
Group Consultation
A small group of like-minded clinicians that meets once a month in six-session cohorts, with new groups forming throughout the year. A safe space to bring your cases, learn from each other, and share the weight this work can carry. We look at your cases through a Gestalt lens and practice experiential ways to take the work deeper.
Students and pre-licensed clinicians welcome. Group members get early access and a member discount on my paid trainings and workshops.
Ask about the next cohortGestalt, brought into the work you’re already doing.
Your client can explain their patterns. They can name the childhood wound and describe every coping mechanism. And yet, week after week, nothing shifts. Most of us were trained to understand people conceptually, not always to help them move through something experientially. That’s where Gestalt comes in.
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Clinical intuition, built over time.
You see how resistance, emotion and readiness show up in session, and you learn to trust what you notice.
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Not more theory.
Better access to your own skill.
You become more present, more observant, and more trusting of what’s happening in the room.
Read more: Why learning Gestalt in community changes the way you practice
In their own words
From a clinician in my free Facebook communityGestalt Training & Resources
“I have seen and participated in what Carmen offers in Gestalt Training & Resources on Facebook. When someone shares a case, instead of giving over a technique and then stopping, she asks what was happening in the moment the therapist was referring to, where the energy had dropped, and what became available once that was noticed. The feedback is specific, based on clinical experience, and can be used the next day.”
“I have seen and participated in what Carmen offers in Gestalt Training & Resources on Facebook. It is one of the clearest examples I know of Gestalt consultation applied to everyday clinical work.
When someone submits a case or asks how to apply a concept, such as contact, interruption, an experiment that has stalled, or the difference between insight and a felt shift, Carmen’s replies stay closely tied to the situation at hand. Instead of giving over a technique and then stopping, she asks what was happening in the moment the therapist was referring to, where the energy had dropped, what the client (or the therapist) did afterward, and what became available once that was noticed. The feedback is specific, based on clinical experience, and can be used the next day. At the same time, it demonstrates the approach she herself promotes: present, relational, and focused on awareness rather than on fixing the person or the session from the outside.
The group is carefully managed. Questions get answered, peers have the opportunity to respond, and the tone stays professional without becoming distant. That doesn’t happen automatically in a community this size. It reflects the same care she brings to her one-on-one consultations and her work with groups: small in spirit, so people are able to ask genuine clinical questions, and clear enough that the answers are Gestalt rather than general advice.
I practice Gestalt therapy myself and am particular about how it shows up in supervision and peer settings. The way Carmen facilitates this community matches the work she sets out to do: an experiential, practical approach focused on the real changes that take place in the room.”
Questions
Before you reach out
How do I get started?
Book a free 30-minute sample session. Bring one case, without identifying details, and we’ll work on it together so you can see what coaching and consulting with me looks like. We’ll also talk about what you’re looking for, and you can ask anything before deciding. One free session per person.
What’s the difference between coaching and consultation?
In consultation, we focus on your cases: what’s happening with a client and how Gestalt can help. In coaching, the focus is you as a clinician: your confidence, your presence and your style. In practice, most sessions are a mix of both.
Is this therapy?
No. Coaching and consultation are professional support for your clinical work, and they don’t replace therapy. If something personal comes up that needs more space, I’ll name it, and we can talk about finding the right support for you.
Does it count toward supervision hours for licensure?
Coaching and consultation are extra support alongside the supervision your license requires. I’m also a qualified supervisor for Registered Mental Health Counselor Interns in Florida. If you’re a Florida intern looking for supervision toward licensure, reach out, and we can talk about whether it’s a good fit, case by case.
Can students and pre-licensed clinicians work with you?
Yes. Graduate students, registered interns and associates are welcome, and there’s a discount for one-on-one sessions. If you’re in practicum or internship, keep case details general and follow your site’s guidelines.
Can I work with you if I’m outside Florida or outside the U.S.?
Yes. Everything is online, and I’ve worked with clinicians from across the U.S., England, Belgium, Australia and New Zealand.
Do I need Gestalt training first?
No. You can start right where you are. If you’d like a taste first, join my free monthly Here & Now hour or one of my experiential workshops.
Can I combine Gestalt with IFS, CBT, EMDR or other approaches?
Absolutely. Many clinicians I work with keep the approaches they know and add Gestalt’s experiential work to go deeper with their clients.
How do one-on-one sessions work?
Sessions are 60 minutes, online. You can book a single session or a package. Bring your cases with no identifying details, along with whatever is coming up for you in your work.
How does the monthly group work?
The group meets once a month for 90 minutes, in six-session cohorts, with new groups forming throughout the year. Ask about the next cohort to save your spot.
Free Sample Session
Not sure yet? Try a free session.
Bring one case to a free 30-minute sample session and see what working together looks like. We’ll talk about what you’re looking for, and you can ask anything before deciding. No strings attached.
Get in touch
Ask about coaching or consulting.
Coaching and consultation are online and open in the U.S. and abroad. Tell me what you’re looking for, and I’ll get back to you personally.
Send an inquiry
Tell me how to reach you and what you’re looking for, and I’ll be in touch.