Psychological and social problems are often the result of a lack of supportive good relationships and an environment that promotes their own development. This is especially true for the situation of people who have experienced flight and migration with often traumatising events. In this training, we particularly address the specific experiences of refugees and migrants and their reorientation in Germany.
In Gestalt therapy, the term “creative adaptation” refers to the process in which the individual balances his or her needs with the demands of society. In the case of refugees, this process is extremely difficult and often leads to either over-adaptation at the expense of individual needs or a lack of adaptation to social conditions, which can lead to social problems and tensions.
Gestalt therapy addresses these tensions, which can be expressed individually in psychological and somatic disorders or in social problems such as isolation, avoidance, increased aggression, etc., and examines the events that have led to dysfunctional adaptation and cause suffering.
The therapeutic relationship is seen as an essential factor in this healing process. The therapeutic relationship should offer security and reliability and provide orientation. In this relational space, self-healing forces are activated by exploring the client’s conscious awareness of feelings, sensations, behaviours and attitudes and inviting them to experiment with new possibilities. The aim of Gestalt therapy is to help people regain their resonance and relational capacity, self-determination and responsibility, and to strengthen their self so that creative adaptation can succeed.

Please contact us for a noncommittal information meeting. We will gladly send you the detailed program.

Start will be May, 10th 2024

Cooperation Partners:

Dr. Mouta Barakat, psychologist and Gestalt therapist & Dr. Lidia Chylewska-Barakat, psychologist and trauma therapist.

•  Personal development and professional qualification
• Self-experience and sound theoretical knowledge
• Dialogical attitude and variety of methods
• meditation practice and social engagement
• Group process and individual work
• Joy of experimentation and many years of therapeutic experience
• Innovation and consistency

• Intensive therapeutic processes in a group setting
• Individual assistance during the entire learning process
• Profound theoretical and practical transfer of knowledge
• Diverse learning experiences and inspiration from a variety of trainers
• Self-organized learning in small groups and on instructor-less weekends
• Convenient practice opportunities and live supervision
• Development of a meditative practice and its application in various fields of work
• Development of diagnostic competence
• Support in the development of individual professional goals and their implementation

• Enjoy working with people
• Willingness to engage in intensive processes of your own
• Openness to other participants and learning together in a group
• Interest in combining theory and practice

• The training is designed for 4 years extra-occupational
• It takes place in a fixed group of approx. 8 – 12 participants.
• Annually, there are 5 weekend seminars (Thu 18:00 – Sun 13:00) and
1 intensive week (5 days) in Berlin, as well as
• A 6-day summer retreat in or around Berlin.
• The self-organized units are coordinated together
• We give recommendations for teaching therapists and support the search for suitable teaching therapists elsewhere
• In the annual one-on-one meetings with the training director, we reflect on our own development process.

• The training is designed for 4 years extra-occupational
• It takes place in a fixed group of approx. 8 – 12 participants.
• Annually, there are 5 weekend seminars (Thu 18:00 – Sun 13:00) and
1 intensive week (5 days) in Berlin, as well as
• A 6-day summer retreat in or around Berlin.
• The self-organized units are coordinated together
• We give recommendations for teaching therapists and support the search for suitable teaching therapists elsewhere
• In the annual one-on-one meetings with the training director, we reflect on our own development process.

Gabriele Blankertz, Stefan Blankertz, Nicole F. Brémond, Simon Jakob Drees,  Alessio Zambon, Birgit Schönberger

Guest Trainer: Dr. Mouta Barakat & Dr. Lidia Chylewska-Barakat

For non-binding info talks, please contact: Gabriele Blankertz

Application: inkontakt@Gestalt-institut.com

Email: g.blankertz@Gestalt-institut.com

Mobil: 0163-1910426