With Melody Schaper, RSMT and Mark Putnam, MD

Arrive Already Loved: Open Into Love and Deepen Your Relationship With Yourself and Others

Join us for a weekend in VERMONT that will change your life forever. Arrive already loved and experience the healing power of group connection and Gestalt group work. You’ll witness and experience transformative breakthroughs throughout the weekend as you learn to navigate and overcome grief, fear, loss, and learn to love and embrace life fully. This retreat is open to anyone who is looking to love themselves and live a full authentic life in a group setting. You will learn to face your life with strength and resiliency, take responsibility, and tackle your unfinished business. For those who are interested, you will do a piece of work from your own life within the supportive environment of the group.

17 Individual Work spots available, first come first served!

Retreat Leaders: 

Mark Putnam, M.D., has been faculty with the Pennsylvania Gestalt Center for thirty years and has had the great pleasure of working with his inspiring colleagues, Mariah Gladis and Dori Middleman. Mark is committed to passing on the legacy of Mariah’s practice of Gestalt through the Center’s training programs and workshops.

Mark serves as Chief Medical Officer for Haven Behavioral Hospital of Eastern PA, Chief Medical Officer for Berkshire Psychiatric and Behavioral Health Services, PLLC, and as Medical Director for the Department of Psychiatry at Penn State St. Joseph Medical Center in Reading, PA. He is board-certified in Adult, Child/Adolescent and Administrative psychiatry.

Melody Schaper, RSMT is a Somatic Therapist in private practice in Kimberton, Pennsylvania. She is certified in Gestalt Therapy from The Pennsylvania Gestalt Center and The Gestalt Training Institute of Philadelphia and is a Laban Movement Analyst and Teacher of the Alexander Technique.

Melody has been integrating these modalities into all of her work to help anyone become more comfortable, safe and at home in their own skin. As a teacher and therapist Melody focuses on the subtle language of the body encouraging deep listening and expression as ways to heal and grow.

Organizers: Janet Givens MA, Nathan Railla LCMHC, Rachael Little LMFT
Location: Burke Mountain Resort,  223 Sherburne Lodge Rd, East Burke, Vermont 05832

Schedule: March 20th – March 22nd, 2026

Friday 3/20: 
5pm-6:30pm Welcome Dinner (included) 
6:30pm-8:30pm Group Orientation

Saturday 3/21: 
8am-9am Opening Circle 
9am-10am Breakfast 
10am-1pm Individual Work 
1pm-2pm Lunch 
2pm-5:30pm Individual Work
5:30pm-7pm Dinner 
7pm-8:30pm Individual Work

Sunday 3/22:  
8am-9am Opening Circle 
9am-10am Breakfast 
10am-1pm Individual Work 
1pm-2pm Lunch 
2pm-5pm Individual Work

Cost:

• Alumni Registration (open to June Gestalt Gathering 2025 Alums) $499
• Early Bird Registration (before February 7th) $599
• Regular Registration $699

***Registration closes March 15th

Dinner Friday included in registration. Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (plus snacks) included Saturday. Breakfast and Lunch included Sunday. 

Looking to stay at Burke Mountain Resort? Use code GESTALT for our group rate! 

CEUs: This retreat is approved for 17.75 CEU credits by the VT OPR for providers.

Learn more about our workshops on the Workshops page.

Cancellation Policy:

Refunds minus $200 administrative fee provided until 3/1. No refunds after 3/1. Registrations can be transferred to another individual by emailing rachael.little@gmail.com. In the event that the event is canceled by the organizers, a make-up date will be provided.