Welcome to Sydney Gestalt

Sydney Gestalt Institute is a Government accredited Higher Education training institute. SGI has been operating since 1983 and is committed to the practice, promotion and development of Gestalt Psychotherapy. The graduate program has been developed over the years to its current form, to provide specialist education in the Gestalt approach to working with people and aims to produce competent, ethical and creative psychotherapists and practitioners.


One of the key strengths of this unique course is the experiential component whereby students are encouraged to develop their own style of using Gestalt: we facilitate this by including 60 hours of supervised clinical practice over the final 2 years of the course.

Sydney Gestalt embraces four guiding principles:

Practice

Gestalt's increasing popularity arises from the body of skills learnt through training within a body of relational skills, and the constant applying of theory through taking on both client and therapist roles. Students with theory based therapy or psychology training feel enlivened by the freshness which comes from exploring difference, and exploring the limits of contact with others being aware of the connecting and supportive field.

Diversity

Experiential learning blossoms when students interact. Where learning is peer dependent, diversity in the student community expands learning opportunities and respects difference. Diversity in faculty background and skills attracts and welcomes diversity in the student mix.

Community and heart

Every class is a community - a group of people who support each other in their journey to learn about themselves, and a group that supports each other to learn through practicing roles of therapist and client. Community is experienced as heart - it's the pulse, the warmth and the strength that holds people at their growing edge.

Educational excellence

Exposure to the rigor of course accreditation by academic examiners authorised under the Higher Education Act of 2000 is a guarantee to students that their learning experience will be substantial and their achievement will be recognised across the wider academic community.