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Beginning I/II
Date: April 1 - 6, 2023Presenter: Berns Galloway, MEd, CCC, SEP
Location: Hybrid - Online and Athens, Greece
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This training will be held in English with translation into Greek.
Contact Stavroula-Dorothea Maraki for more information.
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Applications of SE: Somatic Experiencing For Animals
Date: April 11, 2023 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 PM MSTPresenter: Sarah Shlote
Location: Online Webinar
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Somatic Experiencing is an ethological approach to trauma resolution inspired by animal models of nervous system recovery following adverse experiences. However, this information is not always applied to the animals themselves in the fields of animal training, health, and welfare, which commonly rely primarily on behaviorism and operant conditioning.
This webinar will examine trauma in wild and domesticated non-human animals, and how SE can support animal nervous systems in various contexts, such as pet ownership, animal-assisted interventions, equine-assisted interventions, horse training, equine bodywork, etc.
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Beginning III
Date: April 13 - 16, 2023Presenter: Dea Parsanishi, MEd, SEP
Location: Ottawa > Ontario
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning II
Presented in English.
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Intermediate II
Date: April 14 - 17, 2023Presenter: Joshua Sylvae, LMFT, SEP, PhD
Location: Tucson, Arizona - Online
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate I
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Intermediate II
Date: April 14 - 17, 2023Presenter: Glyndie Nickerson, MA, SEP, PhD
Location: Silver Spring, Maryland
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate I
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Beginning II
Date: April 14-17, 2023Presenter: Mahshid Hager, SEP, MS, MFT
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning I
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Beginning III
Date: April 14-17, 2023Presenter: Maureen Gallagher, PhD, SEP
Location: Online
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning II.
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Applications of SE: The Eyes in Health, Balance, Relationship, and Trauma
Date: April 18, 2023 | 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM MSTPresenter: Lael Katharine Keen, SEP
Location: Online Webinar
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In this webinar we will learn more about our two visual systems, the different ways in which they function--the quality of sight that each one gives us--how they are meant to work together and how their harmonious working relationship can go wrong. We will look at this in terms of neurophysiology, the balance functions of the body, interpersonal relationship and the polyvagal theory.
We will learn three different techniques from the Bates Method of Vision which can be used to balance the two qualities of vision and discuss how you can apply the knowledge in this webinar to working with your Somatic Experiencing® clients.
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Advanced II
Date: April 13 - 18, 2023Presenter: Dave Berger, LCMHC, PT, MFT, MA, SEP
Location: Durham, North Carolina
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This training is full and the waitlist is closed.
Prerequisite: SE Advanced I
Early registration deadline: February 4, 2023
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Advanced I
Date: April 14 - 19, 2023Presenter: Linda Stelte, SEP, CCC, MEd and Berns Galloway, SEP, CCC, Med
Location: Kelowna, British Columbia
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Presented in English.
Prerequisite: Intermediate III
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Basic Principles of Somatic Experiencing
Date: April 20, 2023 | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PMPresenter: Suzanne Peroutka LCPC, ATR-BC, SEP™
Location: Online Event
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This training will be held ONLINE through Zoom.
This Basic Principles of Somatic Experiencing is a live workshop is for professionals interested in learning the basic principles and theory of the SE model and to learn more about the 3 year SE Professional Training Program.
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Beginning I/II
Date: April 15 - 20, 2023Presenter: Abi Blakeslee, SEP, CMT, MFT, Ph.D
Location: Singapore
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Presented in English.
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Beginning II/III
Date: April 15 - 21, 2023Presenter: Irene Trajtenberg , SEP
Location: Madrid, Spain
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning I/II
Presented in Spanish.
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Intermediate I/II
Date: April 16 - 21, 2023Presenter: Doris Rothbauer, SEP
Location: Groesbeek, The Netherlands
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning II/III
Presented in English.
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Beginning I/II
Date: April 17 - 22, 2023Presenter: Kavi Alessandro Gemin, CO, MT, RCST, BCST, SEP
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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Presented in English.
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Beginning III
Date: April 21 - 24, 2023Presenter: Marilia de Castro Reis, SEP
Location: Online
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning II
Presented in Portuguese with Spanish translation.
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Beginning II
Date: April 21 - 24, 2023Presenter: Francine Kelley, LCPC, SEP, RYT
Location: Florence, Kentucky - Online
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Prerequisite: Beginning I
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Beginning I
Date: April 21 - 24, 2023Presenter: Shideh Lennon, SEP™, PhD
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina - Online
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This training is full and the waitlist is closed.
Prerequisite: You must apply to be accepted to the SE Professional Training program before registering for this Beginning I module.
Click here to complete the online application.
Once your application has been reviewed and accepted, you will have 1 week to register for your Beginning I module. If you do not register within 1 week, you will be removed from the event.
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Beginning I
Date: April 21 - 24, 2023Presenter: Debra Clydesdale Waldron LAc, DNBAO, MTOM BScEE, CDS, LMT, SEP
Location: Corte Madera, California - Online
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Registration is closed and the waitlist is full.
