Love & Forgiveness Inc.

Individual | Couples | Family Therapy

About Me

My name is Leonard M. Shaw, ACSW, and I received my masters degree in psychiatric social work in 1963. After working at Family Counseling service for two and a half years, I entered private practice in 1966. Originally trained as a non-directive Freudian, I was heavily influenced by Carl Rogers' work in 1964 and Frits Perls in 1967. After 11 years of studying, practicing, and teaching Gestalt therapy, I started practicing what I now refer to as "Love-and-Forgiveness-Ego-Death-and-Surrender" therapy. However, I struggled for a year before surrendering to it. Ever since then I have continued surrendering at deeper and deeper levels, much to the enrichment of my life and happiness. (The ego or "little mind" hates surrender.)

Education

University of Washington
  • B.A. Degree, 1959
  • M.S.W. Degree, 1963

Publications

  • "Love and Forgiveness: A Workbook for Self Healing and Healing Relationships" (1989)
  • "CINDY", in Voices: The art and science of psychotherapy (Vol. 7, No. 4, 1972)
  • "A Guy Called Society", in Family Affairs (Fall 1963)
  • "A Study of Counselor, Supervisor, Adminstrator Attitudes", in Case Recordings, IRS, Washington D.C. (May 1963, MacDonald and Shaw)
  • "Who Actually Reads Case Records", in Case Recordings, IRS, Washington D.C. (May 1963, MacDonald and Shaw)

Professional Associations

  • National Association of Social Workers (A.C.S.W.)
  • Board Member, Family House, 1968-1978
  • Advisory Board, Advanced Human Studies Institute, Coral Gables, Florida, 1981-1982

Professional Timeline

1965 - Present Private Practice: Individual, Group, Family Psychotherapy. Business Consultant. seminar Leader 1987 - Present Sponsor-Volunteer Leader, three-day Love and Forgiveness Seminars at Monroe State Prison 1979 - 2001 Consultant, Warren Robinson and Associates, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1982 - 2000 Consultant, Nordsjaellands Gestalt Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark 1981 - 2000 Consultant, Gestalt Institute of Frankfurt, Germany 1976 - 1979 Instructor, Experimental College, University of Washington Self-Healing in Coping with Cancer and Other Illnesses 1969 - 1970 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Univeristy of Washington Experiental classes on sensory awareness and contact with one's creativity 1969 Co-Leader of Psychodrama group at University of Washington Hospital 1968 - 1969 Consultant, Staff Development Group, Psychiatric Ward, King County Hospital 1967 - 1969 Consultant, Staff Development Groups, Western State Hospital 1967 - 1969 Consultant, Federal Offenders Rehabilitation, Research Project 1967 - 1969 Instructor, Free University of Seattle An Experimental Introduction to Group and Individual Dynamics 1964 - 1967 Group co-therapy in private practice with Frank Hammer, Ph.D. 1966 - 1967 Assistant Director of Research, Rehabilitation Research Institute—In charge of Family Therapy Project 1966 Neighborhood House, Seattle, WA. - Training sessions for Community Aides 1964 - 1966 Instructor, Shoreline Community College, Seattle, WA Sociology, Child Development, and Deviant Behavior 1963 - 1966 Caseworker, Family Counseling Service, Seattle, WA 1962 - 1963 Project Assistant, Vocational Rehabilitation, Seattle, WA 1961 - 1962 Night Supervisor, Seattle Children’s Home 1958 Psychiatric Aide, Pinel Foundation Hospital, Seattle, WA 1957 - 1961 Admissions Officer, Group Supervisor, Caseworker, King County Juvenile Court, Seattle, WA

References

  • John Enright, Ph.D.
    621 Larkspur Plaza Drive Larkspur, CA 94939
  • Thomas Bungardt, Ph.D.
    Gestalt-Insitut Frankfurt, Gestalt-Institut Marburg Herderstrasse 36 6000 Frankfurt A.M.I
  • Joe Goodman, Ph.D.
    52 Gilgorm Road Toronto, Canada M4N 3NI
  • Niels Hoffmeyer, Ph.D.
    Nordsjaellands Gestalt Institute GL Mollevej 1 DK 3000 Frederiksvarle Denmark