4 year education program of Gestalt Therapy

2012 -2016

4 year education program of Gestalt Therapy

Education program is developed by experts of European Association of Gestalt Therapy;

They will conduct trainings;

Suggested education program fulfills all criteria's of training standards of EAGT

Core team of trainers

Accredited trainers of European association of Gestalt Therapy

• Ester Neumanová-Program coordinator /Trainer (Prague)

• Ernst Knijff-Program coordinator /Trainer (Belgium)

• Frans Meulmaaster-Trainer (Holland)• Greet Cassiers-Trainer (Belgium)• Marian Chrasta-Trainer (Prague)

Education program of Gestalt Therapy

The structure and content of the program is a combination of methodology, theory and supervision

Working languages-Russian, English

Each block consist of 5 days training. 1 working day-8 hours. 1 training -40 hours

Education program of Gestalt Therapy

The program (structure and content) for the training is the mixture of the program in IVGT (Czech Republic) and MultidiMens (Holland/Belgium);

Because of practical reasons program is organized in training blocks of five days each;

Working in this way makes program quite intensive, and save costs on travel for trainers and students.

Structure and topics of first education year of program

First education year consist from 5 trainings (blocks)

at the end of the first year students have accomplished:

200 hours of Gestalt methodology and theory.The topics for the first year will be:

• awareness (incl. figure – ground)• phenomenology • field theory• contact (incl. contact cycle and contact

mechanisms)• dialogical approach + evaluation

Structure of second education year of program

Second education year consist from 8 trainings (blocks) ;

5 on Methodology and Theory;

3 Group psychotherapy;

At the end of the second year students have accomplished:

200 hours of Gestalt methodology and theory and 120 hours in Group psychotherapy

Topics of second education year of program

The topics of this year for Methodology and theory will focus on “How to use …..” and therefore will be:

The topics for the second year will be: Field awareness; how to use the cycle of contact and contact

mechanism in practical work; communication skills; creativity in dialogue; evaluation of personal process and

methodology and theory.

Structure of third education year of program

Third education year consist from 7 trainings (blocks) ;

5 on Methodology and Theory;

2 Group psychotherapy;

At the end of the third year students have accomplished:

160 hours of Gestalt methodology and theory ,80 hours in Group psychotherapy and 40 hours of supervision

Topics of third education year of program

For the third year the topics will focus on working as a therapist.

Topics of third year will be:• Contacting and contracting;• Gestalt diagnostics and psychopathology;• Transference and counter transference from

a Field theoretical point of view;• Developmental theories;• Evaluation by working with a client in front

of the group

Structure and topics of forth education year of program

Forth education year consist from 5 trainings (blocks) ;

At the end of the fourth year students have accomplished: 120 hours of Gestalt methodology and theory and 80 hours of Gestalt supervision

The topics of the fourth year will focus on working as a gestalt therapist and especially on developing ones one style.

Therefore the topics will be:• Group work;• Body work and sexuality;• Working with existential topics like trauma,

illness, death and mourning• Live supervision;• Evaluation

 Total of hours in comparison

with requirements EAGTTopic Required by

EAGTOffered in the program

Still needed

Basic training in Human Science

University or Academic level

Condition to enter the program

Methodology and theory on Gestalt

600 hours 680 hours

Personal experience with Gestalt therapy

250 hours(incl. 50 hours on individual base)

250 hours(incl. 50 hours on individual base)

Supervision 120 hours 120 hours

Practical experience

400 hours 400 hours