The Istituto di Gestalt, which was set up in July 1979, was the first School of Gestalt Therapy Training in Italy.

From the beginning the Institute was in constant touch with the founders of Gestalt Therapy, Isadore From and Jim Simkin, who were then still alive. Exchanges in the teaching and scientific fields have also been established with the most distinguished of the second-generation Gestalt therapists, Joseph Zinker, Erving Polster, Miriam Polster, Sonia March Nevis, Ed Nevis, Richard Kitzler and the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, Michael Vincent Miller, Ed Lynch and others.

From 1982 to 1999 the Institute has trained around 500 students, running 24 four-years Training Programs (in Venice, Rome, Naples, Palermo and Ragusa/Siracusa), as well as various two-years specialization programs (for therapy with  seriously disturbed patients, with couples and families; trainings for trainers).

The Istituto di Gestalt is a full member of the following associations:

• F.I.S.I.G. (Federazione Italiana Scuole e Istituti Gestalt)
• S.I.P.G. (Società Italiana Psicoterapia Gestalt)
• E.A.G.T. (European Association for Gestalt Therapy)

Exchanges in the teaching and scientific fields are also mantained with the following Centers and Institutes:

• A.A.G.T. (Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy)
• Institut Français Gestalt-Therapie, Bordeaux, Francia (dir. Jean Marie Robine)
• Institut für Gestalttherapie, Düsseldorf, Germania (dir. Bertram Müller)
• New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, New York, U.S.A.
• Gestalt Training Center, San Diego, U.S.A. (dir. Proff. Erving e Miriam Polster)
• Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
• Institute for Gestalt Therapy, Boston (dir. Michael Vincent Miller)
• I.G.T.A. (International Gestalt Therapy Association), U.S.A.
• E.A.P. (European Association for Psychotherapy)
  

The School's scientific contributions have been internationally recognized and have been translated for publication in American, German, British, French, Sweden and Polish journals.

Since 1993 the School has been a member of a European research group which now  runs the Gestalt Therapy International Network ( GTIN ).

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