Stephan van Heerden - Therapy

Stephan van Heerden - Therapy Therapeutic Services in Social Work Private Practice and Training in Gestalt Therapy Courses

Colour can reach the 'unreachable' child.Attention School Social Workers!What is worse; with which one do you empathize ...
24/03/2026

Colour can reach the 'unreachable' child.
Attention School Social Workers!

What is worse; with which one do you empathize most? The overstrained teacher who wants to throw in the towel because his or her dreams and passion for teaching are violated daily? Or the child in the classroom who has long since thrown in the towel against the Goliaths of personal problems, low self-esteem, pressure, and a sick society? We all know that child who is no longer reachable through normal or extraordinary efforts of showing love, persuasion, punishment, or shouting. And it is not only the so-called "problem learner," but also the high achiever who, upon deeper investigation, is actually a deeply unhappy individual.
In many cases, these children cannot easily be reached through any verbal intervention. He or she is often unaware of their own condition, their true feelings, and their needs. There is, however, a therapeutic process to reach these children with the help of colour, because colour can reach places in the subconscious—without confrontation—where words fall completely short.
The Gestalt Colour Therapy intervention is a short but intensive process to help children (and adults) to handle and complete "unfinished business" that blocks their awareness and spontaneity. This intervention increases children's self-knowledge and awareness to such an extent that they can once again take responsibility for their unconscious actions, resistance, feelings, and thoughts. It is an inexhaustible resource for every member of a school's professional learner support team.

Upcoming Course Details: The next online Gestalt Colour Therapy course will take place on April 14, 15, and 16, 2026, from 14:00 to 18:00 daily.
Cost: Only R1,650.00 pp.
Alternative Option: The course can also be completed on a one-on-one basis, according to the student's own dates and times; in this case, a different cost structure applies.
CPD's: Social Workers receive 10 SACSSP CPD credits.

Testimonials:
"Stephan van Heerden presents his Gestalt Colour Therapy training to our MSW (Master’s in School Social Work) students. Students express their excitement about the power and impact of Gestalt Colour Therapy. The course is highly recommended for therapists looking for a unique and effective approach in Gestalt therapy." — Dr. Carel van Wyk, Department of Social Work, UFS.

"I use this process with learners who are not progressing academically due to emotional problems and a lack of self-confidence. It works wonderfully!" — Johlene Herbst; Remedial Educator.

"It is an inexhaustible resource because children find their own explanations, definitions, answers, and direction." — Rina Steenkamp; Social Worker.

Inquiries and Course Bookings:
Email: stephangestalt@gmail.com
Phone: 082 265 4044 (WhatsApp messages are welcome.)

🏆 Congratulations on your successful completion of the Gestalt Colour Therapy course! :"I was fascinated by how the use ...
06/03/2026

🏆 Congratulations on your successful completion of the Gestalt Colour Therapy course! :
"I was fascinated by how the use of colour can unravel "unfinished business" or incomplete experiences. It is a modality that a therapist cannot plan, but rather is client-led. This is especially relevant in the military where soldiers are frequently deployed, which sometimes makes it difficult to finalize intervention plans with modalities such as psychodynamic. With Gestalt Colour therapy, I can do a thorough intervention in just three sessions." Senoelo Tshetlhane, Social Worker.

🎨 Colour can be utilized as a holistic language that easily accesses the subconscious, even without the need for words. This course teaches you how to use colour as a non-confrontational intervention that helps children and adults take ownership and responsibility for their unconscious actions, thoughts, feelings, and physical symptoms.
Course date for online course: 7 – 9 April 2026 | Time: 09:00 – 13:00 | Cost: R1650

Alternative ways to complete the course:
One-on-One (on your own dates): Experience the impact and healing power of the therapy firsthand in a safe space. Cost: R4800.
Arrange your own course group: Organizations may request the course to be presented to their group on their preferred dates and times.

"Stephan van Heerden presents his Gestalt Colour Therapy training to our MSW (Master’s in School Social Work) students. Students consistently express their excitement regarding the power and impact of Gestalt Colour Therapy. This course is highly recommended for therapists seeking a unique and effective approach within Gestalt therapy." — Dr. Carel van Wyk, Department of Social Work, UFS.

Register today to secure your place!
stephangestalt@gmail.com ; 0822654044 (Whatsapp messages are welcome.)

