Gestalt Dialogues #4 in Krakow

When war starts, people say, “It’s too stupid, it can’t last long.”
But while war may be “too stupid,” that doesn’t stop it from lasting.
Stupidity knows how to get its way – we just don’t notice it, too busy with ourselves.
Albert Camus, “The Plague”

“War is such an unjust and evil thing that those who fight try to silence the voice of conscience within themselves.“
L. Tolstoy, Diary of a

“Madness is an absolute rupture with the work of art;
it forms the constitutive moment of annihilation which in time dissolves the truth of the work.
It delineates the outer edge, the line of decay, the contour at nothingness.“
Michel Foucault, The History of Madness in the Classical Age

“To begin to love someone is not an easy thing.
It takes energy, generosity, and blindness.
There is even a moment at the very beginning when you have to jump over the abyss:
if you begin to reflect, you won’t do it.“
Jean-Paul Sartre, “Nausea“

“Love consists in the following: two solitudes meet, protect and welcome each other.“
Rainer Maria Rilke

Human existence unfolds on the frontier. War destroys the boundary between truth and self-justification. Madness is the place where order collapses and another truth is revealed, freed from the dictates of reason. Love is a leap across the abyss in which we risk ourselves to meet the other.

Gestalt Dialogues #4 invites Gestalt practitioners (both new and experienced) to explore the professional transformations to which we are all inevitably subjected. Gestalt Dialogues is an educational, interdisciplinary, international project aimed at creating a space for reflection and assimilation of current experience and the development of therapeutic identity.

To this end, we are continuing the Therapeutic Stories format. In this format, experienced colleagues will share with us their stories about how clients influence therapists, how professional transformations take place, how to prevent burnout and professional deformation.

There are 3 topics for polylogues in the program:

1. War and Peace.
2. Normality and insanity.
3. Love and Borderline.

The format of the event includes:

• A dialog or polylogue on one of the specified topics;
• Discussion in discussion groups;
• Presentation of the therapeutic story (case study);
• Collective Discussion;
• Morning and evening “madness” (bodily practices).

Maximum number of participants: 45 people.

Venue:
Poland, Kraków
Radisson Blu Hotel,
Straszewskiego St. 17,
Kraków, 31-101, Poland

Event Schedule:

Check-in: 18.06.2026
Working days: 19.06.2026 – 21.06.2026 from 10:00 to 18:00
Walking tour of Krakow: 22.06.2026
Departure: 23.06.2026

Organizing fee:

• If paid before February 1, 2026 – 250€
• For payments after February 1, 2026 – 300€
• If paid locally 350€

Cashless payment is possible in EUR or in UAH. On-site payment in EUR only.
Partial prepayment of 150€ is possible.

We invite you to bring your relatives (spouses and children) as a free attendee; they will be able to participate in all activities for free if they wish (except for coffee break fees).

Speakers presenting their “therapeutic stories”:

Gestalt Dialog Team:

If you have any questions, please contact the organizing committee of the school at gestaltdialogues@gmail.com.