October 2008

Some information
about
Serge Ginger
Serge GINGER is a clinical Psychologist and an international Trainer in Psychotherapy.
He has worked, during several years (1974-1980), as international Chief Expert for UNESCO,
in the field of Special Education and Psychology.
He was trained in Psychoanalysis, Psychodrama (since 59), and Gestalt Therapy (since 1970).
He is the founder, in 1980 (with his wife Anne Ginger) of the Paris School of Gestalt
Therapy (cole Parisienne de Gestalt, or EPG) which is now one of the most important
Training Institute for Psychotherapists in Europe (trained 1,200 psychotherapists).
Since 1991, he is the President (and founder) of the International Federation of Gestalt
Training Organizations (FORGE) which gathers 30 Training institutes from 20 countries
of all continents. He is a professor in Gestalt Therapy, leads workshops and gives lectures in
public and private universities (Paris, Nantes, Lyon, Sigmund Freud University-Paris) and
institutes in many countries: in all Europe, Russia, North America, Latin America and Asia.
He is the Secretary general of the French National Umbrella of Psychotherapists &
Psychoanalysts (Fdration Franaise de Psychothrapie et Psychanalyse, or FF2P) which
gathers 63 psychotherapeutic organizations (national associations, training schools or institutes,
unions, etc) representing twenty different modalities of Psychotherapy and several thousands of
professional psychotherapists.
He is a member of the Executive Board of the European Association for Psychotherapy
(EAP) which gathers 120,000 professional psychotherapists in 41 European countries. He has
been elected as Registrar, in charge of checking the National Umbrellas (NAOs), the European
Wide Organizations (EWAOs) and the European Certificate of Psychotherapy (ECP) which
implies 3,200 hours of training, spread over 7 years, and as President of the TAC (Training
Accreditation Committee for European Psychotherapy Training Institutes).
He authored 20 books about special education, Gestalt Therapy, and about Psychotherapy
in general, published into 13 languages: French, English, German, Italian, Spanish,
Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Romanian, Latvian, Ukrainian, Macedonian and Japanese (under
press in Greek and Chinese). 100,000 copies have already been sold. His best-sellers are:
Gestalt: a Therapy of Contact, Hommes & Groupes, Paris, 8
th
edit.: 2006, 550 p.
Gestalt: The Art of Contact, Karnak Books, London, 2007, 174 p. (Paris, 9
th
edition: 2007)
He wrote140 articles or chapters of books, published in different Journals in 23 countries.
Serge Ginger traveled, with his wife Anne, in seventy countries, all around the world. He
speaks several languages (he teaches in French, English, Russian and Italian) and is interested
in studying the diversity of cultures and religions. He is now 80 years old (born in 1928); he has
four children end ten grandchildren. He practiced different sports (volley ball, judo, skiing, etc.)
and enjoys playing chess.
Serge Ginger
183 rue Lecourbe. 75015 PARIS
Tl.: + 331 53 68 64 58
Fax: + 331 53 68 64 57
Mob.: + 336 09 76 26 51
E-mail: s. ginger@noos.fr
Titles & functions of Serge Ginger
Born in Paris (France) on February 6
th
, 1928.
Diploma of Specialized Educateur, Paris 1950.
Executive Director of Boarding schools for boys (delinquent, neurotics & psychotics), 1952-1974.
Secretary General of the Association internationale des Educateurs de Jeunes inadaptes (AIEJI)
International Association for Educateurs of Maladjusted Children during 25 years (1966-1991).
Permanent Chief Expert of UNESCO (1974-76), then expert-consultant (Special Education & Therapy).
Clinical Psychologist (Universities: Paris-Sorbonne & Bordeaux, 1956).
Psychotherapist trained in Psychoanalysis, Psychodrama, Gestalt Therapy, EMDR.
Pioneer of Gestalt Therapy in France, since 1971 (He introduced it in the country).
