RGT

Relational Gestalt Therapy

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RGT Intensive

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RGT Basic

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RGT Advanced

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RGT Integrated

This intensive program of 450 hours follows an incremental training protocol that is divided into four phases, that is inclusive of the theories of relational psychodynamic psychotherapy within the framework of RGT.

RGT Intensive

Hours18
  • Three-day intensive weekend workshop
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RGT Basic

Hours72
  • 6 months, 2 days per month
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RGT Advanced

Hours144
  • One year, 2 days per month
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RGT Integrated

Hours216
  • One and a half years, 2 days per month
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RGT Intensive

This is a three-day intensive weekend workshop of 18-hour duration which offers participants an understanding into RGT. This also provides an opportunity for the participants and faculty to decide if they resonate with IORT philosophy and would like to continue with the ongoing training in RGT. 

    Program Objectives

    • Gain basic knowledge in Gestalt Therapy
    • Supporting awareness through Gestalt experiments
    • Acquire competencies through observation and participation in individual pieces of work and group debriefs
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    RGT Basic

    This is a 72-hour training spread across six months of two full working days a month. This program facilitates a deeper understanding of RGT, it’s historical development and theoretical foundation. It provides an experiential and theoretical training for counselors and therapists in working relationally using a Gestalt Therapy approach. Theoretical classes and hands-on clinical practice with live supervision to integrate theory with practice will be provided. Therapist client relationship, mindfulness practice and organismic self-regulation will be the constant theme in practice and training. Those who demonstrate an aptitude and interest will be eligible for the one-year RGT Advance training program.

    Program Objectives

    • Heighten self-awareness as an existential being
    • Practice as a therapist under live supervision in an affirming environment
    • Integrate theory and practice
    • Observe and learn from demonstrations by the faculty in working relationally
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    RGT Advanced

    This training program offers 144 hours across one year of experiential and theoretical training for counselors and therapists in working relationally using an assimilative integrative approach. This is exclusive of the 40 hours of supervision and personal therapy hours required for the certification. This program will cover the Psychoanalytic school of Object Relations to gain a better understanding of ‘relational psychotherapy’ before moving into RGT. Theoretical classes and hands-on clinical practice with live supervision to integrate theory with practice will be provided. At the completion of the program, trainees will be eligible for Certificate of Competency in Relational Psychotherapy. Our purpose is to support therapists in developing skills and competency in relational and assimilative practice and facilitate the building of a community of relational practitioners.

    Program Objectives

    • Heighten self-awareness as an existential being
    • Integrate advanced understanding of existentialism and phenomenology within one’s practice
    • Deepen insight into how the sociocultural environment shapes personality
    • Expand understanding into free will and ‘karma’ and its relevance to human distress
    • Practice as a therapist under live supervision in an affirming environment
    • Observe demonstrations of working relationally by the faculty
    • Develop own unique style of working with clients
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    RGT Integrated

    This training program offers 216 hours across a year and half that will focus on augmenting an in-depth acquisition of theoretical knowledge and competency in psychodynamic psychotherapy within an RGT framework. This is exclusive of 70 hours of supervision and personal therapy hours required for certification. The psychodynamic school offers exciting and valid perspectives based on practitioner experiences. It continues to remain a time-tested source of rich information for understanding human personality.

    This program will provide intensive training in using experimentation to facilitate awareness in self as therapist and in one’s clients.

    At the completion of the program, trainees will be eligible for Certificate of Advance skills in Relational Gestalt Therapy.

    Program Objectives

    • Improve self-awareness through dynamic and expressive activities
    • Gain an advanced level understanding of Object Relations Theory, Ego Psychology, Self-Psychology and Neo-Freudian theories
    • Deepen knowledge of post-Cartesian psychoanalytic perspectives through immersion in Intersubjective theory
    • Advanced level knowledge of using Gestalt Experiments
    • Practice advance therapeutic skills and experimentation under live supervision in an affirming environment
    • Observe demonstrations in working relationally by the trainer
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    Training Methodology

    All IORT training programs are marked by an experiential and expressive art methodology to support the development of awareness, knowledge, skills and competency. The theoretical inputs are interspersed with experiments and activities that are integral to the practice of Gestalt Therapy to facilitate learning by doing. A deep immersion in theoretical knowledge is encouraged and supported through readings, papers and books related to the content of the training. Demonstrations by faculty, live supervision and case discussions will be held to develop skills and competencies in working relationally.