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Pacific Gestalt Institute

In short

Relational Gestalt training with a clearly documented boundary: PGI does not grant an accredited degree or official state credential.

Relational Gestalt training with a clearly documented boundary: PGI does not grant an accredited degree or official state credential.

Postgraduate training, CE, and institute certificationChecked 23 August 2026

At a glance

Classification
Postgraduate training, CE, and institute certification
Evidence state
Current 2026–27 weekend sequence published; application deadline has passed
Location / delivery
Los Angeles; delivery may be online or in person depending on enrollment
Training setting
Five live weekends in the published annual sequence
Audience
Licensed and prelicensed psychotherapists, licensure-track graduate students, and consultants
Duration
Multi-year curriculum; enrollment one year at a time
Published price
$2,300 for 2026–27; $500 deposit; limited scholarships stated
CE evidence
50 continuing-education hours stated for the weekend program
Credential
Institute competence certification; explicitly not an accredited degree
Current dates
3–4 October, 7–8 November, and 5–6 December 2026; 9–10 January and 6–7 February 2027

What the evidence supports

What the training contains

The five-weekend sequence is part of a longer curriculum. The institute describes experiential relational work for licensed clinicians, registered interns, graduate students in licensure-track programs, and consultants.

Certification boundary

PGI states that it offers a certificate of competence rather than an accredited degree or official credential. Its published certification path requires multiple training levels plus personal therapy, supervision, licensure, and faculty approval.

For MFT students and associates

A graduate student must already be in a licensure-track program. The training cannot replace the qualifying degree, the school's approved field placement, BBS registration, or supervised employment.

What this does not establish

This page does not treat modality training as a qualifying MFT degree, school-approved field placement, BBS registration, supervised job, or promise of admission. Compensation, benefits, supervision payment, caseload, and openings remain “not stated” unless a source explicitly publishes them.

Primary-source ledger

These are the organization pages used for this profile. The evidence was re-read on 23 August 2026; readers should re-check time-sensitive dates and prices before acting.

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Source notes

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