Prerequisite: You must apply to be accepted to the SE Professional Training program before registering for this Beginning I module. Click here to complete the online application.
Once your application has been reviewed and accepted, you will have 1 week to register for your Beginning I module. If you do not register within one week, you will be removed from the event.
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Beginning II
Date: April 20 - 24, 2023Presenter: Joshua Sylvae, PhD, LMFT, SEP
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning I
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Advanced II
Date: April 20 - 25, 2023Presenter: Russell Jones, SEP
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Prerequisite: SE Advanced I
Presented in English translated into Korean.
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Intermediate I/II
Date: April 22-27, 2023Presenter: Itta Wiedenmann, SEP
Location: Nuremburg, Germany
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Prerequisite: Beginning II/III
Presented in German.
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Intermediate II/III
Date: April 24-29, 2023Presenter: Urs Rentsch, MD, SEP
Location: Oslo, Norway
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate I.
English translated to Norwegian.
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Intermediate I/II
Date: April 24 - 29, 2023Presenter: Abi Blakeslee, PhD, LMFT, CMT, SEP
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning II/III
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Beginning III
Date: April 28 - May 1, 2023Presenter: Alicen Halquist, MA, LPC, SEP
Location: Tucson, Arizona - Online
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning II
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Beginning I
Date: April 28 - May 1, 2023 | 9:00 AM - 6:00 PMPresenter: Shideh Lennon, SEP™, PhD
Location: Kingston, New York
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Registration is closed and the waitlist is full.
Prerequisite: You must apply to be accepted to the SE Professional Training program before registering for this Beginning I module. Click here to complete the online application.
Once your application has been reviewed and accepted, you will have 1 week to register for your Beginning I module. If you do not register within 1 week, you will be removed from the event.
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Beginning III
Date: April 28 - May 1, 2023Presenter: Glyndie Nickerson, MA, PhD, SEP
Location: San Antonio, Texas - Online
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning II
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Intermediate II
Date: April 27, 28, 30, May 1, 2023Presenter: Gina Ross MFCT, SEP
Location: Orthodox Online cohort
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate I
By observing the Sabbath, this cohort is designed as a training for the orthodox community.
Others are welcomed.
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Intermediate II
Date: April 27 - 30, 2023Presenter: Kavi Gemin, CO, MT, RCST, BCST, SEP
Location: Online Cohort - Italy
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate I
This cohort is online.
English/Italian
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Advanced II
Date: April 25 - 30, 2023Presenter: Pedro Prado, PhD, SEP
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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This training has filled and is now closed.
Prerequisite: Completion of SE Advanced I
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Applications of SE: Group Work Facilitation – Building a Strong Co-lead Team
Date: May 02, 2023 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM MSTPresenter: Doug Allen, SEP
Location: Online Webinar
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This webinar will discuss the fundamentals of building a group work co-facilitation team.
It will provide a snapshot of group dynamics, capturing the hidden dangers of running a group with only one facilitator.
This quick 2-hour webinar will present a tried-and-true formula for preparing the leadership team to facilitate the group before they enter the group space. It will also cover effectively working as a highly skilled team when facilitating a group. These skills will ensure that when you run a group, it is safe for the participants and you.
In this webinar you will learn how to differentiate between group work and individual work and understanding how complexity increases exponentially with every added nervous system. Develop the skills to recruit, select, or develop compatibility with a potential co-lead to create a healthy lead team that enhances group productivity, as opposed to sabotaging it. Understand the consequences of a poorly developed lead team, including negative effects on group dynamics and co-worker relationships. Learn the formula for building a solid lead team that positively impacts group success.
And lastly, acquire the skills necessary to work effectively as a co-lead team, including the ability to seamlessly facilitate group dynamics with surgical precision, resulting in a group that appears effortlessly successful.
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Advanced I
Date: May 2 - 7, 2023Presenter: Heike Gattnar, SEP
Location: Berlin, Germany
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Prerequiste: SE Intermediate III
Presented in German.
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Advanced II
Date: October 31 - November 5, 2023Presenter: Heike Gattnar, SEP
Location: Berlin, Germany
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Prerequiste: SE Advanced I
Presented in German.
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Beginning I
Date: May 5 - 8, 2023Presenter: Joshua Sylvae, PhD, LMFT, SEP
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Registration is closed and the waitlist is full.
Prerequisite: You must apply to be accepted to the SE Professional Training program before registering for this Beginning I module. Click here to complete the online application.
Once your application has been reviewed and accepted, you will have 1 week to register for your Beginning I module. If you do not register within 1 week, you will be removed from the event.
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Advanced II
Date: April 30 - May 6, 2023Presenter: Lael Keen, SEP
Location: Sapporo, Japan
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Prerequisite: Completion of SE Advanced I
Please contact Mariko Mizukami at: [email protected] for more information and to register.
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Advanced I
Date: May 2 - 7, 2023Presenter: Heike Gattnar, SEP
Location: Schweiklberg, Germany
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate II/III.
Presented in German.
