Academic Standards

The Gestalt therapist training program (Level I and II) is conducted over 3.5 to 4 years and includes:

715 acad. hours of theory and methodology, 279 acad. hours of personal therapy (119 individual, 160 group), 158 acad. hours of supervision (27 individual, 131 group), 401 acad. hours of workshop.

715 hours of theory and methodology

452 hours - 18 thematic seminars
72 hours - training groups at intensives
112 hours - theoretical classes (for those MIGIS representations where no onsite theoretical classes are organized, they are replaced by theoretical papers)
18 hours - theoretical training at the intensives
5 hours - theoretical training at conferences
56 hours - participation in conferences

279 hours - personal therapy

60 hours - individual therapy
9 hours - individual therapy at intensives
16 hours - therapy group at the intensivet
48 hours - group therapy sessions
50 hours - personal therapy in threesomes
96 hours - small group therapy sessions in parallel with the program

158 hours of supervision

90 hours - regular supervision group work with program trainer (for MIGIS representations regular supervision group work is replaced with supervision seminars)
12 hours of one-on-one supervision at an Intensive
21 hours - group supervision at the Intensive
21 hours - supervising work in troika (for MIGIS Missions the group supervising work in troika is replaced with a supervising seminar)
14 hours - individual supervising work with a real client

401 hours of workshop