Avenues for Growth
”After seven years of graduate school, one day of working in Gestalt Pastoral Care totally changed the way I work with people.” ~ A psychotherapist
If you would like to learn more about Gestalt Pastoral Care, there are many avenues for you to pursue.
Continue personal healing and growth through individual work with a Gestalt Pastoral Care minister. Click here to find a minister in your area.
Participate in Opening to Grace retreats for one to three days each. Click here for a description of retreats and here for a retreat schedule
Explore Gestalt Pastoral Care theory and practice while continuing your own healing in a year-long Foundation class. Click here for a description of the class and here for a training schedule.
After completing the Foundation class, become active in a GPC Community of Practice. Click here to learn about locations and how to get connected with a Community of Practice.
After completing the Foundation class and with discernment with our trainers, continue advanced training for vocational work in Gestalt Pastoral Care. Click here to learn more about advanced GPC course work.
All who wish to minister using Gestalt Pastoral Care are strongly encouraged to read the document written by the Rev. Tilda Norberg entitled Gestalt Pastoral Care: What In the World Is It?
“Gestalt work is not so much turned toward what is wrong
but toward what’s blocking the health that is surely present.”