The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland
Areas of Training
Course Description
Gestalt Training Program (GTP XIII)
February 4, 2010 - August 28, 2011
February 4-7, 2010
March 25-28, 2010
May 20-23, 2010
September 23-26, 2010
November 4-7, 2010
January 20-23, 2011
March 3-6, 2011
May 5-8, 2011
June 16-19, 2011
August 25-28, 2011
Each of the 10 sessions consists of a 4-day weekend, running Thursday afternoon (1:00pm) through Sunday afternoon (1:00pm).
Overview
The Gestalt Training Program (GTP) is designed to foster the growth, development, and transformation of people and communities in a manner unique to the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland in service to individuals' personal and professional development.
GTP strives for diversity and the building of a community of people with different backgrounds, ideologies, cultures, races, religions, and professions. We engage in the important work of expanding our capacity for living a meaningful life and our potential to contribute meaningfully to the world. We support the integration of body, mind, emotion, and spirit in search of a richly satisfying way of life.
GTP attends to six core areas of inquiry and experience: intellectual, emotional, spiritual, physical, relational, and creative. Basic Gestalt theory and methods are presented. GTP is also an important first step in an advanced training process.
Our Faculty
GTP draws its faculty from a distinguished group of individuals from around the country. Each member of the faculty, in turn, draws on personal experience and training, as well as years of professional practice in a variety of venues and specialties. Together, the faculty provides a unique understanding not only of Gestalt principles and concepts, but also of ways to apply GTP learnings in your day-to-day personal and professional lives.
Our Teaching Format
The skills taught in GTP have a broad array of applications for working with individuals, couples or small systems, or groups. GTP provides hands-on experience in skill application, accompanied by immediate feedback from faculty. Gestalt concepts are learned through practicum (practice), lectures, experimentation, personal growth groups, and large community interactions.
Who Should Apply
Anyone working with individuals, couples, families, or groups in a broad range of professional settings will benefit from the program. Psychiatrists, psychologists, members of the healing professions, social workers, teachers, ministers and pastoral counselors, consultants, and graduate students in the mental health disciplines have participated in, and benefited from, the program. GTP is particularly ideal for practitioners seeking to enhance their training and individuals seeking a new perspective on their personal or professional lives.
Admission Process
The admission process is an opportunity for us to begin to know about each other. Your first step is to complete and submit a Training Program Application, along with the application fee. After your application is received, you will be contacted and interviewed, either in person or over the phone, by a faculty member. Admission into GTP also requires that you complete a Gestalt Experience Workshop, which will introduce you to the type of personal growth work you will experience during our 18-month program. You will be notified of your acceptance into GTP as soon as these steps are fulfilled.
Additionally, while participating in GTP, you must complete at least 35 hours of individual therapy with a Gestalt-oriented psychotherapist. Partial credit may be given for previous individual therapy, approved small group therapy experiences, and for some training programs and workshops.
Advanced Training Opportunities
GTP will begin to hone your interpersonal skills and increase your range of effective interventions. GTP is also a required first step in an advanced training process. Upon completion of the program, you may then apply for advanced training in a specialized area such as working with individuals, groups, couples and families or with physical process. After successfully completing an advanced training track, you are eligible to graduate as a Gestalt practitioner.
Fees
Application (nonrefundable) - $150
Tuition - $6,845
One-half of the tuition is required upon acceptance. The balance is due at the mid-point of the program.
Continuing Education: 250 instruction hours
Faculty
Chairpersons
Kathleen Clegg, M.D.
Richard Hancock, MA.
Faculty will be drawn from:
Marlene Moss Blumenthal, PhD
Jay C. Brinegar, MA
Kirste Carlson, ND,RN,CS
Kathleen Clegg, MD
J. Rick Day, PhD, PsyD, MBA
Jim Etzkorn, PhD
Barbara W. Fields, MSSA, LISW
Karen Fleming, PhD
Lalei E. Gutierrez, PhD, SMFT, RPP, CPE, CPC
Richard B. Hancock, MA
Will Heindel, MA
Denise Hyble, MS, LMHC, LMFT
Mary Ann Kraus, PsyD
Lynne M. Kweder, MPA, LSW
Jacqueline McLemore, PhD
Herb Stevenson, MA
Denise Tervo, PhD
Barbara Y. Thomas, PhD
Sarah Toman, PhD
Nancy S. Wadsworth, PhD, LISW
Rosanna O. Zavarella, PhD