🛑 The invisible weight your clients carry is not theirs to hold anymore.Are you, as a therapist, counsellor, social work...
18/02/2026

🛑 The invisible weight your clients carry is not theirs to hold anymore.
Are you, as a therapist, counsellor, social worker or psychologist struggling to reach clients' deepest, hidden fears and unfinished business — those that have resisted years of therapy?
The deepest unfinished issues can sometimes become like a fossil in the psyche 🦖 , controlling the client's sensory, thinking, behavior, and feelings. The client 'fossilizes', stagnates and loses awareness and spontaneity.
DINO-THERAPY is a Creative, Adventurous, Experimental Gestalt Approach. 🪑
This course gives you the tools to:
Unearth the fossil: Identify the root of anxiety, resistance and unprocessed trauma. ⛏️
Handle Resistance and Fear: Learn how children and adults can complete their deepest unfinished experiences. 🛡️
Regain Awareness: Achieve lasting, profound healing. ✨
Therapeutic Results:
Deep, sustainable healing of trauma.
Measurable growth in clients' lives. 📈
Enrich your ability to use metaphor and creativity. 💡
What Others Say: 📢
Satisfied Client: "I discovered the root of my problem and was effectively cured of chronic abdominal pain!" 🙌
Relieved Parents: "At eight years old, my son developed an obsession with strangling himself. We discovered the cause and corrected it." 💖
"Dino therapy has enriched my understanding of using metaphor and creativity to heal very deep issues in a profound and gentle way..." – Masha Bennet, Psychologist, UK.🤍
Course Details:
Choose the path that fits your journey:
Online Group Course: 10 - 12 March 2026; 2PM to 6PM. Cost: R1750 pp.
One-on-One Sessions, online or in-person: Personalized to your pace and scheduled on dates that suit you. Cost: R4200.
EMAIL me so that we can confirm your spot!
Stephan van Heerden; stephangestalt@gmail.com
Whatsapp messages are also welcome: 0822654044

Despite our training and experience, constant exposure to clients' trauma, the chaos of their circumstances, and our wor...
06/02/2026

Despite our training and experience, constant exposure to clients' trauma, the chaos of their circumstances, and our workload remains a challenge that can exhaust even the most experienced expert. I find that colleagues worldwide continue to search for ways to facilitate effectively without it coming at the expense of their own emotional and physical reserves.
Over the years, I have found that the most profound and rapid breakthroughs often happen when we enter the world of metaphor, process, awareness and creativity. I have developed three Gestalt-based processes that I would like to share with you.
These processes are simple and non-confrontational. They place the responsibility for change and healing back on the client, which significantly lightens your burden as a therapist:

🌈 Gestalt Colour Therapy: Uses colour as a holistic language and a new kind of empathy to systematically and comfortably access the subconscious and increase awareness and self-knowledge. Course date: 10 – 12 February 2026; 14:00 – 18:00. Or: 7 – 9 April 2026; 09:00 – 13:00. Cost: R1650.

🦕 Gestalt Dino-Therapy: A unique way to discover and handle the "sediment" of trauma and unconscious masks through the lens of paleontology as a metaphor and projection. Course date: 10 – 12 March 2026; 14:00 – 18:00. Cost: R1750.

👩‍🚀 Gestalt Astro-Therapy: Uses a space metaphor and projection for handling clients' contact-boundary disturbances, stubborn scars, and deep-seated unfinished experiences. Course date: 21 – 23 April 2026; 14:00 – 18:00. Cost: R1750.

All three courses are also available to you as an individual, on a one-on-one basis, if you would like to experience the training in a safe space of personal discovery, growth and recovery, rather than just another task on your "to-do" list. We meet for the one-on-one training online or in person, at your own preferred dates and times.
If you are curious, I am excitedly available for a short, informal Zoom conversation with you, just to meet and see if this approach resonates with your practice. No pressure – simply a conversation between colleagues.
Please feel free to visit my website: https://sites.google.com/.../gestalt-process-therapy/home...
I wish you a fulfilling year in your practice!
Stephan van Heerden; stephangestalt@gmail.com ; 0822654044 (WhatsApp messages are welcome.)

