About Us
The Trainers

Sue Congram (Clayton), PhD, MSc Psychology, GPO-EAGT

Sue is a highly experienced business development psychologist who has worked with large and small businesses in the commercial sector for many years, her focus today is on leadership and executive development. She has been teaching Gestalt in organisations in the UK, Scandinavia and Greece for over twelve years providing additional coaching and supervision for trainees and qualified practitioners. Sue has published a number of books on organisational practice.

 

John Ewans Porting

John is the director of GIS – INTERNATIONAL, the Gestalt Institute of Scandinavia, founded in 1976. He is executive director of the consultancy company PMI – INTERNATIONAL, Personal Management International. John Ewans Porting has through the last 25 years worked in companies and organizations to improve leadership and organizational processes. The PMI Gestalt consultants work on issues, themes and processes like group dynamics, conflict resolution, management- and leadership training, strategy development, organizational change, merging, outplacement and other very demanding, stressful and emotional difficult tasks.

 

Joe Melnick, PhD

Joe is a faculty member of the Cape Cod Training Program and a member of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. He is an organizational consultant, a couples and family therapist and author of numerous articles and book chapters on intimacy, ethics and small groups. He has taught worldwide and is the Editor of Gestalt Review, published by the Gestalt International Study Center.

 

Frans Meulmeester, MS, Counsellor, GPO-EAGT

Frans is working as a Gestalt therapist, trainer and consultant for more than 20 years; initially in the educational setting, and later in training programs, workshops and consultancy for Healthcare-organizations and mainly organizations that provide care for the elderly, like nursing homes. He is a registered member of the EAGT and the EAP and a guest-trainer of several Gestalt institutes and education institutes in Europe.

 

Magda Pantelidu, BA Social Sciences, MA Applied Social & Market Research, GPO-EAGT

Organizational Consultant, Co-Founder of the Gestalt Edge in organizations and academic program coordinator. She has been working for the last ten years as a consultant in the areas of Executive Search & Recruitment, Market research, HR and Communication, Team work, Change and Conflict management in various organizations. She has taught in private colleges and universities in Greece. She is a founding member of ICF Chapter Greece.

 

Panos Vasmatzidis, ΜΑ Marketing, BA Agriculture Science, Topic Agricultural Economics, GPO-EAGT

Program coordinator; he has more than 10 years experience in Marketing and Selling pharmaceutical products in several positions for different Organizations. He is a Gestalt practitioner & consultant for Organizations since 2009.

 

Lia Zografou, MA Dramatherapy, GPO-EAGT

Lia is a Health Professions Council (HCPC, UK) registered dramatherapist, supervisor, Gestalt consultant and trainer. During the past eighteen years she has worked extensively in the fields of therapy, education and consulting/coaching. She has published on psychodrama, dramatherapy and supervision and is freelancing in Greece and the UK. She has co-founded the Hellenic Playback theatre company and is currently a founding member and actor of the “RU” theatre company promoting creative approaches to community dialogue and change.