ADVANCED COUPLE THERAPY TRAINING

– A Gestalt Approach –

Trainer: Dr Vibeke Visnes

LONDON 2025 – Venue – Therapy Space East – Shoreditch

Price: £1500 (early bird discount £1400 before 1st February 2025)

Module 1 – February 28th-March 2nd 2025

Introducing the Relational Process Model:
Couple therapy is the most complex and vulnerable of the therapeutic situations due to the
presence of the significant other. In the first module we work with the therapeutic relationship:
What it demands in couple therapy and how it is different from individual therapy. From the
beginning the training is highly experiential and practice-near, combining theory with therapeutic
explorations.

Module 2 – March 14th-16th 2025

A Gestalt Integrative Model:
Building on the first model this module the Gestalt Integrative Model of Phenomenological
Domains (GIMod). The GIMod is created to support therapists to find figures and grade
interventions in the complexity of a couple therapy situation and is inspired by the developmental
domains by Daniel Stern. Again, taking a practise-near approach and reflexive and reflective
practise on theory in light of experiential practice in smaller groups.

Module 3/4 combined (4 Days) – June 5th – June 8th 2025

Module 3 – Working with couples with trauma in the Field of the Relationship

In the last two decades, relational (developmental) trauma has been increasingly acknowledged
and implemented in trauma theory. Vibeke’s research project has been specifically created to
include what she found missing in couple’s therapy – a humanistic, holistic and relational
perspective to suffering in traumatised fields. Development Somatic Psychotherapy (DSP) by
Ruella Frank is introduced and implemented throughout. We will practice couple therapy and do
practical session intervention training with space for reflection and sharing of theory and process.

Module 4 – Intimacy and autonomy

Our work as therapists is to bring the clients to the “id of the situation” (Robin, 2016), meaning in
practise, direct spontaneous contact in the relational field of the clients. We explore the resources

of the therapist and how to support the clients to a new more dynamic way of relating – supporting
the contacting process of being together (confluence) and differentiation (withdrawal). We dive
deeper into the potential in DSP, sexuality and presence. We also look at implementing the GIMod
to support a working hypothesis while working with the couple.

Trainer – Dr Vibeke Visnes – Gestalt Integrative Institute

Vibeke developed this model of Gestalt Couple training through her PHD
training at Metanoia Institute London. She supervises therapists and
teaches at the Norwegian Gestalt Institute training program for Gestalt
therapy. Vibeke does advanced training for psychotherapists from all
modalities around Europe.. In her doctoral research she created a
relational process method (RPM) and a Gestalt Integrative Model of
Domains to support therapists working in this complex field of therapy.
You can read more about the research and publications here.
Vibeke has presented her work at the EAGT conference in Madrid Sep

23 and will be presenting again at the IAAGT conference in Mexico in Sept 2024
www.visnes.no

Host- Jemma Crowe – Therapy Space East

Jemma Crowe is one of the Partners in Therapy Space East Shoreditch. A
Therapy space for practitioners and for CPD and groups.
This is the first offering of CPD and we are really excited to be bringing this
training to London after experiencing Vibeke’s presentation in Madrid.
Jemma Crowe is also a Primary Tutor on the Gestalt MSC programme at
Metanioa Institute and a psychotherapist and supervisor in Private Practice at
Therapy Space East.

www.therapyspaceeast.com
www.jemmacrowetherapy.com
Please contact [email protected] for more information or to apply.
(This training is offered to qualified practitioners only- no prior couples training necessary)
If minimum numbers are not reached for the training a full refund will be issued.
***The training space is on the third floor of our building with no lift unfortunately – so may not be
advisable for people with mobility issues. We are hoping to offer this training again, somewhere with more access next time. ***