The Relational Institute Australia (TRIA)

The TRIA experience has shaped me - both as a therapist and a human being - in ways that I'm deeply grateful for. The immersive and experiential focus of the course allows for the kind of rich learning and growth that purely academic courses aren't capable of delivering. The training, the experience and the friendships and connections that I left with are priceless to me.
Apr 10th, 2022

Proudly I have graduated as a Gestalt psychotherapist from TRIA in 2020. Firstly I've completed the one year of foundational Gestalt training and straight after the two years of advanced Gestalt training. The transformation of my self both personally and professionally (as clinical psychotherapist and organisational consultant) actually goes beyond words. However, I could say, I HAVE BECOME SO MUCH MORE OF ME, AND LIVE MY LIFE EXTENSIVELY MORE FULFILLING. This highly relational institute proves that sustainable and integrated learning happens only in a high psychological safety environment with incredible relational support both by their highly skilful faculty and your peers. The Relational Institute is concerned with walking the walk (experiential learning) of the Gestalt approach. Simultaneously they link an adequate amount of academic requirements so that they adhere to a very high professional standard as a psychotherapist eligible for PACFA (Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation Australia) registration. I thank The Relational Institute Australia for existing. I have only warm and deep felt recommendations for the institute.
Feb 6th, 2022

After completing academic studies in the area of trauma, I was looking for an organisation that taught the kinds of trauma-informed therapeutic skills that I had been reading about. As soon as I came across TRIA, I could immediately see that it spoke to what I had been looking for, so I enrolled in the Foundational course. Now that I have finished three years of experiential training with them, I can only say that I learned far far more than I could ever have imagined when I was only reading about it! All credit goes to the facilitators, who are highly experienced therapists and trainers, the steadily growing community of students and graduates, in all of our different backgrounds and ways of being, and -- particularly -- the strong, ethical underpinning of the institute, which fosters an inclusive, supportive and usefully challenging learning experience. If anyone were to be looking for developing PACFA-accredited skills in a well-established therapeutic modality that values relationships, authenticity and empathy -- along with a thorough grounding in what contemporary neuroscience continues to tell us about the embodied effects of trauma -- this is the place to come!
Jan 13th, 2022

My time at TRIA was one of evolving learning and growing. I have developed a high level skillset and deepening awareness around being in relationship with not only others, but with myself. I have no doubt that this journey has made me a better person and established me to start my journey as a psychotherapist in the field of relational gestalt. I am so grateful for the relationship that I developed with my peers and with faculty, for all of the opportunities that were presented to me along the way and to have the support and capacity for a new level of bravery; in order to lean into the messiness and come out a brighter and better human.
Jan 11th, 2022

Attending the Advanced Clinical Training in Gestalt Therapy at TRIA has positively impacted every aspect of my professional and personal life. I highly recommend it.
Dec 27th, 2021