Archive for August, 2025

Polarities, Dreams, and Nightmares: Fritz Perls, Chairwork, and West Coast Gestalt Therapy

by Scott Kellogg

PDF Download Link I have long felt that Fritz Perls, with the West Coast Gestalt […]

Bill W. and the Boomerang: An Imaginal Chairwork Psychotherapy Dialogue

by Scott Kellogg

I first read the story of Bill W. and the boomerang in the early 1990s. […]

Using Chairwork Psychotherapy to Combat the Psychological Impact of Oppression

by Scott Kellogg

Amanda Garcia Torres, LMHC Chairwork Psychotherapy is a dynamic experiential modality that entails: (a) inviting […]

Working With the Four Dialogues: Using Chairwork in Clinical Practice

by Scott Kellogg

“I would like to invite you to move to this chair and I would like […]

Transformational Chairwork: The Four Dialogue Matrix

by Scott Kellogg

A central irony of Chairwork is that Chair-work has nothing to do with chairs.  Chairwork […]

“When I Think Of Your Suffering I Feel….”: On Dialogues And Self-Compassion In Schema Therapy

by Scott Kellogg

A paper on Compassion-Centered Chairwork that builds on the work of Dr. Kristen Neff and […]

“I Want To Sort This Out Myself”: Using Chairwork As A Personal Practice

by Scott Kellogg

A series of Chairwork Psychotherapy practices for: Understanding the experiences of others; Working with ambivalence […]

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