Year Two
Introduction to Field Dynamics

This year builds upon the foundational work of Year One as group members are challenged to apply embodied self-awareness to include awareness of the other. The group process becomes more figural, including awareness of and dissolving any fixed roles within the group. Students will learn to develop curiosity in their own patterns as well as in another’s difference, to understand and explore their responses to the behaviour of group members (which we understand as creative adjustments based in desire to belong) and to deepen their use of the group as a support for ongoing growth.

Competencies that are key in Year Two are:

• Integration of Gestalt theory of human psychological functioning and development
• Integration of awareness of self in relation to one’s role as group member and trainee
• Integration of knowledge of human and cultural diversity in relation to other group members
• Use of effective communication — access genuine curiosity and interest in one’s own responses to another’s approach and style
• Build and maintain effective relationships
• Address emerging conflicts and differences with perspective, self-awareness and respect, use of I-Thou and Here and Now
• Discover language for internal experience in order to create rapport with the other
• Develop ability to take and give feedback
• Include differences in interactions with others
• Achieve successful resolution of authority issues
• Maintain self-care and level of health and manage energy during training weekends
• Begin to access and apply a range of relevant professional literature

Students are expected to complete:

• Oral and written assignments
• Students intending to apply to Year Three will need thirty hours of personal therapy with a Gestalt psychotherapist by the end of Year Two

Successful completion of Year Two includes academic, attendance, and interpersonal assessment, leading to readiness to begin Year Three.

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

 

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