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Intermediate II
Date: May 5 - 8, 2023Presenter: Maureen Gallagher, PhD, SEP
Location: Roanoke, Virginia - Online
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This cohort will be online for the Beginning and Intermediate modules.
Prerequisite: Completion of SE Intermediate I
Early registration deadline: April 5, 2023
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Intermediate I
Date: May 5-8, 2023Presenter: Mahshid Hager, SEP, LMFT
Location: San Diego, California
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning III
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Intermediate I
Date: May 5 - 8, 2023Presenter: Dea Parsanishi, MEd, SEP
Additional Presenter: Faculty Track Mentee: Francine Kelley, SEP
Location: Atlanta, Georgia - BIPOC cohort
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning III
This training cohort is for students who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Color).
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Intermediate II
Date: May 5 - 8, 2023Presenter: Linda Stelte, MEd, CCC, SEP
Location: Chicago, Illinois - Online
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate I
Early registration deadline: April 5, 2023
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Intermediate I
Date: May 5-8, 2023Presenter: Dave Berger, LMFT, PT LCMHC, MA, SEP
Additional Presenter: Faculty Track Mentee: Jeanna Gomez, LCSW, LADAC, CPC, SEP, BASE-P
Location: Austin, Texas
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning III
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Intermediate I/II
Date: May 1 - 7, 2023Presenter: Doris Rothbauer, SEP
Location: Penzburg, Germany
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning II/III
Presented in German.
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Advanced I
Date: May 6 - 11, 2023Presenter: Itta Wiedenmann, SEP
Location: Seitenstetten, Austria
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate II/III
Presented in German.
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Advanced II
Date: May 8 - 13, 2023Presenter: Sonia Gomes, PhD, SEP
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
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Prerequisite: SE Advanced I
Training is in Portuguese.
This module could be held online or in-person.
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Introduction to SE
Date: May 12-13, 2023Presenter: Didem Çaylak van Zuijlen
Location: Online
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Presented in Turkish
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Beginning II/III
Date: May 9 - 13, 2023Presenter: Elfriede Dinkel-Pfrommer, SEP
Location: Odenwald, Germany
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning I/II
Presented in German.
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Introduction to SE
Date: May, 12 and 13, 2023Presenter: Liane Pinto, MS, SEP
Location: Online
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Presented in Spanish.
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Beginning III
Date: May 11-14, 2023Presenter: Kavi Gemin, CO, MT, RCST, BCST, SEP
Location: Online - Italy
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning II
Presented in Italian with English Translation.
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Beginning III
Date: May 12-15, 2023Presenter: Debra Clydesdale, LAC DNBAO MTOM BScEE SEP CDS LMT
Location: Sacramento, California
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning II
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Advanced I
Date: May 10-15, 2023Presenter: Berns Galloway, MEd, CCC, SEP
Location: Halifax > Nova Scotia
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate III
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Intermediate II
Date: May 12 - 15, 2023Presenter: Linda Stelte, MEd, CCC, SEP
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan - Online
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate I
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Basic Principles of Somatic Experiencing
Date: May 18, 2023 | 10:00 am MST - 1:30 pm MSTPresenter: Danielle Murphy, SEP, LCSW
Location: Online
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This Basic Principles of Somatic Experiencing is a live workshop for professionals interested in learning the basic principles and theory of the SE model and to learn more about the 3-year SE Professional Training Program.
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Basic Principles of Somatic Experiencing for BIPOC
Date: May 20 -21st, 2023 | 10:00 AM MT - 4:00 PM MTPresenter: Xiomara Isabell Correa CNMT, CYI, Chaplin, SEP,
Location: Online Event
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Honoring our commitment to serving the needs of those who have, to date, been under-represented in the SE community, Somatic Experiencing International is launching its first BIPOC (Indigenous, Black and otherwise identified People of Color) cohorts.
While representing a wide range of cultures and experiences, this cohort will provide the opportunity to learn SE to an international audience of practitioners dedicated to supporting their marginalized communities in healing from the damaging effects of trauma. Students will be able to learn the SE skills and framework within the safe environment of a BIPOC training team and participants and explore how the skills are applicable to their communities.
We will be covering the standard SE curriculum while recognizing how issues of racism and historical oppression impact our experiences of traumatic events. We will also explore how culture and connection to culture helps to heal trauma.
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Beginning I
Date: May 18 - 21, 2023Presenter: Ursula Funke-Kaiser, SEP, LLB
Location: Freiburg, Germany
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Presented in German
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Crisis Stabilization and Safety: Peer Support
Date: May 18 - 21, 2023Presenter: TBD
Location: Westminster, Colorado
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The CSS training program is designed to teach responders of all kinds to interrupt and prevent the symptoms of stress, shock, and trauma during a community-wide crisis, such as a disaster, mass casualty event, war, or pandemic. It equips individuals and peer teams with the tools and skills to create structured experiences of stability, safety, and support for themselves and others, even and especially when the stakes are high.
By providing tools and skills to stabilize the nervous system, it improves short- and long-term outcomes for responders, their team, and the community they serve.
