Professional Accreditation
Gestalt Therapy Brisbane's 4-year training
program has been fully accredited by GANZ (Gestalt Australia and New Zealand), a
professional association of Gestalt practitioners. This accreditation is
valid until 31 March 2014. GANZ is the peak body
representing Gestalt practitioners in Australia and New Zealand.
Gestalt Therapy Brisbane's 4 year
training programme is also accredited by PACFA. This accreditation is valid
until 31 March 2014.
All graduates of the 4-year program are
eligible for professional membership with GANZ. a
GANZ is a fully accredited member of PACFA
(Psychotherapists and Counsellors' Federation of Australia), a national peak
body.
Graduates of the 4-year GTB programme can
apply to be on the PACFA Register of Psychotherapists and Counsellors for the
Australian community after an additional period of practical experience and
supervision.
For more information on GANZ or PACFA, see
the following websites:
Graduates of Gestalt Therapy Brisbane's 4-year
training will receive a Certificate of Advanced Clinical Gestalt Therapy. Students who are eligible
have the option of enrolling into an accredited higher education programme
where, upon successful completion, will receive a
Master of Gestalt Therapy.
Check
out your eligibility to enrol in the Master of Gestalt Therapy
Higher
Education Accreditation
Gestalt Therapy
Brisbane offers a Graduate Certificate in Gestalt Therapy (1 year
of study) Master of Gestalt Therapy (a further 3 years of study) accredited through the Office
or Higher Education, Queensland Education. Accreditation for the Graduate
Certificate in Gestalt Therapy and Master of Gestalt Therapy are valid until
December 2013.
The broad aim of the
Graduate Certificate in Gestalt Therapy is firstly, to introduce students to
the principles and practice of Gestalt and its application to counselling,
psychotherapy, group and organisational work and secondly, to provide a
theoretical base from which students can pursue further Gestalt therapy studies.
The objectives of the Graduate Certificate programme
are:
- To introduce students to
the basic theory and practice of Gestalt therapy;
- To build the capacity
within people to utilise Gestalt theory and methods within a non therapeutic
helping relationship;
- To build resilience in
people by enhancing their commitment to self appreciation and self
nurturing;
- To provide an experience
of working within a group setting with the principles and practice of
Gestalt therapy;
- To enhance the skills of
people working as counsellors and therapists;
- To develop the awareness
in people of their own particular style in working in Counselling;
- To provide an opportunity
for people to explore practice and ethical issues for people working as
counsellors and therapists;
- To build within people the
ability to apply Gestalt theory and methods to a range of occupational areas
that require people skills;
- To enhance the efficiency
and creativity of people in their life and work situations through utilising
key Gestalt principles;
- To provide a professional
development opportunity that will enhance the skills of people working
within the human service industry; and,
- To prepare students for
Master level study in Gestalt Therapy.
The Master of Gestalt
Therapy aims to broaden the skills of individuals who have already gained an
undergraduate degree, to provide them with specialisation within a systematic
and coherent body of knowledge, namely Gestalt theory and practice and or to
develop vocational knowledge and skills in a new professional area.
The Masters degree provides an opportunity for
holders of undergraduate degrees in related disciplines to acquire an advanced
coherent body of theoretical and applied knowledge, and to develop specialist
skills within the field of professional counselling and psychotherapy that are
not generally delivered in undergraduate programmes.
The objectives of the Master of Gestalt Therapy
are:
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To develop qualified
Gestalt Therapist with an ability to work with individuals, groups,
couples, families and in organisational settings;
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To enhance peoples’
capacity to work as ethical professionals; in psychotherapy, and
counselling in the private or publish sectors; or in health, social
welfare, education or corporate arenas;
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To develop people’s
ability to respond to clients’ need in an ethical, creative and
relational way;
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To build competency in
people in the practice of the methodology of Gestalt therapy;
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To build competency in
people to manage their practice of counselling and psychotherapy;
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To have a clear
understanding of the social, cultural and developmental field in which
counselling and psychotherapy occurs;
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To be able to
demonstrate a range of skills in relations to assessment, intervention,
evaluation, consultation and referral;
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To understand the
contribution of research to the development of the counselling
profession;
- To develop the higher
order skills of people in a way that provides them with the analytical
skills and practical wisdom to meet the challenges of working as
professionals in the twenty-first century;
- To provide people with a
dynamic learning experience that honours adult, relational and experiential
learning principles and enhances the ability of people to be more effective
in their life;
- To support the development
of people and their ability to draw on their own unique life experiences and
world view in order that they be independent thinkers and original
practitioners.
Statement of occupational
outcomes
The attainment of the Master of
Gestalt Therapy offers a range of occupational outcomes for graduates.
- It provides the
qualification and the backing of a professional association for people
desiring to work as Gestalt Therapists in private practice.
- It gives people the
necessary qualifications to take up positions as Counsellors and
Psychotherapists in community and public agencies.
- It builds professional
Gestalt practitioners who are able to take up positions in the fields of
nursing, mental health, social welfare, counselling, teaching, and business
and organisation development.
- It enhances the
professional practice of people who already have an occupation in that they
are able to incorporate Gestalt theory, methods and application to a wide
arena of work.
The Office of Higher Education
http://education.qld.gov.au/office/higher-education/qld-office.html
The Queensland Office of Higher
Education is an element of the State Department of Education. One of its duties,
on behalf of the Minister for Education, is to oversee accreditation
arrangements relating to the private providers of higher education awards.
There are a number of course in Queensland that are offered by private providers
and Gestalt Therapy Brisbane's Master
of Gestalt Therapy is one such
course. The oversight of the Office of Higher Education helps ensure that
Queensland's higher education is of the highest quality, comparable in standard
to anywhere in the world and its graduates are competitive internationally.
Click to explore Queensland's
non-university (private) providers of higher education courses and you will find
Gestalt Therapy Brisbane's Master of Gestalt Therapy listed.
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