Est. 1988 · A community of international dialogue

Contemporary Gestalt therapy,
for an international community of practice.

Gestalt Therapy International trains practitioners, supervises clinicians, and convenes partners across the USA, Australia, China, and the wider world — through a four-module curriculum rooted in contemporary relational Gestalt.

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Two empty chairs facing each other by a window — a setting for dialogue — Two chairs, by a south-facing window · Mullumbimby studio

1988

Founded

Languages

2,000+

Books in library

Continents

Orientation

Phenomena are interconnected.

Gestalt Therapy International's work is grounded in contemporary relational Gestalt — sensitive to shame, attentive to support, and aware of the significance of context. Three threads run through the practice: what is taught, how it is thought, and where the wider learning lives.

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Training

Short workshops, six-day courses, and a four-year professional program delivered internationally under the CAGA accreditation framework.

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Consultations

Therapy, supervision, and organisational practice — informed by the contemporary relational frame and grounded in social work traditions.

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Resources

The Learn Gestalt library — 2,000+ books, 200 case studies in 20 languages, a Fritz Perls video archive, and 34 theory units with quizzes.

The Training

Four modules. One curriculum.

A part-time, four-year program structured as modular learning — Foundations, Relational Practice, Advanced Integration, and Supervision & Practicum — each with defined learning objectives, content areas, and assessments.

Foundations

Year 1

Theoretical framework, awareness practice, and the experiential grounding of contemporary Gestalt.

·Awareness practice and figure-ground formation
·Phenomenological method in clinical work
·Contact, contact-boundary, and responsibility
·Field theory and the wider systemic view

Relational Practice

Year 2

Dialogic method, I–Thou contact, shame-aware practice, and the personality of the practitioner.

·Dialogic stance and creative void
·Shame, support, and developmental repair
·Style, authenticity, and the Unvirtues
·Working with polarities and interruption

Advanced Integration

Year 3

Couples, family, trauma, psychopathology, and the wider ecology of clinical Gestalt practice.

·Couples, family, and systemic work
·Trauma, abuse, and the body
·Character and personality systems
·Groupwork, process, and facilitation

Supervision & Practicum

Year 4

Supervised clinical practice, ethics, and the path to professional registration.

·Direct supervision (live, video, audio)
·Ethics, practice management, and boundaries
·Practicum case load and casework hours
·Evaluation and registration readiness

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In the world

Where the work has landed.

A snapshot of the work-in-progress the team is most actively mounted on — programs underway, conferences on the runway, and completed cycles in the community.

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Mounted Learn Gestalt content

A bilingual learning commons hosting 2,000+ books, 200 international Gestalt institutes, 200 case studies in 20 languages, a Fritz Perls video library, 13 full-length demonstration sessions, and 34 theory units with quizzes.

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Launching the International Shanghai Gestalt Conference

Cross-border convening of clinicians, faculty, and scholar-practitioners — preparing the Tao of Gestalt in Shanghai with 164 presenters across 108 workshops and hybrid delivery to 15+ countries.

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Completed the five-year professional training program in China

Five consecutive cohorts of the contemporary relational Gestalt curriculum delivered in China, accredited with CAGA under the Derimu school of psychology.

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