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Advanced I
Date: May 15 - 20, 2023Presenter: Sonia Gomes, PhD, SEP
Location: Salzburg, Austria
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate II/III
Presented in German
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Advanced II
Date: May 13 - 15, 19 - 21, 2023Presenter: Pedro Prado, PhD, SEP
Location: Hong Kong
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For more information and to register, please contact: Paul Chung.
Prerequisite: Completion of SE Advanced I
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Beginning I
Date: May 19 - 22, 2023Presenter: Berns Galloway, MEd, CCC, SEP
Location: Halifax > Nova Scotia
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Beginning II
Date: May 19 - 22, 2023Presenter: Debra Clydesdale, LAC DNBAO MTOM BScEE SEP CDS LMT
Location: Palm Springs, California
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning I
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Beginning III
Date: May 19 - 22, 2023Presenter: Maureen Gallagher, PhD, SEP
Location: Boston, Massachusetts - Online
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning II
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Beginning II
Date: May 19-22, 2023Presenter: Linda Stelte, MEd, CCC, SEP
Location: Online
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning I
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Beginning I/II
Date: May 22 – 27, 2023Presenter: Urs Rentsch, MD, SEP
Location: Franking, Austria
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Presented in German.
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Beginning II/III
Date: May 23 - 28, 2023Presenter: Kavi Gemin, SEP
Location: Croatia
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Presented in English/Croatian
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Beginning I
Date: May 26 - 29, 2023Presenter: Joshua Sylvae, SEP, LMFT, Ph.D
Location: Spokane, Washington - Online
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Limited spaces available. Registration limited to invited students only.
Prerequisite: You must apply to be accepted to the SE Professional Training program before registering for this Beginning I module. Click here to complete the online application.
Once your application has been reviewed and accepted, you will have 1 week to register for your Beginning I module. If you do not register within 1 week, you will be removed from the event.
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Advanced I
Date: May 23 - 28, 2023Presenter: Pedro Prado, PhD, SEP
Location: Makuhari, Japan
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate II/III
English translated into Japanese.
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Intermediate I
Date: May 26-29, 2023Presenter: Glyndie Nickerson, PhD
Location: Online
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning III
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Beginning II
Date: May 16-18, 2023 (online) & May 28-30, 2023 ( in-person)Presenter: Gina Ross, MFCT, SEP
Location: Israel- half online and half in-person
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning I
Presented in English with Hebrew translation.
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Intermediate II
Date: May 26 - 29, 2023Presenter: Berns Galloway, MEd, CCC, SEP
Additional Presenter: Linda Stelte, MEd, CCC, SEP
Location: Vancouver > British Columbia
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate I
For more information and to register, visit: SE™ Professional Training in Vancouver website
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Beginning II/III
Date: May 26-28 & May 30 - June 1, 2023Presenter: Pedro Prado, PhD, SEP
Location: Shanghai, China
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning I/II
English with Mandarin translation.
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Modified Online Pilot – Advanced II – April 27-28, May 18-19, June 1-2, 2023
Date: April 27-28, May 18-19, June 1-2, 2023Presenter: Dea Parsanishi, SEP, CCC, MEd
Location: Online
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This training has closed, and the waitlist is now open.
Prerequisite: Advanced I
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Introduction to SE
Date: June 1 – 3, 2023Presenter: Rachporn Sangkasaad TAAL SEP, RT, TRE, EMI, MSc
Location: Online
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Presented in English
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Introduction to SE
Date: June 3 - 4, 2023Presenter: Marlene Barroso
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
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Presented in English
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Advanced I
Date: May 30 - June, 2023Presenter: Lael Keen, SEP
Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate III
Presented in Portuguese with Spanish translation.
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Advanced II
Date: November 2-7, 2023Presenter: Lael Keen, SEP
Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
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Prerequisite: SE Advanced I
Presented in Portuguese with Spanish translation.
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Beginning I
Date: June 2-5, 2023Presenter: Linda Stelte, SEP
Location: Edmonton, Canada
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Please email:Terri Bailey with questions and visit: www.SEtrainingEdmonton.com for more information about this training.
Presented in English.
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Beginning II
Date: June 2 - 5, 2023Presenter: Glyndie Nickerson, MA, PhD, SEP
Location: Online
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning I
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Beginning II
Date: June 2-5, 2023Presenter: Ariel Giarretto, MS, LMFT, CMP, SEP
Location: Glen Ellyn, Illinois
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning I
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Intermediate II
Date: June 2 - 5, 2023Presenter: Maureen Gallagher, Ph.
D., SEPLocation: Montclair, New Jersey - Online
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate I
This training is going to be held ONLINE through Zoom. All necessary Zoom information will be emailed to students prior to the start of the training. This live interactive webinar will include break-out groups, chats, comprehension checks, and Q&A.
Early Registration Deadline: May 3, 2023
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Beginning II
Date: June 2-5, 2023Presenter: Mahshid Hager, SEP
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning I
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Beginning II
Date: June 2 - 5, 2023Presenter: Debra Clydesdale, LAC DNBAO MTOM BScEE SEP CDS LMT
Location: Online Cohort
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning I
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Beginning I
Date: June 2 - 5, 2023Presenter: Francine Kelley, SEP, RYT500, LCPC
Location: St.
