Two year Gestalt counselling training program

Two year Gestalt Counselling program Nepal

2023 - 2025

First year

Focus: Deepening the basic Gestalt principles

Block 1	20-23 April 2023
Content	Methodology / Theory
Topic	Awareness, contact and contact cycle in the counselling relation
Trainer(s)	Pratima, Minakshi, Sita, Ganesh
Total	24 h (4 days)

Block 3	16-18 June 2023
Content	Methodology / Theory
Topic	Fertile void / Field awareness
Trainer	John, Pratima, Pragya, Minakshi
Total	18 h (3 days)

Block 5	16-19 November 2023 (depending Dashain and Tihar)
Content	Theory and methodology
Topic	Life stages (other than children) in relation to specific counselling issues
Trainer(s)	Frans, Hashana, Upama
Total	24 h (4 days)

Block 6	11-14 January 2024
Content	Methodology / Theory
Topic	Dialogical approach / Gestalt counselling techniques
Trainer(s)	Pragya, Ruban
Total	24 h (4 days)

Block 7	14-17 March 2024
Content	Methodology / Theory
Topic	Evaluation by paper and working in front of the group
Trainer(s)	Hashana, Ruban, Minakshi, Pratima, Sita,
Total	24 h (4 days)

In total there are ten blocks:

1 block of process work 24 hours

6 blocks Theory and methodology

3 blocks by Nepali staff (4 days) 72 hours

3 blocks with guest trainers (3 – 5 days) 72 hours

This means that at the end of the first year students have accomplished 144 hours of Gestalt theory and methodology and 24 hours of personal process.

Second year

Focus: On becoming a Gestalt counsellor

Block 4	October or November 2024 (regarding Dashain and Tihar)
Content	Methodology / Theory
Topic	Group work and group process
Trainer(s)	Beatrix or Marina /Pratima
Total	24 h (4 days)

Block 6	March 2025
Content	Methodology / Theory
Topic	Evaluation by paper and working in front of the group
Trainer(s)	Frans plus Nepali staff
Total	24 h (4 days)

In total there are ten blocks:

5 blocks of 4 days 120 hours

1 block of 3 days 18 hours

This means that at the end of this second year students have accomplished 138 hours of Gestalt methodology and theory.

In total over the two years the student has accomplished 282 hours of Gestalt methodology and theory.