Training in psychotherapy

For fast readers - a brief survey

Prospective candidates:

Ø  Persons possessing (or in a currant study of) a master’s or doctoral degree in clinical or counselling psychology, social work, medicine, or a related field

Ø doctors, psychologists, teachers, theologians

Ø  persons with other backgrounds after further inquiry

Duration:

5-6 years,

of which 4 years are course work and self-experience

and approximately 2 years of supervision

Topics:

·                 theory of existence

·                 existential motivations in theory and practice

·                 ethics

·                 clinical theory  (psychopathology, aetiology)  diagnostics

·                 methods and techniques

·                 practical training

·                 group and individual self-experience

·                 supervision

Cost:

CND $ 120 (students: 80) per day for the seminars

plus individual self-experience and supervision:

For the Basic Counselling Diploma: 45 days seminars in 2 ½ years, plus min. 30 hours individual self-experience, plus 100 hours supervision

For the Full Existential Psychotherapy Diploma: 74 days seminars, plus min. 50 hours individual self-experience, plus min. 150 hours supervision

Diploma:

• in psychotherapy and counselling
• recognised in Austria according to the legislation on psychotherapy,
• recognised in Switzerland by the Berne health authorities as major
• approach in psychotherapy, as well as by the Swiss Charta Organization for Psychotherapy
• in the Czech Republic recognised by the federation of psychotherapists;
• in Romania recognised by the Ministry of Education
• inquiries to bring it into an APA or Ph.D. program in the future