Statement
To the world
To all governments
To all conflicting parties in the war in Ukraine
To the press
To all individual and institutional members of EAGT
February, 26th 2022
The Human Rights & Social Responsibility Committee of EAGT and General Board of the European Association of Gestalt Therapy, representing 26 European countries, meeting in Barcelona March 5th 2022, expresses their indignation at the war in Ukraine.
We call for an immediate end to all acts of war, from the deep conviction that war can never be an answer to conflicts. It only leads to destruction of infrastructure and unprecedented human suffering on a physical, mental and psychological level.
We strongly urge that governments and their leaders come together to end this conflict in a nonviolent way to prevent further human suffering.
We express our solidarity with the Ukrainian and all Russian people who are devastated and anguished by the actions of their government in this needless violence:
‘They are Us and We are Them. We are all One.’
The Human Rights & Social Responsibility
Committee of EAGT,
Joanna Kato – chair
Dieter Bongers
Tomaž Flajs
Michela Gecele
Sara Hendrick
Eduardo Salvador
Katharina Stahlmann
Guus Klaren
Nurith Levi
Peter Schulthess
Research Committee of EAGT Vincent Beja, Chair Florence Belasco Christine Stevens Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb Rosanna Biasi
Training Standards Committee of EAGT Silvia Tosi, Chair Dick Lompa Despoina Balliou Elena Lasaja Jack Van Liesdonk
Gestalt Practitioners in Organizations Committee of EAGT Michał Lewandowski
Swedish Association of Authorized Gestalt Therapists (SAG) Helena Mering
Croatian Association of Gestalt and Integrative Psychotherapy (CAGIP) Tomislav Rončević, president
Lithuanian Gestalt Association (LGA) Dr. Rytis Stelingis, President
Societatea de Gestalt Terapie din Romania (SGTR) Vasile Gaban
Serbian Association of Gestalt Psychotherapy (SAGP) Sanja Bratina
Training Institute Chamber (TIC) Margareta Mesic, chair |
Professional Competences and Qualitative Standards Committee of EAGT Ivana Vidakovic Gianni Francesetti Roberta La Rosa Misa Avramovic
Ethics Committee of EAGT Veronica Klingemann, Chair Silvia Alaimo Dr. Rosanna Catinella Anna Helene Fellman Elpida Kalaitzi Nina Kolanovic
Training Institutes Chamber of EAGT Margareta Mesic, Chair
Societa Italiana Psicotherapia Gestalt (SIPG) Pierluigi Righetti Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb Luciana Fancello Eleonora Drago Maria Grazia Fiorini Anastasia Corona Graziana Busso Rosanna Biasi
Geschäftsstelle Deutsche Vereinigung für Gestalttherapie DVG eV (DVG) Sibylle Ahlbrecht Dr. Hella Gephart Frank Köhler Sonja Catterfeld
Polskie Towarzystwo Psychoterapii Gestalt (PTPG) Michał Kostrzewski
United Kingdom Association for Gestalt Practitioners (UKAGP) Belinda Harris |