This is the beginning of your training program. Consisting of 10 individual contact hours with any trainer or combination of trainers, this segment will help bring you "up to speed" with other participants currently enrolled. You will also have the opportunity to exercise Gestalt methods with your assigned trainer(s). Your trainer(s) will provide experiences specifically designed to meet your needs, based on an intensive assessment done during this phase.

B. Overview of Gestalt Therapy, History, Ethics and Boundaries.

C. Basic concepts and Process of Gestalt Therapy

D. The "Experiment" , awareness and facilitation

E. Contact Boundaries

F. Development and Gestalt

G. Griefwork, Gestalt Art Therapy and Couples

H. Dreamwork and other creative process

I.   Supervision

This trimester consists of 10 hours of individual supervision from a Gestalt perspective after completing all other course work. You may work with any population you choose. The purpose of this is to assist with the transition of working within the training setting to working with the general population. Supervision will be provided by one of the training staff of the Gestalt Institute of the Rockies.