Co-founder of IDeT

Gestalt-therapist, trainer, supervisor. Organizer of the Third International Conference on Gestalt Therapy Research in Paris 2017, he is in charge of the Research Committee of the EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy), member of the SPR (Society for Psychotherapy Research) and of the NYIGT (New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy).

Member of the reading committee of the Revue Gestalt for 10 years, he has written more than thirty articles on Gestalt Therapy in various French and English journals and translated many others.

With Florence Belasco he directed the dossier on Gestalt therapy in "Le journal des psychologues"s - issue of July-August 2018 - as well as the book "Recherche" of the SFG and the CEG-t -t published in July 2018.

He has also been practicing Wu style TaiChiChuan for thirty years. He teaches this discipline in Toulouse and brings his master there regularly. He has written two books on this topic.

Téléphone: +33 683 457 584
Email: vincent@idet.paris
Conselling: Paris & Carcassonne => website <=

Some recent publications

Beja V., (2020), Two risks and a third way : what research for Gestalt therapy ? British Gestalt Journal - Vol 29, n°1, 44-50

Béja V., Belasco., (2020), La fabrique du thérapeute. Parcours croisés, questions traversées en Gestalt-thérapie. La Revue Gestalt (1) - n°54

Béja V., Belasco F., (2019), L’attente secrète - Une boussole phénoménologique pour l’intervention gestaltiste. Les Cahiers de Gestalt-thérapie (1) - n°43

Béja V., (2019), L’attitude phénoménologique selon une perspective de champ : Point de vue sur la gestalt-thérapie contemporaine.Cahiers de Gestalt-thérapie, 42(2), 131-138.

Béja V., Belasco F. (sous la direction de), (2018), La Gestalt: actualités thérapeutiques (Dossier), Le Journal des psychologues n° 359, Juillet-Août 2018

Béja, V. & Belasco, F. (2018). Le renouveau de la gestalt-thérapie: La relation au cœur de la thérapie. Le Journal des psychologues, 359,(7), 10-10. doi:10.3917/jdp.359.0010.

Robine, JM. & Béja, V. (2018). La gestalt-thérapie aujourd’hui : un survol. Le Journal des psychologues, 359,(7), 12-17. doi:10.3917/jdp.359.0012.

Béja, V., Belasco, F. & Rigaud, L. (2018). La recherche en gestalt-thérapie. Le Journal des psychologues, 359,(7), 18-23. doi:10.3917/jdp.359.0018.
The article describes the entry of Gestalt therapy into research on psychotherapy, allowing it to take its place in current debates. This research is evolving towards taking better account of the complexity of therapeutic work, by revaluing qualitative work and studying more finely the modalities of adjustment of the therapist to the characteristics of the client and the evolution of the relationship. The article presents current research and the relevance of gestalt practitioners’ contributions to psychotherapy research.

Béja V., Belasco F. (sous la direction de), (2018), La Recherche, Numéro spécial de la revue Gestalt et des Cahiers de Gestalt-thérapie, Ed. SFG (Société française de Gestalt-thérapie) & CEG-t (Collège européen de Gestalt-thérapie)

Béja V., Francesetti G., Roubal J., Reck M., (2018), Out of the Paris Conference: a step into exploring practice-based research in Gestalt therapy,
British Gestalt Journal. 2018, Vol. 27, No.1, 7–13
In this paper, the four coveners of the Paris Conference (May 2017) tell us why and how a research tradition in Gestalt therapy is starting to grow: the uniqueness and relevance of Gestalt therapy merits joining the psychotherapy research field to receive legitimation and the Gestalt community has already undertaken good research projects and achieved valuable results. The Gestalt community is now mobilised and the success of the Paris Conference seems to be a turning point. The authors continue by discussing how research can fit with Gestalt anthropology and show how this emerging tradition is connected with and part of the wider field of contemporary psychotherapy research. Finally, they focus on the training and development of the reflexive awareness of the therapist, advocating a more research-orientated attitude.

Béjà, V., (2017). Anarchisme et coopération: une posture gestaltiste pour notre temps. Gestalt, (1), 111-123.

Béja, V., Belasco, F. & Rigaud, L. (2016). La recherche en Gestalt-thérapie: Situation et perspectives. Gestalt, 48-49,(1), 263-277.
The article describes the entry of Gestalt therapy into research on psychotherapy, allowing it to take its place in current debates. This research is evolving towards a better consideration of the complexity of therapeutic work, by revaluing qualitative work and a finer study of how the therapist adjusts to the characteristics of the client and the evolution of the relationship. The article presents current research and the relevance of gestalt practitioners’ contributions to psychotherapy research.

Béja, V. (2015). Interview de Leslie Greenberghttps://www.cairn.info/revue-gestal.... Gestalt, 47,(2), 167-173.

Beja, V. (2014). A pragmatic perspective on the Gestalt therapy experience. Gestalt Review, 18(1), 54-64.
The author develops a pragmatic perspective on the therapeutic experience, in particular from the therapist’s perspective, and this is done in two essential realms. He suggests, on the one hand, that the therapist’s aim with his client might be to teach "attentional gestures" that allow the progress of the process of awareness. On the other hand, by putting cooperative action in the center of the transformation process, he emphasize that being a Gestaltist "is constantly and patiently to establish the conditions of intense cooperation and remain open on the opportunity of a joint and continual investigation on hazards inherent in this cooperation".