Gordon Wheeler, PhD, is a licensed psychologist with many
years' experience writing, teaching, training, and practicing using
a contemporary field-relational Gestalt therapy model. He is the
author or editor of numerous books and articles in the field, most
recently, CoCreating the Field: Intention and Practice in the
Age of Complexity (with Deborah Ullman, 2009).
Dr. Wheeler is on the visiting faculty of many Gestalt training
institutes around the world, and is long-time president of the
Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, where he also served for
some years as CEO. Together with Nancy Lunney Wheeler, he teaches
Gestalt Relational Constellations widely around the world. His
private practice of coaching, counseling, psychotherapy and
consulting is located in Santa Cruz, California.
Lena Axelsson, PsyD, was educated and received her Gestalt
training in Sweden, moving to the United States in 2000. Following
4 years living and studying at Esalen Institute in Big Sur,
California, she completed her doctoral work at Ryokan College,
where her dissertation was The Use of Relational Gestalt Therapy
Informed by Neuroscience in the Treatment of Single Event and
Developmental Trauma.
After serving for several years as a clinician and a clinical
supervisor at Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance
Center, working with troubled young people and families in a
diverse population, Dr. Axelsson entered private clinical practice
with children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. In
addition to her clinical Gestalt training, she has also trained
extensively with Peter Levine in Somatic Experiencing.
She presents regularly at conferences and in training sessions on
Gestalt-based multicultural work, as well as on single event and
developmental trauma and the neuroscientific basis of contemporary
Gestalt-based trauma and recovery work.
Dr. Axelsson presents as well as part of the faculty of the Esalen
Institute Evolution of Gestalt Symposium Series (selected
proceedings published in the GestaltPress book series). Her
forthcoming work on this topic as applied to couples work will
appear in The Couple in the Relational Field (Eds. M. Kraus,
A. Robers, & G. Wheeler, in press).
Dr. Axelsson lives in Santa Cruz, California, where she practices
as a member of an integrative medical health team. Her special
interests include hiking, running, and the diverse cuisines of
Europe and the Americas.
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