Maximum number of participants:12
Dates:
Module 1: Feb 28 – March 2, 2025
Module 2: March 14-16, 2025
Module 3 and 4 combined (4 days): June 5 – 8, 2025
Price: 1,500 pounds (1400Early bird)
Venue: London, England
Contact: Jemma Crowe,
www.jemmacrowetherapy.com
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Advanced Training in couple therapy
London 2025
2 modules of 3 days, 1 module of 4 days
In 2022 I was awarded doctor of psychotherapy by professional studies at Metanoia Institute, Middlesex University, London. I did a theory-building research project where I created a practice-near method consisting of two supplementing models – A Relational Process Model and A Gestalt Integrativ Model of Phenomenological Domains. Together they create a Gestalt Integrative Method for couple therapy to support therapist working with a field that is recognised as the most demanding therapeutic situation. The research project was informed by 12 case studies and 6 therapists participated in the study.
Module 1: A Relational Process Model
Module 2: A Gestalt Integrative Model
This module builds on the first module and the Relational Process Method. We are exploring the Gestalt Integrative Model of Phenomenological Domains, that implements attachment-, trauma- and Gestalt theory to support therapists in finding and grading interventions in clinical practice. The training is practice- near, and we will reflect on theory in light of experimental work in smaller groups.
Module 3: Working with traumatised couples
In the last two decades relational (developmental) trauma has been increasingly acknowledged and implemented in trauma theory. My research project has been specifically created to what I found missing in couple therapy, a humanistic, holistic and relational perspective to suffering in traumatised fields. The Gestalt Integrative Method was created to grade and frame interventions working in the complexity of these vulnerable therapeutic situations. In this module I also introduce and implement Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy (DSP) by Ruella Frank, Centre for Somatic Studies. We will practice couple therapy and do direct intervision training and there will be time for reflection and sharing of theory and process.
Module 4: Intimacy and autonomy
Our work as therapists is to bring the clients to the id of the situation (Robine, 2016), which means a direct, spontanous engagement and contact “between”. We explore the resources of the therapist and how to support the clients to a new dynamic organisation in the contacting process of confluence (being together) and differentiation (withdrawal). We dive deeper into the potential in DSP, sexuality and presence. We also look at implementing the Gestalt Integrative Model to create a working hypothesis.
Maximum number of participants:12
Dates:
Module 1: Feb 28 – March 2, 2025
Module 2: March 14 – 16, 2025
Module 3 and 4 combined: June 5 – 8, 2025
Venue: London, England
Contact: Jemma Crowe, jemmacrowe@googlemail.com
http://www.jemmacrowetherapy.com
Trainer: Vibeke Visnes, Gestalt Therapist
Vibeke Visnes, Gestalt Therapist, supervisor and trainer at the Norwegian Gestalt Institute.
In addition to her training as a therapist and supervisor from the Norwegian Gestalt Institute, Vibeke has done Advanced Training in Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy with Ruella Frank and supervision training with Margherita Spagnulo Lobb. Vibeke is in the final stage of her Doctoral research by Professional Studies at Metanoia Institute, Middlesex University, where she has created a Gestalt framework for couple therapy based on theory-building case study methodology.