If you want to be empowered this year to achieve profound results and feel highly enthusiastic about your therapeutic in...
16/01/2026

If you want to be empowered this year to achieve profound results and feel highly enthusiastic about your therapeutic interventions again, I invite you to explore the following learning opportunities:

🎨 Gestalt Colour Therapy online course
Colour can be utilized as a holistic language that easily accesses the subconscious even without the need for words. This course teaches you how to use colour as a non-confrontational intervention that helps children and adults take ownership and responsibility for their unconscious actions, thoughts, feelings, and physical symptoms. False aspects of the personality through which the client attempted to avoid contact and responsibility are discovered, and more authentic traits that increase self-regulation are integrated into the personality.

When: 10 – 12 February 2026. Time: 14:00 – 18:00. Cost: R1650.
OR: 7 – 9 April 2026. Time: 09:00 – 13:00. Cost: R1650.

🦕 Gestalt Dino Therapy online course
By creatively combining the principles of Gestalt therapy with Paleontology, children and adults are enabled to discover and handle the 'sediment' of their traumatic experiences and their unconscious masks. The client's self-knowledge, initiative, responsibility, and integration are profoundly increased.

When: 10 – 12 March 2026. Time: 14:00 – 18:00. Cost: R1750.

👨‍🚀 Gestalt Astro Therapy online course
Learn how to expand the contact support mechanisms of traumatized children and adults so they can complete incomplete experiences in the deep subconscious that stand in the way of their learning, growth, happiness, health, and true identity. Clients with anxiety, depression, grief, memory problems, speech problems, and physical illness symptoms are practical examples of those who have experienced how increased awareness, self-regulation, and contact ability promoted their healing process.

When: 21 – 23 April 2026. Time: 14:00 – 18:00. Cost: R1750.

What do course participants and clients say?

🏆 "Stephan van Heerden presents his Gestalt Colour Therapy training to our MSW (Master's degree School Social Work) students. Students express their excitement about the power and impact of Gestalt Colour Therapy. The course is highly recommended for therapists looking for a unique and effective approach in Gestalt therapy." (Dr Carel van Wyk, Department of Social Work, UFS.)
🙌 "The Gestalt processes I learned from Stephan enriched my understanding of using metaphor and creativity to heal very deep issues in a profound and gentle way..." – Masha Bennet, Psychologist, UK.
👌 "The cause of my pain was a mystery for 8 years, but during Gestalt Astro therapy I discovered the root of my problem and I was effectively cured of chronic abdominal pain!" – Satisfied Client.

Course registrations and further inquiries:
stephangestalt@gmail.com ; WhatsApp 0822654044
Visit my website: https://sites.google.com/.../gestalt-process-therapy/home...

🤯 Are you struggling to access your clients' deepest, hidden fears and incompleteness?🦖 The Dino Therapy Course offers a...
15/11/2025

🤯 Are you struggling to access your clients' deepest, hidden fears and incompleteness?

🦖 The Dino Therapy Course offers a fresh, experiential Gestalt approach to help your clients, children and adults, complete their deepest, unprocessed experiences.
The Focus: Uncover the Dinosaur, Handle Anxiety, Regain Awareness.

🎤 Hear What Others Are Saying

"The Gestalt processes I learned from Stephan enriched my understanding of using metaphor and creativity to heal very deep issues in a profound and gentle way..." — Masha Bennet, Psychologist, UK.

"The cause of my pain was a mystery for 8 years, but during Dino Therapy I discovered the root of my problem and was effectively healed from chronic abdominal pain!" — Satisfied Client.

"At eight years old, my son developed an obsession with strangling himself. We discovered the cause and corrected it." — Relieved Parents

⚙️ Course Details

Format: Private, One-on-One sessions for personal growth.
Duration: 3 Sessions of 4 hours each, spread over 3 days on your preferred dates.
Validity: Courses must take place between now and January 14th.

💰 Early Booking Discount

Standard Course Cost: R4800
You Pay Only (until Dec 1st): R3600 (Save R1200!)
Deposit: Only R1800 needed to secure the special price.

✅ Book Your Place TODAY 🦕

Provide Preferred Dates: Immediately send your preferred dates for the 3 sessions via WhatsApp or email.
Confirmation: Once dates are confirmed, you will receive the registration form and invoice.
Deadline: The R1800 deposit must be received by December 1st to secure your discount.
📱 Send a WhatsApp to: +27822654044 ✉️ Or Email to: stephangestalt@gmail.com

🤯Sukkel u om by u kliënte se diepste, verborge vrese en onvoltooidhede uit te kom? 🦖 Die Dino-Terapie Kursus bied 'n var...
15/11/2025

🤯Sukkel u om by u kliënte se diepste, verborge vrese en onvoltooidhede uit te kom?