Louis, Missouri Details
Limited spaces available. Registration is limited to invited students only.
Date has been changed from May 5 - 8, 2023 to June 2 - 5, 2023.
Prerequisite: You must apply to be accepted to the SE Professional Training program before registering for this Beginning I module. Click here to complete the online application.
Once your application has been reviewed and accepted, you will have 1 week to register for your Beginning I module. If you do not register within 1 week, you will be removed from the event.
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Intermediate II
Date: June 3 - 6, 2023Presenter: Berns Galloway, MEd, CCC, SEP
Location: Saskatoon > Saskatchewan
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Presented in English
Prerequisite: SE Intermediate I
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Beginning III
Date: June 7-10, 2023Presenter: Doris Rothbaurer, SEP
Location: Cologne Germany - Online
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning II
Presented in German.
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Intermediate I/II
Date: June 6 - 11, 2023Presenter: Magna Su Chen Tung, SEP
Location: Malaysia
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Presented in Chinese
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Intermediate I
Date: June 9 - 12, 2023Presenter: Mahshid Hager, LMFT, SEP
Location: Foster City, California
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning III
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Beginning II
Date: June 9 - 12, 2023Presenter: Linda Stelte, MEd, CCC, SEP
Location: Vancouver > British Columbia
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning I
Presented in English
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Beginning II
Date: June 9-12, 2023Presenter: Joshua Sylvae, PhD, LMFT, SEP
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning I
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Beginning I
Date: June 9 - 12, 2023Presenter: Berns Galloway SEP, CCC, MEd
Location: London > Ontario
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Presented in English
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Intermediate II
Date: June 9-12, 2023Presenter: Ariel Giarretto, LMFT M.
S. Counseling PsychologyLocation: Dana Point, California
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate I
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Basic Principles of Somatic Experiencing
Date: June 15, 2023 | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PMPresenter: Danielle Murphy LCSW, SEP™
Location: Online Event
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This training will be held ONLINE through Zoom.
This Basic Principles of Somatic Experiencing is a live workshop is for professionals interested in learning the basic principles and theory of the SE model and to learn more about the 3 year SE Professional Training Program.
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Intermediate I/II
Date: June 13 - 18, 2023Presenter: Marinka Gattnar, SEP
Location: Hoher Norden, Germany
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning II/III.
Presented in German.
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Beginning I
Date: June 16-19, 2023Presenter: Linda Stelte,MEd, CCC, SEP
Location: Kelowna, British Columbia
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Presented in English.
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Intermediate II
Date: June 16 - 19, 2023Presenter: Maureen Gallagher, PhD, SEP
Location: New York, New York - Online
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate I
Early registration deadline: May 17, 2023
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Intermediate II/III
Date: June 15 - 20, 2023Presenter: Ariel Giarretto, SEP, CMT, MFT, Ph.D
Location: Budapest, Hungary
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate I/II
English with Hungarian translation.
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Advanced I
Date: June 15 - 20, 2023Presenter: Sonia Gomes, PhD, SEP
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate II/III
English translated into Turkish
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Intermediate I/II
Date: June 18 - 24, 2023 (off June 21)Presenter: Dea Parsanishi, SEP
Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Prerequisite: SE Beginning II/III
English translated into Japanese.
Contact Asako Kudo-Markert for more information.
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Intermediate II
Date: June 23-26, 2023Presenter: Joshua Sylvae, PhD, LMFT, SEP,
Location: Seattle, Washington
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Prerequisite: SE Intermediate I
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Beginning I
Date: June 23 - 26, 2023Presenter: Glyndie Nickerson, MA, PhD, SEP
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Details
Registration is closed and the waitlist is full.
Prerequisite: You must apply to be accepted to the SE Professional Training program before registering for this Beginning I module. Click here to complete the online application.
Once your application has been reviewed and accepted, you will have 1 week to register for your Beginning I module. If you do not register within 1 week, you will be removed from the event.
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Intermediate I
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“I have patients who are off all of their medications….
who no longer suffer from panic attacks….who are no longer haunted by traumatic visions. I am trained in other techniques…. SE is the only method I have found that consistently helps people reorganize their nervous systems and greatly reduce, if not completely erase, trauma symptoms. Although I understand that the SE™ techniques are grounded in biology, the results are nothing short of miraculous.”
SHIRLEY IMPELLIZZERI, PHD, PSYCHOLOGIST, AUTHOR, SEP
What is somatic therapy and what are its features
Trauma leaves a strong imprint, both on our personal life and on the whole human segregation in general. Of course, the reality of trauma is constantly being redefined in various social approaches, politics, education, health care and mental health. But what is surprising is that when they talk about it, they always seem to miss the most important component of psychic trauma. It is pain, mental pain, and often physical pain.
When we write books, formulate approaches, give lectures, we fill our concepts with words all the time and thus distance ourselves from immediate givenness, from reality.
We constantly think in words, speak in words, create abstract ideas that fit into some kind of linguistic constructions that fit information.
