Year One
Gestalt Approach to Personal Growth

Year One is a year unlike any other where a return to creativity and spontaneity are encouraged through experiential learning within a supportive, diverse and dynamic group. The emphasis is on working within the established framework of Gestalt theory as it is applied to one’s personal growth and life goals within and outside of the group. The group is a living laboratory in which to explore present-based awareness of yourself in relation to others. Students can expect to connect with others at the deepest level. Learning acquired in Year One form the foundation of Gestalt therapy practice as developed across the five years.

Learning outcomes include:

• Reclaim spontaneity—learn the difference between risk-taking and recklessness
• Find language to identify and express your own process in relation to others
• Awaken body awareness as a first step to embodied relationality
• Discover the “how” of who you are – your phenomenology
• Explore who you are at the boundary of experience
• Identify difficult behaviour as a function of your creative adjustment
• Recognize the importance of the group and its context in your own evolution
• Confront fear of intimacy and gain confidence in interpersonal skills

Students are expected to complete:

• Oral and written assignments
• A Reflective Journal as an ongoing personal exploration of theory as learned in the classroom
• For students intending to continue to Year Three it is recommended to begin personal therapy with a Gestalt psychotherapist or student therapist, to fulfill the required 30 hours of personal therapy by the end of Year Two

 
Tuition Fee

• $4500 plus residential fee
• Five-Day May Residential fee of $630 includes accommodation and all meals.

*Travel arrangements are the responsibility of the individual

 

Year Two
Introduction to Field Dynamics >>