HOURLY PROGRAMME OF THE LODZ GESTALT SCHOOL

Lodz Gestalt School hourly programme – given in training hours.

HOURLY PROGRAMME OF THE LODZ GESTALT SCHOOL – STAGE I – DEVELOPMENT YEAR

NO. OF CLASSES	TOPIC	TRAINING HOURS
1.	Opening group: interpersonal training with elements of psychoeducation and integration introducing the Gestalt philosophy of thought	40
2.	History and roots of Gestalt The essence/foundations of Gestalt theory, Gestalt history/roots, philosophical background	20
3.	Key concepts in Gestalt theory Consciousness (including inner, outer, indirect consciousness), Kurt Lewin’s field theory, figure/background	20
4.	Key concepts in Gestalt theory cont.: the cycle of experience/cycle of self-regulation	20
5.	Basic concepts of Gestalt theory cont.: Mechanisms of building/communicating contact	20
6.	Basic concepts of Gestalt theory cont.: the creative self	20
7.	The therapeutic relationship, boundary contact, basic therapeutic skills in Gestalt therapy	20
8.	Body work, breath work in Gestalt	20
9.	Man in the environment: ecology in Gestalt	20
10.	Summary of the year, farewell, assimilation	20
11.	Working in teams	20
12.	Individual work	10
Total number of hours:	250

HOURLY PROGRAMME OF THE LODZ GESTALT SCHOOL – STAGE II – SCHOOL STAGE

Hourly programme – Stage II Year 1

NO. OF CLASSES	TOPIC	TRAINING HOURS
1.	Interpersonal training with elements of integration	40
2.	Supervision	5
2.	Resistance work according to Enright	20
3.	Supervision	5
3.	Diagnosis – a comparative approach and psychopathology	20
4.	Supervision	5
4.	Theory of Self	20
5.	Supervision	5
5.	The cycle of experience	20
6.	Supervision	5
6.	Mechanisms for contact entry/styles of contact	20
7.	Supervision	5
7.	Therapeutic process and structure of the therapy session	20
8.	Supervision	5
8.	Experimentation in individual psychotherapy	20
9.	Supervision	5
9.	Sexuality – own work	20
10.	Supervision	5
10.	Supervision – credit for therapeutic practice	20
11.	Working in teams	20
12.	Individual work	10
Total number of hours:	295

Hourly programme – Stage II Year 2

NO. OF CLASSES	TOPIC	TRAINING HOURS
1.	Supervision	5
1.	The embodied self	20
2.	Supervision	5
2.	Man in the environment: human development in a Gestalt perspective	20
3.	Supervision	5
3.	Gestalt therapist in the relationship with the client	20
4.	Supervision	5
4.	Sexuality in the therapeutic process and in the therapeutic relationship	20
5.	Supervision	5
5.	Working with LGBTQ+ people in Gestalt	20
6.	Supervision	5
6.	Gestalt perspective in psychopathology: health vs disease	20
7.	Supervision	5
7.	Gestalt perspective in psychopathology: personality disorders: borderline, narcissism, schizoid	20
8.	Supervision	5
8.	Gestalt perspective in psychopathology: neurotic and psychosomatic disorders	20
9.	Supervision	5
9.	Gestalt perspective in psychopathology: psychosis, depression	20
10.	Supervision	5
10.	Supervision – credit for therapeutic practice	20
11.	Working in teams	20
12.	Individual work	10
Total number of hours:	280

Hourly programme – Stage II Year 3

NO. OF CLASSES	TOPIC	TRAINING HOURS
1.	Supervision	5
1.	Working with sleep	20
2.	Supervision	5
2.	Research methods in Gestalt	20
3.	Supervision	5
3.	Working with adolescents	20
4.	Supervision	5
4.	Working with couples	20
5.	Supervision	5
5.	Working with trauma	20
6.	Supervision	5
6.	Gestalt work in the field of addiction	20
7.	Supervision	5
7.	Group process and group experiment	20
8.	Supervision	5
8.	The man in the environment: Working with loss and bereavement	20
9.	Supervision	5
9.	Working with shame	20
10.	Supervision	5
10.	Pass	30
11.	Working in teams	20
12.	Individual work	10
Total number of hours:	290