A word-based theoretical framework is of course very important for us to understand the essence of the issue, it allows us to better understand, see the big picture and navigate the subject, but it takes us very far from seeing a real person with a real psychological trauma. How can we help a person if we are based solely on abstract ideas, knowledge and theories, we are distracted from the living details of human existence?
Feelings are the most immediate reality of human existence, therefore, without a balance of verbal and non-verbal methods of psychotherapy, real psychotherapy is impossible. When we talk about the verbal aspect, about verbal psychotherapy, we are talking about only one aspect of our existence - this is the semantic aspect. But it is no secret that in trauma the semantic centers are not activated and do not participate in the processing of experience.
Therefore, it is very important to include in trauma therapy such parts of experience as images, feelings and sensations, and not just ideas that distance us from the real experience of experiencing trauma.
In psychotherapeutic attitudes that focus primarily on words, thinking, discussing the situation, in these attitudes we remain on the surface levels, so the trauma may not be resolved. In my experience, I often come across the fact that people come with surprise that after several years of therapy, the trauma remains. This all comes from the fact that the emphasis in their therapy was on the logical, verbal, thought process.
Absolutely no attention was paid to sensations, a holistic approach to trauma therapy, to reducing stress and restoring self-regulation functions.
The central idea of somatic experience is the idea of integration. And, as you know, it is integration that lies at the heart of our existence, our entire existence is based on this.
The integration of the various parts of our experience links the various elements of our being into a functional whole. Integrating the various elements of our experience. We become more flexible, more adaptive, more adequate, we have more energy and more stability. Without this integration, our stream of consciousness becomes distant from our experience. From reality, makes us more rigid, more chaotic.
Therefore, trauma can only be considered in an integrative approach.
Post-traumatic states are distinguished precisely by rigidity and disorder in relationships, boundaries, in thoughts and in relationships with oneself. People in these states stop spontaneously reacting to circumstances and act according to patterns that preserve their energy and protect them from events that are dangerous from their point of view: limit social connections, interfere with risk and creativity.
By means of combining, linking, integrating the various parts of our experience within our perception, awareness, we develop greater coherence and harmony in our activity, link the work of our hemispheres.
And thus, we have a greater awareness of what we are doing. Mindfulness, in turn, starts the process of self-healing, which is blocked after trauma.
The process of self-healing is our natural ability, it is important to release this process and give it the opportunity to influence us. This is the goal of trauma therapy, to start the processes of self-regulation and self-healing. By doing so, we release a free flow of energy within our body.
This, of course, affects both the quality of our life and the quality of our mental activity.
Restoring the process of self-perception, a person restores not only the freedom of his body, not only releases his muscles, but all this affects his behavior, the functioning of internal organs, interaction with other people, his activity. Thus, his consciousness becomes more open and accepting, if you like, more loving and warm, which naturally cannot but affect the quality of a person's life and his destiny.
Therefore, another feature of somatic therapy is empathic communication, that is, the entire psychotherapeutic process is built on a relationship of trust and respect. This is very important, because any work with the body in psychotherapy involves a fairly high, critical level of intimacy between the therapist and the client. It is because of this that the awakening body awakens our consciousness, following the wisdom of the body awakens mental wisdom.
Thus, the fundamental principle of somatic therapy is addressing the body simultaneously with a general awareness of oneself in the "here and now" and through the integration of various parts of experience. Through this principle, healing becomes possible.
Through this accepting awareness, opening, nonjudgmental attention, exploratory attitude towards life, our consciousness can move from chaos and rigidity to coordinated functioning with the body. Such awareness of one’s body, or somatic experience, is capable of immersing a person in archetypal states of self-healing, fullness of energy, activity, without including those usual psychological defense mechanisms that interfere with experience and interfere with a person’s inclusion in life, interfere with spontaneous response to circumstances.
Moreover, thinking with its defense mechanisms often simply cannot realize the somatic state, cannot realize feelings and needs, since they are very closely connected with sensations.
Recently, we have forgotten this most important factor in human well-being and health - the relationship of bodily sensations, physical condition and psychological health. Fortunately, modern science has again turned to the central role of the body in creating emotions and meanings, and therefore needs, because it is the body that is the source of all this. It is the body that resonates with our emotional state and reflects it, so it would be completely unfair to forget that our psyche is corporeal.
These aspects are taken into account by somatic therapy, therefore the focus of its work is the so-called somatic consciousness, the integration of all elements of human experience. This is a very good practical, effective tool in healing trauma.
Excerpt from the book Step Out of the Past.
Trauma Psychotherapy Manual
Author: Sviridkina Tatyana Leonidovna
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Points of contact between P. Levin's Somatic Trauma Therapy and Dance Movement Therapy - Chudina E.A.
POINTS OF CONTACT Somatic Therapy by P. Levin and Dance Movement Therapy
Chudina Elena (Moscow)
Theses:
In these theses, a brief comparison of two areas of psychotherapy - dance-movement therapy and P. Levin's somatic therapy of trauma - is made in terms of their compatibility. The similarity of the principles on which they are based is shown. It is suggested that combining the possibilities of these methods can be effective for working with traumatic experiences.
