7 Psychotherapy Degree Programs in Mexico

Our goal in the training of psychotherapists in the master in Gestalt psychotherapy is to give them those tools and knowledge necessary through their own personal growth, to develop the ability to accompany others in their internal processes in a warm and effective way. We are proudly the only institution nationwide that exclusively trains psychologists as Masters in Gestalt Psychotherapy.

We are an institution with 30 years in Mexico of theoretical and practical work in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. - HIGH ACADEMIC LEVEL OF OUR TEACHERS: All have vast clinical and teaching experience and are experts in their area. We select our teachers according to their knowledge, dedication, and capacity for human contact. They provide scientific guidance with an intense dedication to the attention of their students. - LARGE AND PLURAL CURRICULUM: all psychoanalytic schools are studied, from Freud (four semesters) to the present: object relations, Melanie Klein, Winnicott, Fairbairn; the classical and modern American school, ego psychology, Mahler, Kohut, Kernberg, and intersubjective and relational analysts; the French school, both Lacanian and independent, Laplanche, Green, McDougall and Piera Aulagnier, among other authors. - TRAINING OF STUDENTS IN THE CLINICAL AREA: they have the possibility of starting their practice under supervision at the Community Clinic of the Eleia Center. Said training can be in the institutional or private area and community service is provided.

The Gestalt approach to Child Psychotherapy is based on a human relationship of respect and closeness with the child, promoting the development of their potential. For this, and unlike traditional models of child psychotherapy, we believe that the integration of parents in the process is essential, it is not family therapy because the emphasis is still on the child. The Child Relational Psychotherapy model considers that the child, the parents, the environment form a whole, therefore the symptom is conceived as part of this totality and thus a large part of the child's conflicts are the result of unresolved family conflicts that also slow down the advancement of therapy. The infantile relational therapist promotes the development of new skills in parents and children that favor a good relationship.

The Gestalt Institute of Guadalajara promotes Gestalt Psychotherapy in its two aspects: the expansion of consciousness that leads to living a fuller existence and the integration of the personality, which gives the therapy the depth and seriousness that our patients should respect. , all from a humanistic attitude and with a holistic approach. Aim: Train psychotherapists who practice Gestalt Psychotherapy. Unlike master's degrees, which generally privilege the training of researchers who do not necessarily practice the discipline, we intend that our graduates, already with sufficient personal exploration and acquired knowledge (necessary skills and techniques), engage in individual psychotherapeutic processes and/or groups of their patients. For this, we have the excellent programs, guides, and evaluations that the great research work of our founder, teacher Martha L. Preciado Medina, left us. Aimed at: people with a completed bachelor's degree, preferably psychologists and psychiatrists, or who certify studies in psychology, human development, or our Diploma in Psychology.

Gestalt Psychotherapy has a humanistic approach that is characterized by favoring the growth of the potential of the person. We have a holistic vision, that is, we perceive the person as a complex whole, which is greater than the sum of its parts. Everything exists and acquires meaning within a specific context; nothing exists by itself, isolated. In addition to being deep therapy, Gestalt is essentially a way of living life with your feet firmly on the ground. It is a way of becoming fully, free and open in this world; accepting and taking responsibility for who we are, without using more resources than appreciating the obvious, what it is.

To train men and women of integrity who, with a vocation for service, social sensitivity, excellent ethical and scientific training are able to: Determine diagnoses, prognoses, and treatment strategies for problems mental health in childhood and adolescence, susceptible to be attended through the psychotherapeutic management from a model with a psychodynamic and humanistic orientation that favor the development and growth of the personality and consider the transcendence of the interaction of the individual with the family and social environment.

We can understand by "Gestalt Life" a way of living more fully, with greater contact and responsibility (it comes from responsibility: the ability to respond to any situations that life is present, even if help and support are not available), more satisfying relationships and in general, a greater breadth of consciousness. The institute offers this possibility to people interested in improving their quality of life. It is not the study of psychotherapy, it is a theoretical-experiential workshop, which offers the possibility of existing more fully (It is not recognized by the SEP). In the second stage, a diploma in Gestalt Life Promotion is offered, for those who wish to transmit the learning obtained to other people or groups.