Gestalt Pastoral Care

Gestalt Pastoral Care Rooted in the healing ministry of Jesus, Gestalt Pastoral Care integrates Gestalt growth work, spiritual companioning and healing prayer.

https://gestaltpastoralcare.org/founder-tilda-norberg Founded in 1984 by Reverend Tilda Norberg, a United Methodist minister, Gestalt Pastoral Care is a synthesis of Gestalt psychotherapy and spiritual companioning. At present there are several Communities of Practice located on the East Coast, in Western Pennsylvania, and the Midwest.

Sometimes healing doesn’t look like what we expected. It looks like finally saying the thing you’ve held for years. It ...
04/23/2026

Sometimes healing doesn’t look like what we expected. It looks like finally saying the thing you’ve held for years. It looks like a body that slowly stops bracing. It looks like weeping in a retreat circle and realizing, for the first time in a long time, that you are not alone.

["I was unsure what to expect, attending my first GPC retreat as an intercessor observer. What I discovered was genuine connection, a gentle holding of each other and a beautiful sense of care, consideration and bravery. Even over Zoom, the facilitators created a safe, welcoming environment from which we all felt able to share and show up, not only as eager learners, but as delicate, broken humans, seeking wholeness. " (Jennifer F-M.)]

This is the work. We’re honored to do it alongside you. Visit our website to explore GPC programs this spring.

This week's challenge: Practice love as an action.That means:→ Forgive someone who doesn't deserve it (yet)→ Reach out t...
04/21/2026

This week's challenge: Practice love as an action.

That means:
→ Forgive someone who doesn't deserve it (yet)
→ Reach out to someone you've been avoiding
→ Encourage a stranger
→ Serve without being asked

This week, we're challenging our GPC community to move from feeling to doing. Who will you choose to love actively?

Who's in? Comment "💛" if you're taking the challenge.

Resurrection is not only something that happened long ago.It happens every time someone finds healing.Every time forgive...
04/16/2026

Resurrection is not only something that happened long ago.

It happens every time someone finds healing.
Every time forgiveness replaces resentment.
Every time courage rises from fear.

This month, we're sharing stories of transformation from our GPC family, real people, real struggles, real hope. Because we believe that when we tell the truth about our brokenness and healing, we give others permission to believe transformation is possible for them, too.

Step into the journey of Gestalt Pastoral Care, a spiritual haven founded by the visionary Tilda Norberg. Our story is a...
04/16/2026

Step into the journey of Gestalt Pastoral Care, a spiritual haven founded by the visionary Tilda Norberg.

Our story is about integrating Gestalt therapy, spiritual companioning, and healing prayer to achieve wholeness. In a space that celebrates diverse theological backgrounds, we welcome you to explore healing and growth.

What happens when we stop seeing love as something we either have or don’t, and start treating it as a discipline? bell...
04/14/2026

What happens when we stop seeing love as something we either have or don’t, and start treating it as a discipline? bell hooks invites us to understand that “to be loving is to be open to grief, to be touched by sorrow, even sorrow that is not our own.”

This is not soft work. It is the deepest kind of courage, to remain present to what is broken, in ourselves and in others, trusting that grace is already moving there.

GPC’s healing ministry is built on this willingness. Learn more: https://gestaltpastoralcare.org/

04/12/2026

Stories like this are why we do this work.
Visit our website to begin your journey.

We use the word “love” so often, but what does it actually require of us? bell hooks wrote that love is “a combination ...
04/09/2026

We use the word “love” so often, but what does it actually require of us?

bell hooks wrote that love is “a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect, and trust.” Not a feeling we fall into. A practice we choose to build. At Gestalt Pastoral Care, this is what we mean by healing ministry, showing up to another person’s inner life with all of these things. Present. Accountable. Rooted.

What would it look like to love yourself with the same intentionality this week? To learn more about our work, visit our website.

You’re invited!Our All GPC Community Gathering is Saturday, May 2 @ 2:30pm via Zoom. ALL are welcome: GPC Ministers, st...
04/09/2026

You’re invited!
Our All GPC Community Gathering is Saturday, May 2 @ 2:30pm via Zoom. ALL are welcome: GPC Ministers, students, interns, board members, and friends of GPC. This is a time to reconnect, celebrate what God has been doing, and envision what’s coming next.

In the spirit of our work: we hold this space together. Register at https://gestaltpastoralcare.org/training%2Fworkshops

Burnout doesn’t happen overnight.It happens when the body is ignored for too long.This workshop creates space for clergy...
04/07/2026

Burnout doesn’t happen overnight.
It happens when the body is ignored for too long.

This workshop creates space for clergy to:
• Reconnect with their own needs
• Learn embodied self-care practices
• Restore balance in ministry

Facilitated by Melissa Boyer
Online | July 30

Sliding scale available because accessibility matters.

Take a day for yourself.

https://linktr.ee/GPCA

If April has felt heavy… same. Remember: The tomb was heavy, too. And still, it opened.Hold on.New life often begins qu...
04/07/2026

If April has felt heavy… same.

Remember: The tomb was heavy, too. And still, it opened.

Hold on.
New life often begins quietly.
In the whisper.
In the waiting.
In the "I'm still here."

You're still here.
Keep going.

If you needed this reminder today, let us know. We're praying for everyone reading this who is carrying a heavy tomb right now. You are not alone.

Easter is the original story of transformation. At GPC, we believe that same resurrection love is at work in every heal...
04/05/2026

Easter is the original story of transformation.

At GPC, we believe that same resurrection love is at work in every healing journey. In every person who opens to grace. In every wound that becomes a site of wholeness for someone else. This Easter, may you know that love is at work in you.
We’re grateful you’re part of this community.

Visit our website for upcoming programs and retreats.

Address

New York, NY

Telephone

+13473306657

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Gestalt Pastoral Care posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Place Of Worship

Send a message to Gestalt Pastoral Care:

Shortcuts

Share

Category