GEstalt Certificate Program

Join online or in-person!

 

In-Person gestalt Training Program

  • Semester ONE Topics:

    Basics of Gestalt: Contact, Field theory, fertile void, phenomenology, transference, Cycle of Experience, Following the Charge/energy

    Wholism: body, mind, spirit.  

    Body and breath. 

    Gestalt experiments to track and work with body and breath

    Dates: September 19-20, October 17-18, November 21-22, December 19-20, 2025

    Time: 10:00am- 5:30pm MST

    Location:

    7550 West Yale Ave. Ste B-204 Denver, CO 80227

    Cost: $2,880

  • Semester TWO topics:

    Basics of Gestalt: Contact, Contact Boundary Disturbances, Paradoxical Theory of Change, Polarity

    Working with Development and Attachment from a Gestalt Perspective

    Working with a client’s “inner child”

    Creative adjustments

    Dates: February 20-21, March 20-21, April 17-18, May 15-16, 2026

    Time: 10:00am- 5:30pm MST

    Location:

    7550 West Yale Ave. Ste B-204 Denver, CO 80227

    Cost: $2,880

  • Semester THREE Topics:

    Gestalt Basics: Contact, Experiments, Co-creation, I-Thou, Language of Responsibility, Here and Now

    The Gestalt Encounter

    How to work with Systems from a Gestalt perspective: Families, Couples, Groups

    The Creativity of Therapy. 

    Dates: September 18-19, October 16-17,

    November 20-21, December 18-19, 2026

    Time: 10:00am- 5:30pm MST

    Location:

    7550 West Yale Ave. Ste B-204 Denver, CO 80227

    Cost: $2,880

 

Online Gestalt training program

  • Semester FOUR topics:

    Basics of Gestalt: Contact, Field Theory, Consent, Therapeutic Presence, Therapeutic Circle, Unfinished Business

    What is trauma from a Gestalt Perspective and how to work with trauma.  

    Exploring “what happened to you?” instead of diagnosing.  

    Developmental Trauma

    Dissociation

    Gestalt experiments when working with trauma.  

    What does it mean to be a Gestalt therapist and how to translate this work into your therapeutic practice. 


    Dates: September 5-6, October 3-4, November 7-8, December 5-6, 2025

    Time: 9 am - 4:30 pm MST

    Location: Live online via Zoom

    Cost: $2,680

  • Semester ONE topics:

    Basics of Gestalt: Contact, Field theory, fertile void, phenomenology, transference, Cycle of Experience, Following the Charge/energy

    Wholism: body, mind, spirit.  

    Body and breath. 

    Gestalt experiments to track and work with body and breath


    Dates: February 6-7, March 6-7, April 3-4, May 1-2, 2026

    Time: 9 am - 4:30 pm MST

    Location: Live online via Zoom

    Cost: $2,680

  • Semester TWO topics:

    Basics of Gestalt: Contact, Contact Boundary Disturbances, Paradoxical Theory of Change, Polarity

    Working with Development and Attachment from a Gestalt Perspective

    Working with a client’s “inner child”

    Creative adjustments


    Dates: September 11-12, October 2-3, November 6-7, December 4-5, 2026

    Time: 9 am - 4:30 pm MST

    Location: Live online via Zoom

    Cost: $2,680


Workshops

Grace Wojdak, MA, LPC

Dr. Carla Clements

  • with Grace Wojdak, MA, LPC

    Topics covered: What is grief? What is grief not? How does grief make itself felt? How Gestalt Therapy works well with grief. Self-Care and basic needs while grieving. Secondary losses we sustain when someone we loved dies. Nurturing ongoing connection with the deceased. Coping with the holidays while grieving.

    Population: Therapist and other allied professionals interested in learning how to draw on the Gestalt Therapy framework to more effectively accompany clients dealing with grief and loss.

    (not restricted to those who have personally experienced a significant loss)

    Date: Saturday, October 26, 2024

    Time: 12:00PM- 4:00PM MST

    Location: Online via zoom

    Cost: TBD

    REGISTER HERE

  • with Dr. Carla Clements

    Details coming soon!

  • with Kyle Dern, LMFT, BCN

    Details coming soon!

Kyle Dern, LMFT, BCN

Join the Gestalt Book Club! This group is lead by GIR graduate, Tania Henderson. The group discusses Gestalt literature monthly and members get to share in the amazing Gestalt Community!

Group meets: First Monday of each month from 9-10:30am

BookClub

Live via Zoom

Group members must be a current GIR student or a graduate of GIR.

If interested, please contact Tania Henderson via email at tania@sbscounseling.com