What Fronteiras Gestálticas does

Fronteiras Gestálticas (legal name Instituto de Psicologia Fronteiras Gestálticas) is a private psychology institute headquartered in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, operating a Gestalt Therapy clinic and professional training program from a single location at Rua Teresina, 128, Saguacu. The institute was founded by psychologist and Gestalt therapist Maria Aparecida de Freitas, who serves as Diretora de Ensino e Geral and co-developed the institute's formation course model with Alejandro Spangenberg; Patrice de Freitas Romais Fischer serves as Diretora Administrativa e Clínica. The organization combines a clinical practice delivering individual psychotherapy for children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly, couples therapy, family therapy, vocational guidance, and group interventions for organizations and schools, with a training arm offering a 406-hour Formation Course in Gestalt Therapy supplemented by 80 hours of supervised community internship, Gestalt Pedagogia and Organizational Groups modules, and short thematic workshops.

The underlying methodology is Gestalt Therapy grounded in humanist-existential philosophy and a dialogical-phenomenological approach, integrating intellectual, affective, bodily, and spiritual dimensions, with proprietary training in energy cycle and contact interruptions based on J. Zinker and Spangenberg models. The clinic operates Monday through Friday from 07:00 to 22:00 and accepts both private/social rates and multiple health insurance plans including Bradesco Saúde, Elosáude, Mediservice, and various municipal, military, and professional association plans. Workshops are held at the headquarters and at off-site venues including Chácara Quiriri and Salão de Eventos do Restaurante Francioni.

The business model combines recurring revenue from individual and group psychotherapy sessions (including insurance reimbursements), one-time revenue from formation course enrollment and module fees, and one-time revenue from thematic workshops (4, 8, or 12 hours, with free offerings for psychology and pedagogy students). Patient acquisition occurs via the institutional website, phone and contact form booking, health insurance network referrals, and academic community visibility through training courses. The organization is founder-led with nine employees, no external investors or parent company, and no disclosed funding rounds, M&A activity, or geographic expansion beyond Joinville and organic course-participant reach into Curitiba-PR and Florianópolis-SC.

Name

Fronteiras Gestálticas

Legal name

Instituto de Psicologia Fronteiras Gestálticas

Website

https://fronteirasgestalticas.com.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Instituto de Psicologia Fronteiras Gestálticas is a Joinville, Brazil-based Gestalt Therapy clinic and training institute delivering individual, couples, and family psychotherapy, organizational and school group interventions, and a 406-hour professional formation course in Gestalt Therapy for psychologists.

Ownership category

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Headquarters

HQ city

Joinville

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Psychotherapy Sessions: Individual and group therapy sessions for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Sessions conducted at the clinic with fees that may be covered by health insurance plans or paid privately/social rates.
2. Professional Training Courses: Formation course in Gestalt Therapy (406 hours) with supervised internship (80 hours). Course enrollment requires interview, application form, curriculum, and document submission including diploma copy and photo.
3. Workshops: Thematic workshops (4, 8, or 12 hours) for groups addressing emotional development topics. Free workshops available for psychology students with food donation requested.
4. Health Insurance Reimbursements: Services rendered to patients covered by health insurance plans including Bradesco Saúde, Elosaúde, Mediservice, and various union/porporate plans. Clinic processes claims with multiple insurance providers.

Pricing tiers

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Core offering

Fronteiras Gestálticas is a Gestalt Therapy clinical practice and professional training institute that delivers individual psychotherapy for children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly, plus couples and family therapy, vocational guidance, and group interventions for organizations and schools. It also runs a 406-hour professional formation course in Gestalt Therapy with 80 hours of supervised internship, alongside themed 4/8/12-hour workshops held at the clinic and partner venues in Joinville, Santa Catarina.

Product overview

The Instituto de Psicologia Fronteiras Gestálticas is a psychology institute offering a portfolio of clinical psychotherapy services and professional training programs rooted in Gestalt Therapy. The core clinical services include individual psychotherapy for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families, vocational guidance, and organizational/school group interventions. The primary training product is the 'Curso de Formação em Gestalt Terapia: Criança, Adolescente e Adulto' (a 406-hour professional formation course with 80 hours of supervised internship), supplemented by Gestalt Pedagogia and Organizacional modules. Workshops on thematic topics (4, 8, or 12 hours) serve both paying participants and free offerings for students. All services share the Gestalt Therapy philosophical foundation emphasizing phenomenological, dialogical, and experiential approaches in the 'here and now.'

