Discover gestalt & GTA program information session (January 2026)

Date | Wednesday 28 January 6.00 to 9.00 pm

Location | Elie, Gestalt Centre Training Campus, 27 Royal Parade, Parkville 3052

Fee | $15 for full event registration (including light catering). Free for program info session only (8:15 PM-9 PM)

IMPORTANT NOTE

We highly recommend joining the full experience if you can make it, as you will have an opportunity to experience Tony's facilitation style (he's teaching first-year students) and get to know some potential peers in the program.

This is an interactive and experiential session that is facilitated in a small group setting. Please arrive on time for the session to ensure the smooth flow of the experience.

Thank you!

Gestalt therapy is a form of psychotherapy that applies a holistic approach to understanding and addressing an individual's experiences. It emphasises the interconnectedness of an individual's thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. The term ‘gestalt’ is a German word, meaning whole or form. It is a vibrant, creative, and deeply compassionate approach to connecting therapeutically with others.

Gestalt Therapy Australia (GTA) was founded in 1995, and the training program we deliver has become nationally and internationally renowned. At GTA, students are immersed in an experiential learning process that is holistic, integrated and developmental. It is primarily designed to foster capacities essential for deep connection. In this way, it stands apart from other courses that can be more dryly academic or module-based.

Our program includes an internship with ConnectGround, our community-based clinic. The internship is an apprenticeship in gestalt psychotherapy that provides students with the opportunity to work with clients in a supportive and collegial learning environment.

Gestalt thinking has many applications in many settings. Gestalt practitioners work with individuals, couples, families, and groups in private, community, and organisational practice. At the heart of gestalt practice, there is a commitment to support better relating and living more fully.

This event is designed for anyone who is interested in gestalt and the training to become a gestalt practitioner/psychotherapist. Past participants include professionals from a variety of backgrounds (e.g. health and mental health, coaching, consulting, education, leadership) who seek to enhance their relational skills and pursue career advancement or transformation.

This event offers you the opportunity to engage in an inquiry-based process that reflects our teaching methodology. You will be interacting with fellow participants through activities designed to explore the potential of a gestalt approach to therapy and relating.

You will also meet current faculty and students, get an overview of the training program, and learn how it can support your existing work or enable you to transition to a new career working as a gestalt psychotherapist. There will be plenty of time to ask questions about gestalt therapy and the training.

5:45 PM Doors open

6 PM - 6:15 PM Warm-up activities & check-in

6:15 PM - 8 PM Introduction to gestalt through facilitated pair and small group activities, including reflection and Q&A

8 PM - 8:15 PM Quick break

8:15 PM - 9 PM Interactive program info session

Tony Jackson, Managing Director, Gestalt Centre

B.Theol, BA.Psych, GradDip.Counselling, AdvDip.Gestalt Therapy, GradDip.Supervision, M.GANZ

Tony is a psychotherapist, facilitator and coach with over 20 years of experience. Tony works with people to support resilience and wellbeing and helps them develop a sense of vitality and choice in their lives. He provides supervision for psychotherapists which assists them to deepen their own personal and professional capacities. Tony also provides training for individuals and groups that focuses on building responsiveness to individual and group needs in emergent situations.

Eugenia Yuan, Community & Partnerships Lead, Gestalt Centre

B.Com, M.Social Work

Eugenia brings her diverse skills and experience in community building, business development, entrepreneurship, facilitation, consulting, and coaching to the Gestalt Centre. After finishing her studies in Business and Social Work, Eugenia has worked across business and community sectors, and has been pursuing her passion for empowering meaningful human connections through learning and practising gestalt.

"The Discover Gestalt event was a delight. The idea of breaking the ice between participants by having various questions to discuss worked really well. I felt at home with everyone and we went so quickly from being strangers to an intimate sharing group.

It was a well-thought-out and well-crafted evening which seemed to reflect an organisation brimming with authenticity and wisdom. The representatives from Gestalt Therapy Australia shone out as inspiration for those of us whose first contact it was with the Gestalt world."

-- Amanda O.

“The Gestalt information night was a brilliantly facilitated, interactive & engaging, highly informative session in a warm, homely environment.

The content painted a picture of a training course which imparts deep truths aimed at the discovery of self, delivered with love & pure intent, in a group-learning and conversational mode unlike traditional academia, and which strikes at the heart of present state awareness.

The involvement of the student volunteers was invaluable and Tony & Eugenia did a superb job of leading the charge. Thank you for the opportunity to learn more about your wonderful offering.”

-- Dylan H.

The event is designed to be a small and interactive group experience with no more than 16 participants. In case you are no longer able to attend, please cancel your ticket at least 24 hours in advance, so that spots can be made available to other attendees.

If you are participating in both parts of the evening, please arrive by 6:15 pm at the latest so the flow of the event is uninterrupted.

We look forward to co-creating a meaningful experience with you.

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