Admission to the program is contingent on the applicant having completed at least a master's degree in counseling, psychotherapy, clinical psychology, clinical social work, psychiatry, psychiatric nursing, or some equally relevant clinical field. Applicants must also have completed a clinical practicum as part of their graduate program.

Students are expected to have experienced a significant course of individual psychotherapy before completion of the program.

Application for admission requires the appropriate fee — $50 by July 31 or $75 after that date — three letters of recommendation, and an interview with a faculty member. The application process must be complete by the first weekend of training in September.

CEU Credits

GTIP is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists. GTIP maintains responsibility for the program.

This training is approved through the Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. Bryn Mawr GSSWSR, as a CSWE accredited school of Social Work, is a pre-approved provider of continuing education credits for Social Workers in Pennsylvania and many other states.

Contact hours for nurses offered by La Salle University School of Nursing & Health Sciences. La Salle University School of Nursing and Health Sciences is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the PA State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Tuition

The tuition for the 2009 - 2010 training year is $2,900, due by the first training weekend. Checks, payable to the Gestalt Therapy Institute of Philadelphia, should be sent in care of the Institute to:

P.O. Box 961
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-0961

Further Information

The GTIP Application Form can be downloaded directly from this site. You may also request one or make further inquiries about the program by contacting our Administrator: 610-668-5177 or adminGTIP@gmail.com

You may also contact any of the GTIP directors.

Philip Lichtenberg, Ph.D.: 610-388-0441

Mary Lou Schack, Ph.D.: 610-667-8549

David S. Henrich, L.C.S.W., B.C.D.: 215-233-3994, ext. 21