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Awareness of yourself and how you work with others is the path to greater influence, personal and professional growth, and ultimate success. At the Gestalt International Study Center (GISC) our powerful and practical learning experiences help you develop the ability to act with awareness and intention, to respond to challenges with greater confidence and ease, and to create profound and positive change.

Formal coach training can be a fulfilling next step for people who want to support others with greater intention, skill,...
10/13/2026

Formal coach training can be a fulfilling next step for people who want to support others with greater intention, skill, and impact.

Many people who pursue coach training and credentialing are already using coaching-adjacent skills in their current work. They may be leaders, managers, consultants, HR professionals, mentors, or trusted colleagues who regularly help others think through challenges, make decisions, and grow.

GISC’s Competency Development Program for Coach Certification: Skills for High-Impact Coaching is designed to help you move from informal guidance and mentoring into a more intentional, skillful coaching practice.

Through theory, powerful frameworks, discussion, extensive practice, peer learning, and support from qualified faculty/mentor coaches, participants build practical coaching skills they can use with clients, teams, organizations, or in their current roles.

The program is grounded in Gestalt coaching, an approach that helps coaches pay attention to what is happening in the moment, listen deeply, notice patterns, and support clients in discovering new choices.

The upcoming in-person Boston cohort offers a meaningful opportunity to learn alongside faculty and peers in person, in the same room, with time for connection, practice, and feedback across three sessions.

Successful completion earns the GISC Coach Certificate and qualifies graduates to apply for International Coaching Federation credentials.

If coaching feels like the direction you’re ready to explore more seriously, this program offers a strong foundation for taking that next step.

Learn more:
https://www.gisc.org/competency-development-program

10/12/2026

In this video, Maria reflects on her experience in GISC’s Cape Cod Training Program, sharing how the support, positivity, and layered learning process helped make the program so meaningful.

That kind of experience is central to CCTP. In the program, the Cape Cod Model© is learned through experience. Participants put it into practice, work closely with others in small groups, and receive daily feedback from experienced faculty.

As Maria describes, the learning begins with something simple, then continues to build through experience until the larger whole becomes clear.

The Cape Cod Training Program is designed for consultants, couples- and family-therapists, coaches, leaders, and practitioners who want to deepen the way they work with individuals, dyads, families, groups, and work-teams.

The live-online cohort begins October 28, 2026.

If you’re looking for a highly interactive learning experience rooted in support, practice, and meaningful growth, apply today to join the upcoming Cape Cod Training Program:

https://www.gisc.org/cape-cod-training-program

Effective leadership starts with self-awareness.GISC’s Leading Self program is designed for individual contributors, eme...
10/09/2026

Effective leadership starts with self-awareness.

GISC’s Leading Self program is designed for individual contributors, emerging and experienced leaders, and professionals who want to better understand themselves, strengthen workplace relationships, and lead with greater intention.

Through Gestalt core concepts such as Awareness, Optimism, Presence, and the Cycle of Experience, participants explore how they show up at work, how they impact others, and how they can make more intentional choices in complex, fast-moving environments.

This blended online program combines self-paced learning, reflection, assessments, live-online group sessions, and one-on-one coaching, making it both practical and flexible.

Participants will gain insight into their leadership strengths, explore the 5Dynamics energy model, develop greater clarity around their natural energy at work, and create a plan for continuing their leadership journey.

The upcoming November/December cohort begins with a live-online kick-off session on Tuesday, November 10, followed by self-paced learning and individual coaching, and concludes with a live-online wrap-up session on Tuesday, December 8.

If you’re looking for a practical starting point for leadership development, Leading Self is a great place to begin.

Register today to build greater self-awareness, presence, and confidence in how you lead and connect with others: https://www.gisc.org/leading-self-blended-learning

10/08/2026

In this testimonial, Erin Kirkpatrick, a GISC Leadership Series alumna, reflects on her experience with the program and how it helped create space for meaningful learning, reflection, and growth.

That’s a big part of what makes GISC’s approach so valuable. Through conversation, practical application, and guided reflection, participants can deepen self-awareness, strengthen their leadership presence, and expand the choices available to them in how they lead and connect with others.

The next session in the series, Courage and Change, takes place on October 16. This four-hour live-online program is designed for mid-level leaders who want to better understand the emotional side of change, support themselves and others through uncertainty, and lead with more courage, curiosity, and adaptability.

Upcoming Leadership Series programs include:
🔹 Courage and Change — October 16, 2026
🔹 Relational Intelligence — December 11, 2026
🔹 Inclusive Leadership — April 16, 2027
🔹 Cultivating Resilience — June 25, 2027

Programs may be taken individually and in any order.

Learn more and register today to explore how GISC’s Leadership Series can support the way you lead, learn, and grow: https://www.gisc.org/gisc-leadership-series

Strong facilitation can make all the difference in how a group works together, makes decisions, and moves toward shared ...
10/08/2026

Strong facilitation can make all the difference in how a group works together, makes decisions, and moves toward shared goals.

GISC’s Foundations of Gestalt Facilitation is a live-online program for consultants, coaches, trainers, managers, team leaders, and others who want to strengthen the way they support groups and teams.

In a time of rapid change, increasing complexity, and diverse perspectives, facilitators need more than a set of tools. They need the awareness and presence to create conditions where people can contribute, collaborate, and work more effectively together.

This highly experiential program introduces a Gestalt orientation to facilitation, giving participants the opportunity to explore group process, the role of the facilitator, and strategies for using presence intentionally in both virtual and in-person environments.

The program meets live online on Fridays, December 4, 11, and 18, from 10:00 AM–1:00 PM ET, with faculty Shanaaz Majiet, MPhil, MCC, and Michael Randel, MSc, CPF, ACC.