🦖 Die Dino-Terapie Kursus bied 'n vars, ervaringsgerigte Gestalt benadering om u kliënte, kinders en volwassenes, te help om hul diepste, onverwerkte ervarings te voltooi.
Die Fokus: Ontbloot die Dinosourus, Hanteer Angs, Herwin Bewustheid.

🎤Hoor Wat Ander Sê
"Die Gestalt-prosesse wat ek by Stephan geleer het, het my begrip van die gebruik van metafoor en kreatiwiteit om baie diep kwessies op 'n diepgaande en sagte manier te genees, verryk..." – Masha Bennet, Sielkundige, VK.
"Die oorsaak van my pyn was vir 8 jaar 'n raaisel, maar tydens Dino-terapie het ek die wortel van my probleem ontdek en is ek effektief genees van chroniese abdominale pyn!" – Tevrede Kliënt.
"Op agtjarige ouderdom het my seun 'n obsessie ontwikkel om homself te verwurg. Ons het die oorsaak ontdek en dit reggestel." – Verligte Ouers

⚙️Kursus Besonderhede
Formaat: Privaat, Een-tot-Een sessies vir persoonlike groei.
Duur: 3 Sessies van 4 ure elk, versprei oor 3 dae op u voorkeurdatums.
Geldigheid: Kursusse moet plaasvind tussen nou en 14 Januarie.
💰 Vroeë Bespreking Korting
Standaard kursus koste: R4800
U betaal slegs (tot 1 Des.): R3600 (Spaar R1200!)
Deposito: Slegs R1800 nodig om die spesiale prys te verseker.

✅ Bespreek U Plek VANDAG 🦕
1. Verskaf Voorkeurdatums: Stuur dadelik u voorkeurdatums vir die 3 sessies via WhatsApp of e-pos.
2. Bevestiging: Sodra datums vasgemaak is, sal u die registrasievorm en faktuur ontvang.
3. Sperdatum: Die deposito van R1800 moet voor 1 Desember ontvang word om u korting te verseker.
📱 Stuur 'n WhatsApp na: +27822654044 of
✉️ E-pos na: stephangestalt@gmail.com

Are you struggling with challenges that are destroying your happiness, relationships and well-being? Depression, anxiety...
10/11/2025

Are you struggling with challenges that are destroying your happiness, relationships and well-being? Depression, anxiety, grief, eating disorders, aggression, health problems, stagnation, low self-esteem ..?
Visit me online or in person in Senekal (Free State). As a privately practicing Social Worker, Gestalt Play Therapist and Artist, I offer you a last resort that can be the best way forward.
💚 Gestalt Therapy 🪑
🦕 Play Therapy
🎨 Art (including Art therapy, Gestalt Colour Therapy, Oil painting classes.)
🎓 Gestalt Colour Therapy CPD course for Spocial Workers - 10CPD points 🏆 course date 25 - 27 November; 14:00 tot 18:00. Cost only R1650!
DM me.
📧 stephangestalt@gmail.com
💬 Whatsapp +27 82 265 4044

Stephan Van Heerden; Founder of Gestalt Colour Therapy.

The Gestalt Colour Therapy Online Course is your chance to learn groundbreaking techniques with colour that offer profou...
17/10/2025

