A new Gestalt Practitioner Diploma course begins!
After a few difficult years, we at the Gestalt Centre Belfast are delighted to announce that our two-year programme is about to start again. As well as Covid we were also rocked by the death of our Senior trainer, colleague and friend Dr Seán Gaffney. In 2016-2018 he had been the main trainer on the Diploma course, and the programme's theoretical and methodological orientation owes much to him. But these experiences, and the current social and political context in which therapy is offered, have convinced us of the importance to offer trainings in this approach, and in person.
Through this two-year course, we hope to introduce the participants to a solid foundation in Gestalt therapy, its theory, methodology and practice. The first year will focus on working with individuals, and the second year on working with groups. The learning is of course group-based and experiential, and joining, being in and belonging to a group will form the basis of the learning. As for the faculty team, it is also the beginning of an exciting new adventure!
Below is our course programme:
Year One (2023-24)
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Workshop no.
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Topic/theme: Gestalt theory, methodology and practice (with individuals)
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Dates
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1
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Introductions. Setting the scene. History and roots. Paradoxical change.
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26th-28th May 2023
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2
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The Here and Now focus. Awareness and consciousness.
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23rd-25th June 2023
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3
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The embodied experience. Phenomenology. Boundary Dynamics 1
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15th-17th September 2023
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4-5
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Residential: other Gestalt voices (guest), Social class (faculty)
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28th September –
1st October 2023
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6
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Cycle of Experience. Boundary Dynamics 2
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13-15 October 2023
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7
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Gestalt Psychology.
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17-19 November 2023
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8
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Field Theory
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8th-10th December 2023
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9
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Field and life-space
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19th-21st January 2024
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10
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Review of learning
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23rd-25th February 2024
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11
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Year 1 Assessment
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22-24 March 2024
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Year Two (2024-25)
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Workshop no.
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Topic/theme: Gestalt theory, methodology and practice (with groups)
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Dates
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12
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From individual to group
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26-28 April 2024
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13
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Group process and group dynamics
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24-26 May 2024
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14
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Practising interventions and describing group process, group experiments
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21-23 June 2024
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15
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Practising interventions and describing group process, group experiments
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20-22 September 2024
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16-17
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Residential: Exile and Emigration (guest). The Irish context (faculty)
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17-20 October 2024
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18
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Working with difference and power relations in groups
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15-17 November 2024
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19
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Family of origin and groups
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6-8 December 2024
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20
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Working with groups in organisations
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17-19 January 2025
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21
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Review of learning
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21-23 February 2025
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22
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Year 2 Assessment
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21-23 March 2025
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