About us - how it started and how it is now
Gestalt Training (GT) began its activities in 2017, when three psychotherapists who shared a passion for therapy and the Gestalt approach - Ania Małecka, Justyna Sienkiewicz-Urbaniak and Olga Tokarska-Bąk - decided to create a place of development for psychotherapists and open more Polish Gestalt to international experience. At that time important was, on the one hand, the need for independence and, on the other hand, the desire to work together in the area of further professional development.
Our first invitation came to Elinor Greenberg, who taught her approach in the area of personality adaptation - Elinor accepted our invitation twice. Subsequent guests we have worked with to this day were Gianni Francesetti, Carmen Vazquez-Bandin, Peter Philippson, Lynne Jacobs, Jean Marie Robine, Michela Gecele, Stan Dudow, Miriam Taylor, Carmen Joanne Ablack, Mariano Pizzimenti, Julianne Appel-Opper.
The growth and positive returns ,that what we were doing made sense to the Polish Gestaltist community, fed us a lot and caused us to organize both single workshops and series.
Also, we began to encourage and invite Polish colleagues who were training intensively to collaborate and share their experiences. And so our invitations were accepted by Agata Urbanowicz, Agnieszka Piwko, Dominik Sałdak, Agnieszka Pixi Frączek. Also Ania, Justyna and Olga realized on workshops or therapeutic trainings.
In 2023 it was time for a change. Olga and Justyna decided to close for themselves the co-creation of Gestalt Training and Ania, remaining further in the creation of the GT space, considered how to further develop the place after 6 years. Here came Agnieszka Baldauf with the initiative and openness to join in the further development and co-creation of the development space on Polish Gestaltists. Thus, since July 2024, Gestalt Training has been co-created by Ania Malecka and Agnieszka Baldauf - the cycle of 7 years has closed and the next one is opening. So we invite you to continue exploring what it will bring.
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OUR MISSION
We create a space where psychotherapists can develop their skills by engaging with a variety of contemporary approaches to Gestalt therapy.
We combine the expertise of Polish and international teachers with a practice grounded in relationship, experience, and clinical reflection.
We aim to open Polish Gestalt to diversity, experience, and the world.
OUR VISION
We want Gestalt Training to be a place where contemporary Polish Gestalt meets the world—and, as a result, continues to evolve.
A place open to diverse perspectives, dialogue, and the changes taking place in contemporary psychotherapy, while remaining close to its Gestalt roots.
HOW DO WE CARRY OUT OUR MISSION?
🩷 Internationality
We invite teachers and therapists from around the world to Poland, creating opportunities to engage directly with their experiences and approaches.
🧡 Diversity
We showcase the various facets of contemporary Gestalt. We do not limit ourselves to a single school or way of thinking.
🩷 Practice and Experience
We organize workshops, training sessions, and supervision and hypervision groups where knowledge meets practice and personal experience.
🧡 Dialogue
We are interested in Gestalt that engages in dialogue with contemporary psychotherapy, psychiatry, bodywork, and other clinical perspectives.
🩷 Community
We aim to create a space where psychotherapists, trainers, supervisors, and those developing their therapeutic skills can come together.
🧡 Polish Gestalt Thought
Alongside international teachers, we are increasingly highlighting Polish therapists, their experience, practice, and original approaches to work.
