Advanced professional training - Boston, Cape Cod and live-online
Learn to read what happens
between people.
Fifty years of the Cape Cod Model, taught by practising faculty in rooms small enough that you are actually seen. ICF Level 2 accredited.
Next free sessionCoaching Open House, Friday 11 SeptemberStart where you are
Which room are you in?
One method, four ways in. Choose the work you actually hold and we will show you the free way to try it and the full path, with the dates and the fee.
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Develop your practice
Coach
You already hold the conversation. The Cape Cod Model gives you a way to work with what is happening in the room rather than with the story about it - and an ICF Level 2 credential at the end of it.
Free way in
Coaching Open House
Friday 11 September, 11:00 to 12:30 Eastern - live-online, with Stuart Simon and Allison Iantosca
Reserve a placeThe full path
Competency Development Program for Coach Certification$13,500
Boston, three sessions from 2 December 2026. 125 hours minimum. ICF accredited, Level 2. Capped at 18.
Apply by 31 July and 15 per cent comes off the tuition
Full programme details
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Deepen the clinical work
Psychotherapist
Gestalt began in the consulting room. The training is built on live practice and structured reflection, and carries CE hours that count - with special pricing for eligible mental health professionals.
Free way in
Conversations with Clinicians
A standing series for practising psychotherapists - see the calendar for the next date
Reserve a placeThe full path
Cape Cod Training Program$6,750
Live-online, six sessions from 28 October 2026. 69 core competency hours. ICF certified, NASW-MA approved.
Special pricing for eligible mental health professionals - ask the office
Full programme details
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Work with whole systems
Consultant
Teams do not need another diagnosis of what is wrong with them. The Cape Cod Model starts from what a group is already doing well, out loud, which is what makes the harder intervention survivable.
Free way in
Introduction to the Cape Cod Model
A short introduction to the method before you commit to the full programme
Reserve a placeThe full path
Cape Cod Training Program$6,750
Live-online, six sessions from 28 October 2026. 69 core competency hours. Members $6,700.
A $250 application fee applies, and comes off your tuition
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Lead what is actually there
Leader
Most leadership training hands you a model of the organisation. This hands you a way of noticing the one you are standing in - and, on the executive programme, a coach of your own alongside it.
Low-cost way in
Leading Self: Gestalt Foundations$750
Online blended learning, 9 September to 7 October 2026. 12 CE hours. Members $700.
Reserve a placeThe full path
Mastering Executive Leadership$11,500
Hybrid, Boston. Includes one-to-one leadership coaching and a required orientation module.
2026 dates are not yet fixed - join the interest list to hear first
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A window onto the calendar
What is next
Checked 30 July 2026. Dates and fees are as published by GISC; follow any link for the current page.
Free / Live-online
Coaching Open House
A coaching demonstration, a sample lesson, and time with the faculty who teach the programme.
Online / Blended
Leading Self: Gestalt Foundations
Self-paced modules with small-group video sessions and a group follow-up. 12 CE hours.
Live-online / Six sessions
Cape Cod Training Program
The core path for developing presence, insight and intervention skills. 69 core competency hours.
Boston / Three sessions
Coach Certification (CDPCC)
ICF Level 2 accredited, 125 hours minimum, with mentor coaching. Enrolment capped at 18.
The method
Start from what is already working.
Most training arrives looking for the fault. The Cape Cod Model starts somewhere else, and that is the whole reason it survives contact with a real room.
Name the competence
Say what a person or a team is already doing well, precisely and out loud. It is not encouragement. It is the ground everything harder has to stand on.
Work with what is present
Attend to what is happening between people now, not to the account of it given afterwards. Presence is the intervention.
Practise, then reflect
Every programme alternates live practice with structured reflection, so by the end the skill is in your hands and not only in your notes.
Since the 1970s
Two psychologists, and a house on the Cape.
GISC was founded by Dr. Sonia March Nevis and her husband Dr. Edwin C. Nevis. They studied with the originators of Gestalt therapy and went on to help found two of the most successful Gestalt training organisations in the world. This is the second. The Center began in research and theory development, then widened its work to training practitioners and leaders directly - and half a century later that is still the whole of the job.
Who teaches
Practising faculty, not lecturers.
Everyone teaching the programmes above holds the credentials they are preparing you for.
The full faculty and the directory of GISC-certified coaches and OD professionals are on gisc.org.
Completing the CDPCC program was transformative, both professionally and personally. The incredible support from my peers and mentor coaches helped me develop tools to approach coaching with greater presence, awareness, and authenticity.
Susie Fishleder, ACCGraduate, Competency Development Program
Come and see how it is taught.
The open house is free, ninety minutes, live-online, and led by the faculty who teach the certification. It is a workshop, not a sales call.
Massachusetts Express Grants may fund part of your tuition. Pre-payment discounts and payment plans are available on the certification programmes.