The IPAL Method and training

The IPAL Method guides individuals while they work on themselves in depth in order to achieve enhanced psychological-spiritual-bodily well-being and prosperity. It is appropriate for both working on one’s own unresolved psychological issues, and for fostering one’s spiritual growth, which includes creating and maintaining the appropriate focus on practical deeds that are essential for achieving the mentioned goals. The latter are individually and realistically formed with the help of the group and its facilitator.
The IPAL Method is applied in a group setting where each participant works in a dyad with an IPAL tutor.

The method consists of the structured sequence of the following techniques:
– active imagination as a means to enter the inner, psychic landscape;
– dream analysis as an alternative to the above where indicated;
– psychoanalytic techniques that enable the trainee to connect the psychic material with the everyday reality and its practical challenges; and
– symbolic cosmology, with which a participant being trained in the method creates meaning with respect to the material thus obtained, with the help of the birth cosmological chart, or cosmogram.

Training in the IPAL Method comprises three levels:

– Basic level: This is the introductory group (or propaedeutics of the IPAL Method). There are 50 meetings whose programme follows the archetypal structure of symbolic cosmology, which is then experienced practically with the IPAL Method. The basic level consists of 50 small-group meetings held in the form of weekly meetings plus two residential weekends. The programme takes 12 months to complete. In an online setting, this period may be extended. An IPAL Attestation of Completion is issued.

– Diploma level: This consists of 55 seminars, regular meetings of a small group of IPAL Method trainees, as well as an ongoing supervision group in which the dynamics of various cosmograms are presented and discussed. The course takes about 3 academic years to complete. An IPAL Certificate is issued upon completion of the course.

– Academic level: This is made up of 12 exams, regular meetings of a small group of IPAL Certificate holders, along with work on the diploma thesis, its presentation and defence. Trainees must also work on themselves in-depth in a recognised form of psychotherapy for at least 50 sessions, as well as undertake some hours of practical work. Upon completion, an IPAL Diploma is issued, including the permission to use the letters “dipl. IPAL” after a graduate’s name.

THE FEES FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/25

The International Introductory Group in the IPAL Method: the fee for an individual meeting is 45€. This is payable in five instalments of 450€ each, or in one payment of 2025 € (10% discount).
The online seminars in the Alchemy/Cosmology/Psychoanalysis series: the fee for an individual seminar is 39,50€. There are packages of 2 seminars (71,10 €), 5 seminars (158€) and 10 seminars (316€).