The Gestalt Colour Therapy Online Course is your chance to learn groundbreaking techniques with colour that offer profound insights and measurable results in your therapy sessions.
Course Dates: 4 to 6 November 2025; Time: 14:00 to 18:00.
Cost: R1650.
CPD Points: Social Workers receive 10 SACSSP CPD points.
This course provides practical, highly effective content .
You'll learn to:
1.) Apply all essential Gestalt therapy concepts as practical tools using colour.
2.) Utilize new, highly effective principles and methodology (As life coach Deon de Beer notes: "The techniques are simple, but the results are phenomenal.").
3.) Use colour to promote bodily, sensory, and healthy self-awareness.
4.) Employ projections with colour to externalise unfinished experiences.
5.) Profoundly expand self-knowledge through colour (As psychotherapist Masha Bennet attests: "I reached aspects of myself I was never aware of.").
6.) Using colour to facilitate the integration and ownership of different personality fragments and to experiment with new possibilities and solutions.
7.) Help clients discover their existential message and prescription.
8.) Allows clients to experience therapy as an exciting game, helping them systematically regain control and balance with each level.
Testimonial from Marlize van der Merwe, Life Coach:
"Stephan van Heerden's Gestalt Colour Therapy course was nothing less than transformative. Having recently completed it, along with the Gestalt Dino Therapy course, and while eagerly awaiting the opportunity to immerse myself in Gestalt Astro Therapy, I can confidently say that these programmes are groundbreaking. They redefine what therapy can achieve. What sets Stephan's methods apart is their remarkable ability to cut through the noise — it eliminates the possibility of clients lying or manipulating, while guiding them towards deep self-awareness. The depth and clarity that these courses bring are unmatched. I have taken other therapy courses in the past, but if I had discovered Stephan's work first, I would have skipped them entirely. His innovative techniques yield results that are both powerful and authentic, fostering a level of insight that feels revolutionary. Gestalt Colour, Dino, and Astro Therapy are a 'game-changer' for anyone who wants to facilitate or experience true transformation. I wholeheartedly recommend Stephan's courses to anyone looking to improve their practice or personal growth. These are not just courses—they are a new paradigm for therapy."
Self-Study Option (Afrikaans)
For those who prefer a flexible learning schedule, the self-study version of the course is still available in Afrikaans. Cost: R1450; (Includes examination and certificate).
Download the course registration form here:
https://1drv.ms/.../EV4qeiMAHMdMrKbc5AvkGSwBMHJAYgCyswrAV...
Inquiries about courses and private therapy sessions: stephangestalt@gmail.com

Learn how to use colour as a gentle, yet powerful therapeutic tool to help clients take responsibility for their unconsc...
26/09/2025

Learn how to use colour as a gentle, yet powerful therapeutic tool to help clients take responsibility for their unconscious actions, feelings, and thoughts, overcome resistance, and complete unfinished experiences stemming from trauma in their subconscious?
Gestalt Colour Therapy is a transformative intervention that profoundly promotes self-knowledge, emotional intelligence, awareness, and the integration of the personality.
Choose your Learning Path:
1.) Attend the course online from November 4 to 6, 2025; 14:00 - 18:00 daily. Cost R1650. (SACSSP CPD points = 10). Secure your place on the course in time!
2.) Do the course individually on a one-on-one basis, online or in-person, on your own dates and times, and privately experience the powerful impact this therapy has on your own well-being. Cost R3600. (SACSSP CPD points = 10)
3.) Do the Self-Study version of this course in your own time. Cost R1450. You are examined when you are ready and receive your certificate. The self-study version is only available in Afrikaans and not for accredited CPD points.
4.) Your own group can do the course, online or in-person, on your available dates and times. Cost R1650 pp. Four to six persons per group. (SACSSP CPD points = 10)
Proven effectiveness:
The course is highly recommended by professionals in the field. Dr. Carel van Wyk (UFS) states that his Master's students (School Social Work) are "excited about the power and impact of Gestalt Colour Therapy," while Dr. Nadine Dunn reports that her clients who have experienced it "bring all their friends" to her practice for sessions. Rina Steenkamp, Social Worker, states that the Gestalt Colour Therapy model "is an inexhaustible resource, because the child and adult find their own answers and direction." Her colleague Ina Fourie says: "It is simply astounding and life-changing. The therapy is worth gold." Testimonials from psychologists, life coaches, and educators confirm the life-changing results.
Booking and Enquiries:
stephangestalt@gmail.com
0822654044 (WhatsApp messages are welcome.)

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The awsome human potential to heal

As a fellow human being, child of God, Social Worker and Gestalt therapist, it is fascinating for me to experience how children, teenagers and adults can overcome almost any debilitating existence-crises and condition. In my private practice, I facilitate primary school children, teenagers and adults using my unique non-confrontational and creative Gestalt programmes, for example Colour, Dino and Astro therapy, to discover their own potential and find solutions themselves.

Anyone can benefit from these Gestalt therapy programmes, whether you are suffering from depression, being traumatized, experiencing loss, struggling with eating disorder, being impaired by epilepsy, behavioral problems, aggression, lack of concentration, bitterness or poor health, to name a few. Yes, everyone can benefit from dealing with their problems, needs and pain with greater awareness, self-knowledge, responsibility and self-regulation - the goals of my Gestalt therapy methods.

I also love to share my experience through courses in my Gestalt therapy techniques that I offer to other social workers, psychologists, occupational therapists, counselors and educators.