Overview:
Gestalt Coaching Skills
Part 1:
2-day Workshop with Marjorie Shackleton
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 your 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.
Part 1:
This 2-day workshop provides an overview to Gestalt principles and practice and is a pre-requisite to Part 2 which is a 4 day more in depth programme.
Part 2:
Part 2 consists of 2 x 2day modules which follow on from the Gestalt coaching skills workshop and aims to give you a more profound understanding of the principles of Gestalt and how to embed them in your practice.
Part 3: Certificate
This qualification, which is accredited by the Academy of Executive Coaching, is obtained on completion of the 6 days of Gestalt Skills workshops.
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.