1. Briefly about directions
Somatic therapy of trauma P. Levin
Peter Levine [5], American scientist and psychotherapist, developed a method he called "Somatic Experience" (70-90s).
Initially, this method was created to work with shock traumatic experiences. Then the method found application for the treatment of other types of trauma (emotional, medical, developmental trauma).
“This method is aimed at activation, awareness and deactivation of the bodily experience of a traumatic experience. The key to the healing of trauma lies in the bodily sensation... The essence of the work is that in the course of feeling the bodily sensations there is an awakening of those natural healing processes that allow you to resolve the trauma. Body feeling actualizes in a person experiencing trauma, incomplete traumatic reactions and helps them to complete. This completion occurs due to specific psychological and physiological healing processes that arise in the process of bodily experience and allow the transformation of traumatic symptoms” [6, p.12].
Dance Movement Therapy (TDT)
The emergence of dance movement therapy is associated with the names of Marion Chase, Trudy Shoop, Mary Whitehouse.
This method began to develop in the USA (40-60s).
“TDT is the use of expressive movement and dance as a means by which the individual is involved in the process of personal integration and growth. It is based on the principle that there is a relationship between movement and emotion, and that as a result of the exploration of a more expanded vocabulary of movement, people experience the opportunity to find a safe balance, the spontaneity and adaptability of which increases. Through movement and dance, the inner world of each person becomes tangible. A person shares his personal symbolism with others, and in a joint dance, the relationship of partners becomes visible. The therapist creates a safe environment, a holding space in which any feelings can be safely expressed, recognized and communicated” [11, p.4].
2. Principles of work in Dance Movement Therapy and Somatic Trauma Therapy.
A) Psychosomatic unity
In both approaches, the body and mind are considered as a unity [1; 5].
Any muscle movement, even a small one, can change the way you feel, because muscle activity and brain activity are inextricably linked: a change in one affects the other and vice versa.
B) Integrity
Both approaches - dance movement therapy and somatic therapy of trauma - offer a holistic approach to work, because. pay attention to various aspects of experiencing and expressing human experience: sensations, feelings, thoughts, images, movements, sound.
In dance-movement therapy - for example, let's take the method of creative self-expression by Daria Halprin [11] - "Three levels of awareness and response" are considered:
- physical / kinesthetic, including sensory sensations, movement in space, positions and movements of the body.
- emotional, including feelings such as anxiety, joy, anger, sadness.
- mental includes thought processes such as planning, problem solving, memorization, care, imagination, associative thinking and fantasizing.
D. Halprin believes that these three levels are important and should be included in the process of creative self-expression.
Somatic therapy of psychic trauma uses the SIBAM system for describing the holistic experience of experience [7; 8]. This system is named after the first letters of the English names of the elements that make up the gestalt of experience: Sensation - sensation, Image - image, Behavior - behavior, Affect - affect, Meaning - meaning.
C) Processability
Dance therapy and somatic therapy teach that bodily experience is never static. Physical sensations and emotions are in a constant state of flux. And the therapist helps the client to follow this flow, believing that his movement is flowing in the direction of healing and health.
"The dance therapist helps to release and reveal the information that underlies symptoms, pain, various bodily discomforts and movement restrictions - a person learns to understand his body language and thus restores a dialogue with himself" [1].
The same can be said for the somatic therapist.
In both approaches there is a spirit of creativity and improvisation. This means that the therapist is constantly dealing with the present and in the moment "here and now" he creates, creates "techniques" for the needs of the client.
D) The quality of the therapist's presence
Both directions share humanistic values in relation to the client.
Much attention is paid to the quality of contact and presence of the therapist with the client. In somatic trauma therapy, the contact needed for healing is called "compassionate presence."
The therapist's ability to feel and understand the client is called "somatic resonance" in somatic trauma therapy, and "kinesthetic empathy" in TDT.
E) Attention to bodily manifestations, use of methods of working with sensations and movements
In both approaches, much attention is paid to bodily manifestations (sensations and movements) as the basic level of human existence and experience.
Both approaches are based on respect for bodily processes and trust in bodily wisdom.
Somatic therapists emphasize bodily sensations[6]. They use an extended vocabulary to describe bodily sensations (pleasant-unpleasant-neutral bodily sensations; heat-warmth-coolness-cold; heaviness-lightness; expansion, stretching-contraction, twisting; tingling, tickling; pain; pressure; throbbing; feeling of support, center and etc.). And they are taught to track and name the bodily sensations of their clients.
In somatic therapy, methods and techniques for working with bodily sensations have been developed in detail: scanning bodily sensations, tracking sensations, creating resources at the body level, titration*. Important attention is paid to the work of displacement, since the occurrence of psychic trauma is considered as a consequence of an incomplete instinctive reaction of the body to a traumatic event. Techniques are used: tracking impulses for movement and their motor expression, slowing down movement, re-experiencing movement (the same movement is repeated several times at a slow pace).
