Further
Sex and couples therapy
for psychotherapists of all disciplines, psychotherapists in training under supervision
Sexuality, sensuality and relationship building are central aspects of human existence that develop throughout the entire lifespan and have a very significant influence on overall life satisfaction.
This advanced training curriculum offers a broad range of options designed to empower participants to open and maintain the space of couples and sex therapy with composure. Participants learn to provide growth-oriented and professional support for issues surrounding sexuality, sensuality, relationship building, and couple dynamics.
Start and duration
The continuing education program spans five semesters. The first round began in June 2024.
NEW: Start of the second round in autumn 2026.
Further training goal
This training offers an in-depth discussion
Building on the Gestalt therapy methods for the differentiated perception of contact events, participants acquire both diagnostic and body-related experiential knowledge for the understanding and treatment of destructive contact patterns up to sexual dysfunctions.
Participants explore the interrelationships and mutual dependencies of sexuality, love and couple dynamics in various forms of relationships.
Participants learn different ways of understanding, approaching, and treating dynamics that arise in (love) relationships and a variety of methods to use these dynamics for couples and individuals in a constructive, growth-oriented, and healing way.
Seminar format
The modules are held with compulsory attendance either as 18 AE (Friday afternoon - Sunday noon) or as 12 AE (Friday afternoon/Saturday) per weekend.
The seminars include Inputs, individual and group workThe continuing education seminars are mainly focused on Gestalt therapeutic approaches and have a high proportion of Self-perception and Self-awareness many practical exercises that ensure transfer into one's own practice. The group provides a protected framework for this.
The training takes place in a fixed group with 14-16 participants instead of.
Scope of the continuing education curriculum:
174 AE compulsory seminars
16 AE for 2 elective seminars
20 AE supervision (5×4 AE) in group or individual
20 AE peer group (at least 5×4 AE) self-organized
6AE Individual or couple self-experience
236 units of 45 minutes each
In addition, psychotherapeutic work with couples and individuals is expected from the participants.
The continuing education curriculum can only in total can be booked.
The 11 modules at a glance
1. Introductory seminar 18 AE: Group formation, Gestalt therapy principles in sex and couple therapy, social frameworks, language and sexuality (Heidemarie Haschka/Magdalena Ségur-Cabanac) Date: 7-9 June 2024
2.Early roots of closeness, love and desire 18 AE: Attachment patterns, own sexual development history, access to one's own sexual self, shame, trauma (Ingeborg Netzer/Martin Geiger) Date: 20-22 September 2024
3.Identity/Diversity/Sexuality 18 AE: psychosexual development, sexual identity, affirmative psychotherapy for LGBTIQA+ people; diversity of relationship forms and sexual preferences (Magdalena Ségur-Cabanac/Birgit Volonte) Date: 29.11-1.12.2024
4.Diagnosis of sexual issues 18 AE: Anatomy of the sexual organs, modes of sexual arousal, diagnosis of sexual dysfunctions; Anamnesis (Birgit Volonte/ Magdalena Ségur-Cabanac) Date: February 21-23, 2025
5.Sexuality, a contact topic 18 AE: Treatment of sexual dysfunctions with the Gestalt therapeutic approach SAECI (Ssupport, Awares, Eexploration, Cconfrontation, Integration) (Magdalena Ségur-Cabanac/Birgit Volonte) Date: 4-6 April 2025
6.Sexuality is a body issue 18 AE: Authenticity and enjoyment in sexuality, breathing and physical awareness, resuming blocked developments, physical contact patterns (Ingeborg Netzer/Martin Geiger) Date: 13-15 June 2025
7.Fundamentals of couple therapy and couple dynamic perspectives 12 AE: Psychotherapeutic approach to couple problems in individual and couple therapy, methods in couple therapy; recognizing and therapeutically dealing with power struggles in couple dynamics. (Barbara Stadler/Heidemarie Haschka) Date: September 26-27, 2025
8. Constellation work and trauma-specific work with couples 12 AE: Fundamentals of constellation work with ground anchors, symbols, people, and topic-specific constellations; recognizing and treating the dynamics of traumatized people in relationships. (Heidemarie Haschka/Barbara Stadler) Date: 17-18 October 2025
9. Further development of internalized parental relationship patterns 12 AE: Demonstration of Gestalt therapy interventions for addressing problems of parents' internalized relationship patterns (A. Teachworth). (Barbara Stadler/Heidemarie Haschka) Date: November 14-15, 2025
10.Sexuality as a life and relationship issue 18 sessions: Working with sexuality in couples and individual settings, sexual issues as life and relationship issues, "Desire heals": Sexual difficulties in the context of couple dynamics; Embodied Relational Sex Therapy (ERST). (Ingeborg Netzer/Martin Geiger) Date: 16-18 January 2026
11.Integration and completion 12 sessions: Rounding out the group, reflection on personal professional development, case presentations, and conclusion. (Magdalena Ségur-Cabanac/Heidemarie Haschka) Date: March 14-15, 2026
Elective seminars
Depending on the interests of the participants, various elective seminars are offered.
Venue
Amida Center
Neubaugasse 12
1070 Vienna
Information and registration
Maga(FH)Magdalena Ségur-Cabanac, MSc
E-mail: sexundpaar.gestalt@oeagg.at
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