Welcome to Edinburgh Gestalt Institute (EGI). EGI is a registered educational charity (SCO 28160) based in central Edinburgh, Scotland. We specialise in high-quality, creative personal and professional development in relational, embodied gestalt psychotherapy.
EGI offers:
- introductory courses
- taster evenings
- Diploma-level training in gestalt psychotherapy
- supervision
- advanced training and workshops
- group therapy and personal development groups
- organisational consultancy
- access to a network of practitioners
- room hire
The EGI staff team share a deep, lived commitment to relational embodied psychotherapy. We are interested in the ways in which our social, political, economic, cultural and ecological contexts influence human growth and change. We have a strong commitment to learning as a lifelong process, and to providing a safe and stimulating professional environment.
Key features of our approach are:
- our commitment to excellence in psychotherapy, training, supervision and organisational development
- a contemporary gestalt philosophy grounded in awareness, reflective practice, existential / phenomenological / dialogic models and field theoretical principles
- a process-based approach, with a strong focus on holistic, relational embodiment
- theoretical and clinical rigour
- an emphasis on immediacy, creativity, experimental and experiential learning
- skilled use of group process as a vehicle for awareness, growth and learning
- a balance of support and challenge
- commitment to dialogue and to engage with feedback
- support for the development of unique personhood and practitioner style
- a diverse team of national and international trainers and facilitators
- flexible training, facilitation and clinical approaches
- valuing of different professional roles, therapeutic modalities and practitioner styles
- staff who are committed to their own personal, professional and spiritual development
- high ethical standards, including professional accountability via GPTI , UKCP and COSCA
- links with the wider field of psychotherapy, at local, national and international levels, to support a rich, innovative and lively approach
The Institute is a long-established, charitable organisation registered as a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation Ref No SCO28160.
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