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Empower Your Journey

At the Gestalt Wellness Institute Southeast Asia, our trainings, workshops, and retreats are designed to inspire professional growth, broaden networks among mental health communities, and encourage reflective practice while integrating holistic approaches in mental health care.

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Our training programs

Practical, evidence-based training for mental-health professionals, first responders, educators, and organizations. Delivered at our Cebu clinic or on-site at your school, agency, or organization — each with a certificate of completion.

Flagship programMRP
Who can joinGraduate students, degree holders & licensed professionals
DurationOne year (internship + residency)
FormatIn-person · Cebu clinic

Mentoring & Residency Program (MRP)

GWI’s flagship, structured pathway for aspiring practitioners: a supervised internship building clinical hours and case work, progressing to a specialized residency where residents declare a focus and develop real services under supervision.

What participants build

  • Supervised clinical hours & case work
  • Case presentations & a clinical case study
  • A declared clinical specialization
  • Designing & running a CPD workshop
  • Multidisciplinary, ethical practice
  • A pathway toward Clinical Partner status
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Crisis & emergencyMHPSS
Who can joinResponders, health workers, NGO / LGU staff
Duration2–3 days
FormatIn-person / field-based

MHPSS: Crisis and Emergency Response Training

Prepares participants to deliver mental-health and psychosocial support during crises, disasters, and emergencies — aligned with IASC MHPSS guidelines and adapted to the Philippine context.

What participants build

  • Psychological First Aid (PFA)
  • The MHPSS intervention pyramid
  • Crisis assessment & triage
  • Supporting affected communities
  • Responder stress & self-care
  • Coordination & referral in emergencies
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SchoolsSchool PSS
Who can joinSchool counselors & teachers
Duration1–2 days
FormatOn-site or at our clinic

Psychosocial Support & School-Based Mental Health Crisis Intervention

Equips participants to recognize, respond to, and refer students in mental-health distress, and to lead psychosocial support and crisis intervention in school settings — safely and within their role.

What participants build

  • Recognizing distress & risk in students
  • Classroom-based psychosocial support
  • Step-by-step crisis intervention
  • Referral pathways & when to escalate
  • Safeguarding & child protection basics
  • Supporting staff wellbeing
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Play therapyPlay
Who can joinPractitioners working with children
Duration3–4 months
FormatPracticum at our clinic

Play Therapy Guided Practicum Program

Help little hurting hearts heal. Play therapy for children through GWI’s partnership with Play Therapy International (PTI) Philippines (represented by 4Freedom Philippines). PTI’s qualifications are academically validated by the University of Chichester, UK.

What participants build

  • Child-centred play therapy skills
  • Recognising & supporting children’s distress
  • Practicum-based practice with children
  • Ethics & safeguarding in child work
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GWI trainings in action

MHPSS & mental-health seminar for professionals and faculty.
MHPSS & mental-health seminar for professionals and faculty.
Counseling & psychosocial support training for DSWD personnel.
Counseling & psychosocial support training for DSWD personnel.