The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland
Areas of Training
Course Description
Working With Physical Process Program (WWPP)
November 7, 2010 - June 7, 2011
Program Schedule
Week I: Sunday, Nov. 7 - Friday 12, 2010
Week II: Sunday Jan. 9 - Friday 14, 2011
Week III: Sunday Mar. 13 - Friday 18, 2011
Week IV: Tuesday June 7 - Sunday 12, 2011
Overview
Gestalt therapy, as a holistic approach, views physical experience and expression as intrinsic to a person's being and functioning. This advanced program is designed to refine and extend the practitioner's skills in working with physical processes beyond the skills developed through basic Gestalt training. Attention is given to heightened consciousness of one's own body experience and use, refined development of the client's body sensation and awareness, the use of touch to facilitate awareness, working with breathing, body structure, and movement, and the perception of the body and the client/therapist system as an energy system.
Participants in this program will learn:
1. A conceptual base for the importance of physical processes from Gestalt and related perspectives
2. Enhanced awareness and use of our physical being to support effective communication, empathy, and intervention.
3. Skills to develop the client's awareness of body-as-self.
4. Refined perceptual skills with which to observe physical processes and the dynamics of posture and movement
5. An appropriate use of touch to facilitate awareness and change.
6. The ability to develop thematic work from physical experience, and the appropriate use of physical expression and movement in therapy
Program Flow
WEEK ONE: Body awareness development, sensation and embodied language, principles in the use of touch, energy principles, and skill practicum.
WEEK TWO: Body structure and body process, orientation to body as character structure, and two full days of practicum.
WEEK THREE: Movement and expression, developmental movement concepts, body-oriented experiment, and two full days of practicum.
WEEK FOUR: Student self-assessment, diagnostics, case strategies in body-oriented work; thematic work, special topics, and two full days of practicum with a volunteer client.
Prerequisites:
Admission requires completion of the Gestalt Training Program (GTP) or equivalent training, and completion of the Working with the Body (WWB) workshop or an equivalent alternative approved by the WWPP chairpersons. The applicant's personal and professional readiness to explore this type of work, as well as the compatibility of his/her work setting and filed practice with the program's objectives will be considered. Admission moves forward only when all prerequisites and materials have been completed. We recommend that you attend the required workshop, Working with the Body, as early as possible to better ensure that space is still available.
Application
Complete the GIC Training Program Application by clicking above (Register Now). Applicants will be expected to complete the prerequisite workshop, Working with the Body, and the additional WWPP application materials prior to gaining acceptance into the program. An interview, (phone or in person) may be required.
Continuing Education: 180 instruction hours
Volunteer Clients requested for this Program
In Week IV, Volunteer Clients are needed on Friday and Saturday to work with students in the program. Volunteers need to commit to a two-hour period of time on both Friday, June 10, 2011, and Saturday, June 11, 2011.
If you are interested in volunteering, please call for an application: (216)421-0468.
Fees
(excluding Travel, lodging and meals)
Application (non-refundable): $150.00
Tuition: $5,500.00
Faculty
Co-Chairpersons
James I. Kepner, PhD Bio.
Donna Marie Berwald, MA, LMHC, LMFT, LSW Bio
Faculty
Philip R. Belzunce, PhD, CPC, SMFT, DAPA, RPP, CPE Bio.
Arye Bursztyn, MFA Bio.
Michael Clemmens, PhD Bio.
Lalei Gutierrez, PhD, SMFT, RPP, CPE Bio.
Richard B. Hancock, MA Bio.
Arlene L. Luberoff, MA, CCC-SLP Bio.
Will Heindel, MA Bio.
Jackie Lowe Stevenson, MSSA, LISW Bio.
Denise Tervo, PhD Bio.