Founder of the Ecole Parisienne de Gestalt (EPG) (Paris School of Gestalt) in 1980,
and of Societe Francaise de Gestalt (SFG) (French National Society for Gestalt Therapy).
Founder and President of the Federation internationale des Organismes de Formation a la Gestalt
(FORGE) (International Federation of Gestalt Training Organizations), since 1991
(30 institutes from 20 countries of all continents).
Recognized as Teaching Psychotherapist by the Syndicat National des Praticiens en Psychotherapie
(SNPPsy), (National Union of Practitioners in Psychotherapy). Member of the Executive Board.
Secretary general of the Federation Francaise de Psychotherapie et Psychanalyse (FF2P)
(French National Umbrella for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis), since its foundation in 1995
(63 associations, societies and training institutes of all modalities).
Member of the Executive Board of the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP),
President of the Training Accreditation Committee (TAC) for the institutes of 41 countries and
responsible of the control of the European Certificate of Psychotherapy (ECP).
Member of the Board of EMDR-France
Main books or chapters of books of Serge Ginger
1966. Jeunesse et difficults d'adaptation, in Une nouvelle jeunesse franaise,
edited by JOUSSELIN J., Privat, Toulouse.
1966. La psychopdagogie, mal indispensable ou science qui se cherche ?
in L'quipe de psychiatrie et son psychiatre, Privat, Toulouse.
1974. La profession d'ducateur spcialis et ses perspectives, in Sciences de l'homme et
professions sociales, edited by CRAPUCHET S., Privat, Toulouse.
1981. Nouvelles Lettres persanes : journal d'un Franais Thran (1974-1980),
Anthropos, Paris, 260 p. (International First Price for coverage).
1983. La Gestalt-thrapie et quelques autres approches humanistes dans la pratique
hospitalire, in Former l'Hpital, edited by HONOR B., Privat, Toulouse.
1985. La Gestalt : une 3
e
voie ? et Dveloppement personnel et Sexualit,
in Le dveloppement personnel et les Travailleurs sociaux, edited by VANOYE F., ESF, Paris.
1987. La Gestalt, une thrapie du contact. Hommes et groupes, Paris. 8
th
edit., 2006, 550 p.
(translated into Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian).
1995. La Gestalt : l'art du contact. Pocket Guide Marabout, Hachette, Paris, 9
th
edit. 2007, 290 p.
(translated into English (Gestalt Therapy The Art of Contact, Karnac Books, London, 2007), Italian,
Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Romanian, Latvian, Macedonian and Japanese)
1995. Lexique international de Gestalt-thrapie (in 8 languages), FORGE, Paris, 172 p.
2001. L'cole parisienne de Gestalt, une quipe en marche. EPG, Paris, 250 p.
2002. Psychotherapy in France, in Globalized Psychotherapy, edited by PRITZ A., Facultas
Universittsverlag, Vienne (Austria).
2003. La Gestalt-thrapie aujourd'hui, in A quel psy se vouer ? edited by ELKAM M., Le Seuil, Paris.
2003. Foreword of Manuel de Gestalt-thrapie, PERLS F., ESF, Paris.
2004. La Psychothrapie au 21
e
sicle : les psychothrapeutes. Collective book of FF2P.
2005. Foreword of Pourquoi la Psychothrapie ? Collective book of FF2P. Dunod, Paris.
2006. Psychothrapie : 100 rponses pour en finir avec les ides reues, Dunod, Paris, 288 p.
2006. Foreword of a new translation of ZINKER J. Creative Process in Gestalt Therapy, 320 p.
2006. tre psychothrapeute. Collective book of FF2P, edited by S. GINGER, Dunod, Paris, 272 p.
2007. Pour une supervision gestaltiste, in La supervision en psychanalyse et en psychothrapie, edited
by DELOURME A., Dunod, Paris, 240 p.
2008. Guide pratique du Psychothrapeute humaniste. Dunod, Paris, 256 p.
20 books published in 13 languages and 140 articles published in Journals of 23 countries.