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Psicoterapia Individual (Criança, Adolescente, Adulto e Idoso) Individual psychotherapy grounded in Gestalt Therapy for children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly, addressing psychoaffective development, learning difficulties, family transitions, grief, career repositioning, and self-knowledge.
• Psicoterapia para Casais Couples psychotherapy aimed at enriching relationships through mutual self-knowledge, supporting emotional difficulties, and providing support during divorce.
• Psicoterapia para Famílias Family psychotherapy focused on strengthening the family as an affective group and supporting restructuring after losses such as death or separation.
• Grupos – Organizações On-site organizational group interventions for public or private organizations, diagnosing group development stages, establishing relational safety norms, and strengthening cohesive and productive work relationships. Delivered as 30 hours across 10 biweekly 3-hour sessions.
• Grupos – Escolas Group work for teaching staff across all educational levels, using experiences, group dynamics, dialogues, debates, and artistic/corporal techniques to strengthen affective bonds and manage conflict. Offered at 16 or 32 hours (4-hour sessions).
• Curso de Formação em Gestalt Terapia: Criança, Adolescente e Adulto Professional training program in Gestalt Therapy covering children, adolescents, and adults, comprising 406 hours of monthly weekend sessions plus 80 hours of supervised community internship. Curriculum progresses through six modules covering theory, role-playing training, supervision, and workshops on topics including energy cycles, defense mechanisms, body movement, creativity, transfer, and dream work.
• Workshops Group workshops of 4, 8, or 12 hours coordinated by experienced Gestalt therapists, working emotionally with participants on thematic groups such as obesity, stress, and parent-child relationships. Held at the institute headquarters, Quiriri farmhouse, or Francioni restaurant event hall. Includes free workshops for psychology and pedagogy students with prior registration and food donations requested.

Quantifiable outcome

• 406 hours of professional formation plus 80 hours supervised internship per graduate cohort
• +1 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Broad incumbents

• Zenklub: Brazilian online therapy platform offering on-demand psychotherapy sessions across multiple modalities. Comparable as a provider of psychotherapy services in Brazil, but with a digital/subscription delivery model versus the institute's in-person clinic approach.
• Psicologia Viva (Psyalive): Brazilian corporate and individual online mental health platform offering psychotherapy subscriptions and B2B programs. Comparable in providing workplace mental health and individual therapy services, but at much larger scale and via digital channels.
• Doctoralia: Major Brazilian health platform connecting patients to physicians, psychologists, and clinics. Comparable as a patient-acquisition channel for psychotherapy services in Brazil, though it operates as a marketplace rather than a direct clinical/training provider.

Direct peers

• Instituto Sedes Sapientiae: Long-established São Paulo institute offering Gestalt Therapy formation courses and clinical services. Direct peer in combining professional Gestalt Therapy training with clinical psychotherapy practice at institutional scale.
• INTERCEF - Instituto de Terapia e Centro de Estudos da Família: Curitiba-based institute offering couples and family therapy training where co-director Patrice de Freitas Romais Fischer completed her couples therapy training. Direct peer in Gestalt-oriented psychotherapy training and clinical services in Southern Brazil.
• Centro de Estudos e Atividades Gestálticas de Florianópolis (Configuração): Gestalt Therapy training and clinical center in Florianópolis where the founder Maria Aparecida de Freitas completed her specialization. Direct peer in Gestalt Therapy clinical practice and professional training in the same Brazilian Southern region.

Regional players

• Centro Gestáltico de Montevidéu: Montevideo-based Gestalt therapy center where the founder studied group therapy under Alejandro Spangenberg. Comparable training-and-clinical Gestalt Therapy institution operating in a different national market (Uruguay).

Others

• Sociedade Brasileira de Gestalt Terapia (SBGT): National professional association for Gestalt therapists in Brazil. Comparable ecosystem participant that sets training standards, certifies practitioners, and convenes the Gestalt Therapy community of which the institute is part.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fronteiras-gest%C3%A1lticas

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Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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