Dance movement therapy has its roots in the art of dance [1]. Therefore, she "knows a lot" about how to work with movement. TDT uses R. Laban's Form-Effort System, Bartenieff's Fundamentals, dance improvisation and composition. Dance therapists have the opportunity to describe in detail the movement behavior of a person. Such an opportunity is provided by the system of forms and efforts proposed by R. Laban (1947, 1960). This system allows you to analyze the qualitative characteristics of movement (Force) in terms of 4 factors (space, time, force and flow). Any movement can be described as: direct or multifocal (space factor), powerful or light (force factor), fast or slow (time factor), limited or free (flow factor) [9].
Dance movement therapy uses a variety of techniques for working with movement: reflection, amplification, slowdown, globalization of movement, development of a theme into action, transformation of movement into communication, etc.
[3; 10]. Attention is paid to both the manifested movements and internal sensations. One of the founders of TDT, Alma Hawkins, singled out work with experiences coming from “inner sensing” [13]. And she worked with improvisational movement coming from these sensations.
In dance-movement therapy, there is a study of absolutely bodily-felt experiences and perceptions expressed in movement [14]. For example, the method of authentic movement. This practice teaches you to carefully observe and follow the impulses of your own body from their inception to development and expression in authentic movement. “There are several stages in this process: (1) internal focus of attention on sensations, (2) choosing the most vivid experience and waiting for the impulse, (3) following the impulse: in the process of motor experience, impulses take shape, (4) the emerging form tells its story (filling with new sensations, feelings and images)" [2].
3. Combining the possibilities of two directions for working with traumatic experiences
In order to heal from the consequences of trauma, it is necessary to work on different levels: experiencing and expressing emotions associated with trauma, neuromuscular discharge of traumatic energy, finding a new meaning for what happened.
As shown above, both directions work with a holistic experience of experience, affecting different levels.
B. van der Kolk, a leading specialist in the field of psychological trauma, director of the Trauma Center (Brooklyn, USA) believes that effective therapy for post-traumatic stress disorders should include work with bodily sensations and movements.
He writes: “The realization that insight and understanding is usually not enough to keep trauma survivors from constantly feeling and acting as if they were reliving the trauma over and over again has led clinicians to look for techniques that offer the possibility of reprogramming these automatic physical reactions. So that it would be possible to turn on the awareness of internal sensations and patterns of physical actions in a natural way” [4].
Dance Movement Therapy and Somatic Trauma Therapy are areas that work with bodily sensations and movements. And, as has been shown, there are grounds for an organic combination of these trends.
In my opinion, these directions complement each other in the following way. Somatic therapy expands and deepens what concerns the inner experience of experience; does a careful job of following bodily sensations and discovering the impulse to move. Thus, offering a clear methodology and research algorithms, creating good guidelines for the therapist's work, and without violating the process approach. And dance therapy "knows a lot" about how to develop impulse into visible movement and how to work with movement form. And thus, it promotes the most complete bodily-motor living and expression and helps to "retrain" automatic reactions to trauma, expanding the motor repertoire and awareness of the choice of motor response. In addition, when it comes to group therapy, TDT has its own ways of working with the group process and building the composition of a group session, which involve creative play and dance movement aesthetics.
Thus, the combination of two approaches - P.
Levin's Somatic Trauma Therapy and Dance Movement Therapy - can make working with traumatic experiences as effective as possible.
Literature
1. Biryukova I.V. Dance Movement Therapy: The Body as a Mirror of the Soul // Bulletin of the Dance Movement Therapy Association. 2000 No. 4. P.3-7.
2. Biryukova I.V. Authentic Movement and Wisdom of the Body // Journal of Practical Psychology and Psychoanalysis. 2005. No. 1.
3. Gorneva O.A. Working with movement in process therapy // Internet conference on TDT
4. van der Kolk B. Clinical results of a neurological study of post-traumatic stress disorder. 2006. Translation: N. Kanevskaya (Materials of Specialization in TDT)
5. Levin P., Frederick E. The awakening of the tiger. Healing trauma. M.: AST, 2007.
6. Mazur E.S. Introductory word to the book by Levin P. "Tiger Waking".
7. Mazur E.S. "Psychological rehabilitation program for patients with PPR experiencing mental trauma" (manuscript).
8. Mazur E.S. "Psychic Trauma and Psychotherapy". Moscow psychotherapeutic journal. 2003. - No. 1. Special issue "Working with mental trauma". S.31-52.
9. Mova L.V. Dance and drawing as an opportunity for transformation // Internet conference
10. Stark A. Dance and movement therapy. Translation: I. Biryukova.
11. Dance-movement therapy: theory and practice. H. Payne (Ed.). Tavistock / Routledge. London-New-York. 1992.
12. Halprin D. Coming Alive. The Creative Expression Method. Tamalpa Institute. USA. 1989. (Halprin D. Return to life: a method of creative self-expression. Translation of students of specialization in TDT)
13. Hawkins A. Personal Communication, 1985.
14. Levy F.J. Dance/Movement Therapy. A Healing Art. The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. 1988.
Note:
* In somatic trauma therapy there is a technique called "horizontal titration".
