The Empty Chair

«"The Hot Seat and the Empty Chair in Therapy: Practical Application with Real Cases"»

Learn, Apply and Facilitate

  • The hot seat and the empty chair are two of the most powerful tools in Gestalt Therapy. They work directly with a person's present experience: their emotions, their relationships, their inner world, and the issues that remain unresolved. It's not about talking about what's happening, but about entering into it, experiencing it, and transforming it from within.
  • Working with these techniques allows what was suppressed, avoided, or frozen to be expressed, released, and resolved. Through guided dialogue—with another part of oneself, with someone from the past, with an emotion, or with an unresolved situation—the person can complete what was left open and reclaim trapped energy.
  • But these tools go far beyond drama or catharsis. When properly facilitated, they create a space for genuine encounter: with oneself, with one's own history, and with the possibility of real change.
  • Ultimately, working with the chair is about accompanying the person to be where they have not yet been able to be, to say what they have not yet been able to say, and to integrate what they have not yet been able to let go of.

WHAT WILL YOU FIND INSIDE?

  • An eBook in PDF with everything you need to know about this tool: Gestalt fundamentals, types of work with the chair, practical tips, common mistakes and what may appear during the process.
  • Four videos of real sessions, each with a different type of chair work, so you can see how it's applied in practice, not just read about it.
  • Learn to facilitate processes of contact and deep emotional resolution with the hot seat and the empty chair: with a real understanding of what is happening, a clear structure and the confidence to know how to intervene at the right moment.
  • This program doesn't just teach you techniques. It trains you to understand how internal conflict is constructed and how to guide its resolution in a precise, respectful, and truly effective way.
    A practical, direct and professional training for coaches, therapists and facilitators of all kinds who want to work in greater depth without the need for years of study.

WHO IS THIS TRAINING FOR? + -

  • For professionals who already support others and want to go further in their practice: therapists, facilitators, yoga teachers, breathwork or body processes, and personal development professionals.
  • If you already know how to sustain a process but feel you lack a clear tool to work through blocked emotions, unresolved issues, or conflicting parts, here you will find structure, depth, and something you can apply from day one.
  • A practical, direct and professional training for coaches, therapists and facilitators of all kinds who want to work in greater depth without the need for years of study.

WHAT YOU WILL GET + -

  • Upon completion of this training, you will not only understand the tool: you will know how to apply it with sound judgment, confidence, and security.
  • You will understand how unresolved issues arise and why they continue to have an impact in the present. You will learn to distinguish when to use the hot seat and when to use the empty chair, to create the necessary framework for the process to occur safely, and to guide the dialogue precisely without directing the content.
  • You will know how to handle the emotional intensity that may arise and intervene at the right moment to facilitate the real closure of the process.

WHAT MAKES THIS TRAINING DIFFERENT + -

  • Most training programs teach the technique. In this program, you watch videos of real therapy sessions. You will learn to read a person's inner experience and, from that understanding, know how and when to intervene.
  • It's not about applying the protocol mechanically. It's about understanding what's really happening, where the entry point is, and how to support the process without forcing or getting ahead of ourselves.
    Deep, yet practical. Structured, yet adaptable.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE + -

The course is designed as a progressive journey that combines understanding and application:
1. Fundamentals of Gestalt and working with the chair: You will understand the theoretical and philosophical basis that gives meaning to these tools and how contact is the engine of change.
2. Unfinished business and the cycle of experience: You will learn how emotional blocks form, why they repeat themselves, and where the natural resolution process is interrupted.
3. The hot seat: Working with personal experience, you will discover how to accompany the person to come into direct contact with what they feel, without avoiding it or becoming overwhelmed.
4. The empty chair: dialogue with the other or with a part You will work on how to facilitate the encounter with figures from the past, internal parts in conflict or situations pending closure and with the inner child.
5. The four chairs: Dialogue with four chairs is more complex but very effective.
6. Safety in facilitation: You will learn to handle the emotional intensity that may arise, to open processes with sound judgment and to close them with care.
8. Practical application: You will integrate chair work into individual sessions and group dynamics, with specific tools for different types of processes.
9. Integration and professional use: You will learn how to incorporate these tools into your practice with consistency, ethics, and safety.

A TRAINING PROGRAM TO FACILITATE WITH JUDGMENT + -

  • This program is designed so that you not only learn "what to do", but also develop the ability to observe, understand and accompany human processes in depth.
  • Because the tool doesn't transform on its own. What transforms is how you use it.

Frequently Asked Questions + -

  • Do I need to be a therapist? No. This training is designed for any professional who works with people, not just clinicians. If you already work with people, you're a good fit.
  • What if I have little experience? No problem. You'll find a clear structure, supporting scripts, and recorded real sessions so you can see how it's done before you do it yourself.
  • What if I'm afraid of working with intense emotions? It's a very common and very honest concern. That's precisely why this training includes a specific module on safety in facilitation: you'll learn to hold what arises with clear boundaries, without forcing it and without losing yourself in the process.

Course price: 1,00