Associate Faculty
Associate faculty have completed Gestalt Therapist Certification (GTC) through Gestalt Therapy Training Center-Northwest. This includes meeting requirements for clinical hours, training and supervision hours, as well as completion of the 15-hour Certification Training.
“As participants in GTTC-NW training, we have experienced the personal and professional benefits of the powerful integration of Buddhist psychology and Gestalt Therapy. We share a common desire to engage in a comprehensive path of learning and growth that includes the full range of human experience that this model offers. Eva and Steve have demonstrated, how to embody this model with wisdom and heart, and it is now our intention to carry this work forward by sharing it with others.” — GTTC-NW Associate Faculty
Liz Cloud, LPC, CGT, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Portland, OR. Her interest in Gestalt therapy was piqued in a Gestalt therapy course at Pacific University’s School of Professional Psychology, taught by GTTC-NW faculty. She began training in GTTC-NW’s Buddhist Psychology and Gestalt Therapy program in 2015, and completed the advanced program in 2022. Her professional experience ranges from community mental health to outpatient settings, and she feels privileged to have served the Portland community since 2009. Liz has come to identify with the BPGT approach as an integral component of both her personal growth and professional development and is excited to continue learning and teaching from this framework.
Ben Moltman, LPC, CGT, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Eugene, OR. He became interested in Buddhism in his twenties and developed a regular meditation practice after listening to a series of talks by Jack Kornfield in 2001. He completed an Masters degree in clinical psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco where he continued his studies in Eastern religious traditions and was introduced to Gestalt therapy. Ben began training with GTTC-NW in 2015 when he joined the Buddhist Psychology and Gestalt Therapy training, and he completed the advanced training in 2022.
Tiffani Van Buckley, RCC, CGT, is credited with her Masters in Counselling Psychology (MA) and has a private practice in Vancouver, Canada. She has been a registered Clinical Counsellor for the past 15+ years. She began training with GTTC-NW in 2013 when she joined the Buddhist Psychology and Gestalt Therapy training, completing the advanced training in 2022. Since then, Tiffani has trained, practiced and integrated BPGT into her work and life. She is an Approved Clinical Supervisor offering supervision specifically through a BPGT lens. She also has training in Trauma Centered Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY-F, RYT 500), Trauma Informed Yoga & Mindfulness (TSYW), and EFT. She specializes in Trauma and is a Clinical Traumatologist (TITC-CT).
Sarah Voruz, PsyD, CGT, is a psychologist in private practice in Portland, OR. She was introduced to Gestalt therapy in 2009 in a consultation group at Pacific University led by Steve Zahm. She completed the Buddhist Psychology and Contemporary Gestalt Therapy training program with GTTC-NW in 2013. She continued in advanced Gestalt therapy training and later studied contemporary Reichian psychotherapy with the Somatic Psychotherapy Training Institute – PNW. She was on the conference planning committee for ‘The State of the Art of Gestalt Therapy’ AAGT regional conference in Portland, OR in 2015, and was instrumental in creating the Portland Gestalt Therapist network and organizing and hosting a series of Gestalt salons. Creating opportunities to gather in meaningful community is one of Sarah’s greatest personal and professional passions, and teaching/training is an exciting step in this evolution.