{"id":89,"date":"2023-07-25T10:13:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T10:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dlab.hr\/eagt\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2024-06-19T11:41:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T11:41:49","slug":"professional-competencies-and-qualitative-standards-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eagt.org\/home\/home\/gt-menu\/what-is-eagt-2\/professional-competencies-and-qualitative-standards-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Competencies and Qualitative Standards Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Introduction to the Committee<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Professional Competencies and Qualitative Standards (PC&QS) Committee supports the Gestalt Therapy community by highlighting the importance of the acquisition and constant development of therapeutic competences, particularly those specific to Gestalt Therapy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

We are also constantly debating and exploring ways to maintain and further develop quality standards governing our profession and Gestalt Therapy practice.<\/span><\/p>

Between 2011 and 2018, the committee has been working to define Specific Competencies of Gestalt therapists. A draft document was produced in 2013, and revised in 2016 and 2018. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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  1. Supporting the Gestalt Therapy community through maintaining awareness of the importance of the process of acquiring and constant development of therapeutic competences, especially those specific to Gestalt Therapy.<\/li>
  2. Debating the role of defining therapeutic competencies in Gestalt Therapy in general, as well as in the processes of training and personal development.
    – Defined competencies are not intended to be a prescribed set of skills, which have to be acquired all at once. We understand them more as a result of a constant process of development rooted in one\u2019s own professional path.
    – Each Gestalt therapist embodies competencies differently according to one\u2019s own personality and personal style. The integration of this uniqueness is expressed in a specific personal therapeutic style.<\/li>
  3. Debating and exploring ways to maintain and further develop quality standards of our profession and Gestalt Therapy practice.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Ongoing projects:<\/strong><\/p>

    • The evaluation of core competencies of psychotherapists in gestalt training and Gestalt Therapy practice – using the QACP, a validated Questionnaire for Assessment of Psychotherapists’ Competencies. (EAGT supported research project).<\/li>
    • Gestalt Therapy online, reviewing competencies needed for online Gestalt Therapy work.<\/li><\/ul>


      Upcoming projects:<\/strong><\/p>

      • EAP has begun a second phase of the \u201cPsychotherapy Competences Project\u201d, which aims to support development of modality specific competences. The EAGT PC&QS Committee has already developed a document describing Specific Competencies of Gestalt Therapists; however, this might be a chance to support further discussion about the Gestalt specific competences and the document\u2019s use at personal, institute and community level.<\/li>
      • Research aiming to explore how quality standards and therapeutic competencies are maintained and further developed through lifelong Gestalt Therapy practice.<\/li><\/ul>


        Past Projects<\/b><\/p>

        The original PC&QS Committee went to great effort to develop and discuss with our community the Specific Competencies of a Gestalt Therapist document. With the finalisation of the first version in 2013 Gestalt Therapy became one of the first therapeutic modalities to complete this process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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        We invite you to share with us your suggestions, comments and feedback on our work by sending an email to info@eagt.org<\/span>. You can write or join us in our regular PC&QS Committee meetings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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