Gestalt Coaching Skills

Part 1: 2-day Workshop with Marjorie Shackleton & Peter Burditt

leading to Part 2: 4-day Programme with Marjorie Shackleton

These courses are aimed at those of you who require coaching skills at a deeper level in order to bring about significant change in yourselves, in others and in their organisations.

The 2-day workshop is an introduction to Gestalt principles and practice and is a pre-requisite to the 4-day programme, which follows on and gives you a more profound understanding of Gestalt and how to embed this approach in your practice.

We asked senior managers from PwC, BBC and Prudential UK what they had gained from previous Gestalt programmes.  This is what they said:

• “Learning to tolerate ambiguity and uncertainty rather than being overwhelmed by it has given me greater confidence and stronger presence.”
  
• “I am much clearer about setting boundaries and negotiating contracts so I know what is my responsibility and what is the client’s.”
• “Rather than rush in and try to control the awkward situations, l can now facilitate those difficult times so that something creative emerges.”
• “The discovery that my feeling response, is valuable information in how I facilitate or coach has given me a much broader and insightful range of interventions.”

Organisational Benefits

The following are some of the organisational benefits of the Gestalt coaching method:

• It provides unique insights into personal and organisational change, particularly regarding resistance & how to deal with it.

• It recognises the “human heart” in organisations and through a coaching process can surface hidden energy and performance potential.

• It promotes learning and change at all levels of the organisation.

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Gestalt as a ‘Developmental’ approach to coaching

Performance coaching is solution focused and behaviourally oriented. It looks at the way individuals’, teams or organisations achieve, goals, targets and objectives.

Developmental coaching, and Gestalt approach in particular, works at a more fundamental level. It focuses on how beliefs, values and attitude affect people’s relationships, how they respond to change and therefore the impact on business performance.

Gestalt is an holistic approach which:

• integrates the cognitive, emotional and behavioural aspects of relationships;
• supports good communication and understanding;
• acknowledges the function of resistance and irrational behaviour;
• recognises how people and events are systemically connected in organisations.

The Gestalt approach also employs the use of ‘self’ as a coach in a unique way to promote clarity and discovery where the usual rational approaches no longer provide the solution.

The Coaching Team

Marjorie and Peter make a diverse and complementary team combining therapeutic and academic excellence with high-level corporate knowledge and expertise. They both have a fascination and love of Gestalt philosophy and methodology, applying it in their professional and private lives.

Who to contact

To learn more about the Psychology Of Coaching Series contact:

Sue Burston
Telephone: +44 (0)1959 569 516
Email: training@aoec.com