Specialization for Practicing Psychologists

This course is designed for Gestalt therapists, Gestalt practitioners, and psychotherapists from other modalities.

The program provides an in-depth understanding of experimental work in Gestalt therapy, including classifications of experiments and their role in the therapeutic process.

It focuses on developing creative therapeutic resources and expanding intervention skills.

📑 You will learn:
• the connection between experiment, dialogue, and the contact cycle
• how to apply van Baalen’s phase model
• how to maintain depth and effectiveness in online therapy

🎯 Tools & Practice:
You will gain practical tools for working with contact interruptions:
introjection, retroflection, projection, deflection, confluence, desensitization, egotism.

You will also learn how to integrate experiments into the therapeutic relationship and apply a dialogical approach while maintaining contact with clients.

💻 Special focus on online practice:
• working without physical presence
• adapting classical techniques to digital environments
• phenomenology of online therapy
• maintaining effectiveness in remote practice

📆 Program (5 modules, 120 hours):

Module 1 (Apr 24–26, 2026)
• concept of experiment in Gestalt therapy
• experiment & dialogue
• van Baalen model
• contact cycle
• retroflection work

Module 2 (Jul 10–12, 2026, online)
• retroflection techniques
• adapting methods to digital environments
• body symptoms
• egotism & introjection

Module 3 (Oct 2–4, 2026)
• desensitization & confluence
• regression & developmental deficits

Module 4 (Nov 27–29, 2026)
• projection & deflection
• experiments in therapeutic relationships

Module 5 (Jan 22–24, 2027)
• supervision
• integration
• completion

📜 Certificate awarded upon completion

💳 Fee:
€1350 (installments available)
€1200 with full payment

📅 Format: Friday–Sunday
⏰ Time: 10:00–18:00

👥 Limited spots

👤 Trainer:
Yevhenii Riaboi — MSc in Psychology, Gestalt therapist, ECP holder (EAP), EAGT member, lecturer & supervisor.

Author of Clinical Gestalt Therapy (2023 UA / 2025 US).
17 years of practice, 11 years teaching experience.

📞 Contact: +995 555 330 177