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GESTALT THERAPY: TOOLS for COUNSELLING & COACHING (Udemy.com)

Learn Gestalt therapy techniques like the Empty Chair & more. FULLY ACCREDITED & CERTIFIED Course

Created by: Elmira Strange, PhD

Last updated August 2025

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What you will learn

  • Use Gestalt approach in your therapy work
  • Have knowledge of Gestalt approach and use it on yourself
  • Know how to use the famous 'Empty Chair Technique'
  • Know how to use Gestalt approach in couple or group therapy
  • Have a good grasp on theoretical foundation of Gestalt Therapy

How it compares

Against the other 503 rated Udemy courses in Teaching & Academics on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 16% of them
  • Reviews1,706#99 of 504 by number of reviews
  • Length4 hourslonger than 52% of them
  • Last updatedAugust 2025more recently than 72% of them

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Course Description

Would you like to learn the famous Gestalt approach and use it in your work? Are you interested in becoming a Gestalt therapist?

Are you just expanding your knowledge on different therapeutic approaches? 

 In any case, you are in the right place!


In this course you will take 29 informative lectures where you will learn for example:


  • Several Gestalt techniques such as the "Empty Chair Technique" or "Repetition & Exaggeration"

  • The importance and use of experiments in therapy sessions

  • Working with couples and groups

  • Using "Mindfulness" approach in sessions

  • Helping to complete an "unfinished business" 

  • Using the Theory of Change in therapy

  • and much more!

Are you ready to start the course?

Then see you in my class! ;)


P.S. This course is now fully accredited by the International Association of Therapists (IAOTH).

P.P.S. At the end of the course you will see the instructions on how to obtain your certificate of completion


About the instructor: Elmira Strange, MPhil - is a research psychologist and online instructor with an experience of over 10 years, of teaching thousands of students all over the world. Her passion is teaching about mental health, psychology, self-development, and coaching. You'll find many of her courses here and in other schools internationally recognised all over the world.

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Instructor Details

Elmira Strange, PhD

Elmira Strange, PhD

Research Psychologist | Former UK University Lecturer | Online Educator

Dr Elmira Strange is a Research Psychologist (PhD) and former university lecturer based in the United Kingdom. She has taught Psychology and Counselling at university level in Wales and has extensive experience in research, academic writing, and higher education.

Over the past decade, she has created a wide portfolio of psychology courses reaching students worldwide. Her teaching style combines academic depth with clarity, making complex psychological theories accessible, structured, and practical.

Her areas of expertise include:

Criminal & Forensic Psychology

Personality & Abnormal Psychology

Counselling & Psychotherapy

Transpersonal & Spiritual Psychology

Emotional Healing and Self-Development

Elmira’s academic background is complemented by powerful lived experience. In 2012, she underwent life-saving surgery following a critical health crisis — an event that reshaped her understanding of resilience, trauma, and meaning. This experience continues to inform her work in psychological growth and transformation.

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Reviews

4.3

1,706 ratings on Udemy

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By Gary Ian Lilienthal on 10/22/2025

She utterly fails to define the concepts. Instead, she presents a stream of judgments about Gestalt therapy, even going so far as to resemble a marketing discourse. If we look at Plato's Letter VII, knowledge is built on name, definition, description and affectual content. She starts at description, making knowledge so much more difficult to secure.

By Marisa Pena Altieri on 6/12/2022

I really enjoyed Elmira's classes and I really like this topic. I think it’s a good way to start and get a taste the gestalt therapy. I was missing some more depth material and direct links to keep reading from professional guided pages or have access to notes via drive like other courses I have taken. However it’s a good stepping stone and you can appreciate the teacher’s knowledge. Thanks for this course.

By Alia Ibrahim J. on 9/15/2021

It was a tough course with a lot of information to absorb and a lot of extra-curricular work that needs to be done independently. However, once you grasp the core ideas, it shifts from being challenging to solely interesting. It is applicable for both professional utilization and/or personal. My only criticism (more like wish) is if the instructor would show up more in the videos while explaining instead of just having texts to read while listening. For me personally, I learn better when I can see the person behind the voice. Nonetheless, a very well-organized and beneficial course. Instructor's efforts are clear.

By Charles Black on 2/3/2021

I really enjoyed the clarity and conciseness of this course. I feel that it gives a good overview of Gestalt Psychotherapy theory and techniques. The graphics are pertinent to the lectures which are very well constructed and broken down into manageable parts which make this course engaging and enjoyable.

By Antonia Pushparaj on 12/31/2020

Dear Elmira, It was a great course, and lots of learning for self improvement/help and for others. I enjoyed every sessions of yours, they were very informative and educative. Keep spreading goodness through your teaching! With vibrations of Gratitude, Antonia Pushparaj, India

By Uliana Oleksandrenko on 11/22/2020

Thank you!

By Daniel Hengstebeck on 11/22/2020

Yes, I'm very glad I sign up for this course, I need to study my notes more to fully understand everything but it was a great course.

By Gaia Sala on 11/15/2020

very clear slides and explanations; I enjoyed it very much-

By Dean Marston on 11/15/2020

Yes very informative and practical

By Sufani Garza on 11/15/2020

Very informative, and I like what I am leaning so far. I am excited to implement this into my current practice! Thank you!

By Marc Heidmann on 11/8/2020

Great introduction into gestalt. The speaker is very easy to understand and give great insights into the therapy style. I would like to have more examples for each techniques. But I really liked the course.

By Sarah Kurdi Belendez on 10/26/2020

Wow. I'm just so impressed at how concise, clear, structured, and fun this course was. It was seriously the highlight of my day! I would wake up feeling so energized because Elmira would "receive" with an amazing new lesson for me every day! She has such refreshing energy which allowed me to stay intrigued and present. Also, because it was so concise, I was able to find really good resources and books based on the names included in her lectures. I absolutely recommend it! :)

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Overall Score : 86 / 100