{"id":8426,"date":"2026-10-10T17:31:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T14:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gestaltsynthesis.gr\/the-empty-chair-technique\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T17:38:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T14:38:02","slug":"the-empty-chair-technique","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gestaltsynthesis.gr\/en\/psychotherapy-workshops\/the-empty-chair-technique\/","title":{"rendered":"The Empty Chair Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Empty Chair Technique:
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Online Experiential Workshop with Michael Soth<\/b><\/p>

12\u201313 December 2026 | Live Online or via Recording | With Simultaneous Interpretation from English<\/b><\/p>

This workshop focuses on the subtleties of using the empty chair technique and addressing the difficulties that repeatedly arise in its application.

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When the Dialogue Loses Its Vitality<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

The empty chair technique can be one of the most effective ways of moving beyond merely talking about an experience to exploring and experiencing it directly.Yet therapists who use the technique often encounter a familiar difficulty. <\/span><\/div>
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An emotionally charged and vivid issue emerges.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The client may feel awkward or as though they are “playing a role.” The dialogue becomes artificial, flat, or repetitive. Something that initially seemed alive and promising loses its momentum. <\/div>


This workshop focuses precisely on these moments. These are recurring difficulties that we can anticipate, understand, and use therapeutically. <\/p>

When the dialogue “gets stuck,” it does not necessarily mean that something has gone wrong. On the contrary, the way in which it loses its vitality may reveal something important about the relational dynamics being explored. <\/p>

Rather than regarding these difficulties as failures of the technique, we will explore why they are inherent in empty chair work and how we can make creative use of them within the therapeutic process itself.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Beyond Learning the Technique<\/strong> The two-day workshop will focus particularly on the subtleties of therapeutic intervention and certain difficulties that repeatedly arise in practice:<\/p>