The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland
Areas of Training
Course Description
Gestalt Training Program (GTP XII)
October 16, 2008 - May 16, 2010
Oct. 16-19, 2008
Dec. 4-7, 2008
Feb. 5-9, 2009
Apr. 16-20, 2009
June 4-7, 2009
Sept 10-13, 2009
Nov 5-8, 2009
Jan 14-17, 2010
Mar 18-21, 2010
May 13-16, 2010
Each session consists of a 4-day weekend, running Thursday afternoon through Sunday afternoon.
For Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Therapists, Social Workers, Educators, Members of Healing Professions, Graduate Students in the Mental Health Profession and other Professionals.
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. Over the past 5 decades, GTP has been evolving Gestalt theory and application through the integration of systems and field theory with basic Gestalt principles, and teaching our distinct approach 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 present with the following foci:
- Phenomenological and subjective experience
- Awareness and consciousness
- Present-centered approach
- Learning and change
- Experimental stance
- Human development and transformation
- Intimacy and interpersonal interaction
The skills taught in GTP will be useful to those working with individuals, couples, families, or groups in a broad range of professional settings. This training program is ideal for practitioners seeking to enhance their training and for individuals seeking transformation in their personal or professional lives. GTP is also a required first step in our 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
Each GTP session consists of a 4-day weekend, running Thursday through Sunday. A total of 10 sessions are held over an 18-month period. GTP provides hands-on experience in skill application, accompanied by immediate feedback from faculty. For example, participants work with each other, acting alternately as client, facilitator, and observer, during faculty-supervised practicums each weekend. In addition to practicums, Gestalt concepts are learned through lectures, experimentation, personal growth groups, and large community interactions.
Who Should Apply
Psychiatrists, psychologists, members of the healing professions, social workers, teachers, ministers and pastoral counselors, and graduate students in the mental health disciplines have participated in, and benefited from, the program. Lawyers, architects, body workers, organizational consultants and homemakers have benefited from the skills and personal transformation that are the benefits of participating in GTP. GTP has been especially helpful for those involved in career change. GTP is particularly ideal for practitioners seeking to enhance their training and individuals seeking transformation in 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 and a recent photograph of yourself. 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 your completion of 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
For professionals, GTP is designed for professionals, and will begin to hone your interpersonal skills and increase your range of effective interventions; however, GTP is also a required first step in an advanced training process. Upon completion of the program, participants may then apply for advanced training in a specialized area, such as Working with Individuals, Working Integrally with Groups, Small Systems and Teams, Working with Physical Process, Working with Children and Adolescents, and other visionary programs that are developing.
After successfully completing an advanced training track, you are eligible to graduate as a Gestalt practitioner.
Prerequisite
Admission requires completion of a Gestalt Experience Workshop (GEW)
Fees
Application (nonrefundable) - $100
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
Philip R. Belzunce, PhD, SMFT, DAPA, RPP, CPE, CPC Bio
Daniel E. Jones, PhD Bio
Victoria R. Winbush, MPH, MSSA, LISW Bio
Faculty will be drawn from:
Marlene Moss Blumenthal, PhD, LPC Bio
Jay C. Brinegar, MA Bio
Kirste Carlson, ND,RN,CS Bio
Kathleen Clegg, MD Bio
J. Rick Day, PhD, PsyD, MBA Bio
Jim Etzkorn, PhD Bio
Barbara W. Fields, MSSA, LISW Bio
Karen Fleming, PhD Bio
Lalei E. Gutierrez, PhD, SMFT, RPP, CPE, CPC Bio
Richard B. Hancock, MA Bio
Will Heindel, MA Bio
Denise Hyble, MS, LMHC, LMFT Bio
Mary Ann Kraus, PsyD Bio
Lynne M. Kweder, MPA, LSW Bio
Jacqueline McLemore, PhD Bio
Herb Stevenson, MA Bio
Denise Tervo, PhD Bio
Barbara Y. Thomas, PhD Bio
Sarah Toman, PhD Bio
Nancy S. Wadsworth, PhD, LISW Bio
Rosanna O. Zavarella, PhD Bio