Register today to build facilitation skills you can apply directly in your work with groups and teams.

https://www.gisc.org/foundations-of-gestalt-facilitation

Thinking about becoming a certified coach or deepening the coaching skills you already use in your work?GISC’s Competenc...
10/05/2026

Thinking about becoming a certified coach or deepening the coaching skills you already use in your work?

GISC’s Competency Development Program for Coach Certification: Skills for High-Impact Coaching is designed for both new and experienced coaches who want a strong foundation in Gestalt coaching practice.

This 2026–2027 cohort offers the opportunity to learn in person in Boston, creating space for the connection, practice, feedback, and community that can be especially powerful when participants and faculty are together in the room.

Through theory, discussion, extensive coaching practice, peer learning, and work with qualified faculty/mentor coaches, participants develop the skills and confidence to coach with greater awareness, presence, and impact.

The program can support you in:
🔹 Establishing a coaching practice
🔹 Adding coaching to your current business model
🔹 Bringing coaching skills into your leadership
🔹 Working as an internal practitioner
🔹 Demonstrating ICF Core Competencies

Successful completion earns the GISC Coach Certificate and qualifies graduates to apply for International Coaching Federation (ICF) credentials.

Join us in Boston this December and take the next step in your coaching journey: https://www.gisc.org/competency-development-program

Prefer the flexibility of live-online learning, or unable to attend the in-person cohort?

Stay tuned for more information about a virtual cohort beginning in 2027. Whether you prefer in-person or virtual learning, both options offer a meaningful way to build your coaching skills, learn alongside faculty and peers, and pursue certification.

What can clinicians notice when they look beyond a diagnostic label?Join us this Friday for a free Conversations with Cl...
09/28/2026

What can clinicians notice when they look beyond a diagnostic label?

Join us this Friday for a free Conversations with Clinicians session on A Contemporary Gestalt Approach to Diagnosis.

This welcoming, live-online session will introduce the Gestalt Cape Cod Model approach to assessment. Rather than starting with a medical diagnostic label, participants will explore how clinicians can notice energetic patterns of behavior and use what they observe to better understand and support clients.

Led by Sharona Halpern, MA, LMHC, and Joseph Melnick, PhD, the session offers a chance to learn, reflect, and connect with clinicians and colleagues from around the world.

A Contemporary Gestalt Approach to Diagnosis
📅Friday, October 2
⏰12:00–1:00 PM ET
Free to attend | Advance registration required

Register today for a thoughtful introduction to GISC’s approach to clinical practice.

https://www.tfaforms.com/5152954

09/28/2026

Some programs give you tools. Others change the way you show up.

For Karen, the Cape Cod Training Program stood out because the learning stayed with her. Through practice, feedback, and a highly supportive learning environment, she experienced the program as one of the deepest learning experiences she has ever had.

That is part of what makes GISC’s Cape Cod Training Program distinctive.
CCTP is not just about learning concepts from the Cape Cod Model©. It is about applying them in real time, receiving daily feedback from seasoned faculty, and strengthening your ability to intervene with greater awareness, presence, and impact.

Designed for consultants, couples- and family-therapists, coaches, leaders, and practitioners, this live-online program helps participants change the way they see human behavior, human connection, and human potential.

Whether you work with individuals, dyads, families, groups, or work-teams, CCTP offers a highly interactive space to deepen your capacity to become a more effective agent for change.

Cape Cod Training Program | Live-Online
“Week” One begins October 28, 2026

Register today to develop the presence, insight, and skills needed for high-impact interventions: https://www.gisc.org/cape-cod-training-program

Working with teams requires the ability to see more than individual behavior. It means noticing patterns, relationships,...
09/25/2026

Working with teams requires the ability to see more than individual behavior. It means noticing patterns, relationships, strengths, challenges, and the larger system at work.

GISC’s Coaching Teams: Applying the Cape Cod Model© in Organizations helps coaches and practitioners strengthen that ability through hands-on practice, real-time feedback, and direct experience working with visiting client teams.

As prior program participant Shanaaz Majiet shared, “Coaching Teams is a high impact transformational program that recalibrated my practice.”

This live-online program gives participants the opportunity to apply the Cape Cod Model© in organizational settings, sharpen their team coaching skills, and learn how to offer bold, direct, and appreciative feedback that supports greater effectiveness and change.

Coaching Teams | Live-Online l 📅Wednesday–Friday | 10:00 AM–4:00 PM ET
🔹Module 1: September 30–October 2, 2026
🔹Module 2: October 21–23, 2026
🔹Module 3: November 11–13, 2026

Register today to deepen your team coaching practice: https://www.gisc.org/coaching-teams

What becomes possible when clinicians look beyond labels and pay attention to what is happening in the room?GISC’s free ...
09/25/2026

What becomes possible when clinicians look beyond labels and pay attention to what is happening in the room?

GISC’s free Conversations with Clinicians series continues with A Contemporary Gestalt Approach to Diagnosis, a welcoming live-online session for clinicians who want to explore a different way of understanding and working with clients.

Rather than beginning with a medical diagnostic label, the Gestalt Cape Cod Model invites clinicians to notice energetic patterns of behavior, how clients make contact, and what is emerging in the room.

Led by Sharona Halpern, MA, LMHC, and Joseph Melnick, PhD, this session will introduce participants to GISC’s approach and create space to explore the concept alongside colleagues from around the world.

A Contemporary Gestalt Approach to Diagnosis
📅Friday, October 2
⏰12:00–1:00 PM ET
Free to attend | Advance registration required

New to GISC? This free series is a great place to begin! Register today and join the conversation: https://www.tfaforms.com/5152954

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