Therapists at GLOO

Some therapists at GLOO are 3rd and 4th Year Gestalt Psychotherapy Students who are donating their time to work with clients in order to gain experience as therapists.

Other therapists are recently qualified in four-year courses in Gestalt Psychotherapy.

All of these therapists are in supervision with highly experienced training therapists.  

 Supervisors & Originators of GLOO

Tanya and Zan started GLOO in 2006.  Both have extensive experience in Gestalt psychotherapy. Tanya and Zan (along with other experienced therapists) provide support and supervision to GLOO therapists.

Tanya Dawson

Tanya Dawson is a Gestalt therapist with 18 years experience in the field beginning with welfare, youth work in crisis and medium term refuges and youth centres, while also working with addictions and those with severe and multiple barriers.

Tanya took six years off to parent children to school age and practice art making. In this time she also studied Gestalt with Sydney Gestalt Institute.

She went on to work as senior therapist at a private psychiatric hospital and was promoted to clinical co coordinator. She now works in private practice and was an originator of the GLOO project.

"I am community minded and am grateful for what the world has given me and want to be a part of giving it back, making more to go around. I am passionate about teaching and sharing knowledge as I believe this is supporting the love in the greater field. I derive great satisfaction from experiencing myself as useful."

Tanya is a trainer at Gestalt Therapy Sydney.

Susanna Goodrich

B.Ec (Uni. Of Sydney), LLB (A.N.U)

Susanna Goodrich (Zan) completed her training with Sydney Gestalt institute in 2002. She has also studied Systems Therapy at Relationships Australia.

Zan has had a practice in Kings Cross for 5 years, working mostly
with recovering addicts.

She was involved in setting up GLOO and is excited by the potential this holds for working both with her private clients and with the community.

Her other practice is raising an interesting array of little boys (four between 2 and 7 years).

Zan is a trainer at Gestalt Therapy Sydney.