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