Digital Seminar
Foundations of Somatic Therapy for Trauma: The 9 Key Techniques for Effective Body-Based Therapy
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- Faculty:
- Abi Blakeslee, SEP, CMT, MFT, PhD
- Duration:
- 9 Hours 04 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
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Mar 29, 2023
- Product Code:
- POS059229
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
Every trauma healer needs to know how to work with pain trapped within the body.
But, there are so many ways to do somatic therapy… many therapists have been confused about where to start.
That’s why we’ve put together foundational training on how to implement essential body-based techniques with trauma and somatic healing expert, Abi Blakeslee.
This accessible training will give you the skills to start using somatic techniques including Somatic Experiencing™ skills, breathing exercises, Hakomi, Polyvagal, movement-based, and more with your next client.
Take a front-row seat to learn step-by-step how to implement somatic therapy techniques with all your clients. Join Abi to get first-hand experience as you learn from real session demonstrations how to…
- Implement 9 key strategies for nervous system regulation to use with ANY client
- Apply new research on neurobiology immediately in therapy
- Avoid getting caught in “talk therapy” and quickly begin trauma processing
- Help clients disempower the pain and reactivity to explicit and implicit trauma memories
Register now to become the therapist who can transform trauma in their client’s mind, body and spirit – all at once!
Credit
Handouts
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Foundations of Somatic Therapy for Trauma (1.6 MB) | 29 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Foundations of Somatic Therapy for Trauma - French (1.6 MB) | 29 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Foundations of Somatic Therapy for Trauma - French (1.6 MB) | 29 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Foundations of Somatic Therapy for Trauma - Italian (1.6 MB) | 29 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Foundations of Somatic Therapy for Trauma - Italian (1.6 MB) | 29 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Foundations of Somatic Therapy for Trauma - German (1.6 MB) | 29 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Foundations of Somatic Therapy for Trauma - German (1.6 MB) | 29 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Foundations of Somatic Therapy for Trauma - Spanish (1.6 MB) | 29 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Foundations of Somatic Therapy for Trauma - Spanish (1.6 MB) | 29 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Faculty
Abi Blakeslee, SEP, CMT, MFT, PhD Related seminars and products
Dr. Abi Blakeslee world renowned trainer in trauma recovery and the founder of Implicit Psychotherapy. She is senior faculty at Somatic Experiencing International. Dr. Blakeslee holds a PhD in clinical and somatic psychology and an MA in counseling and depth psychology. Dr. Blakeslee integrates the study of implicit memory and psychophysiology in clinical research, primary and secondary trauma interventions, neuro-consulting, and the psychobiological principles of attachment and shock trauma.
Financial: Dr. Abi Blakeslee maintains a private practice and is the founder of Implicit Psychotherapy, and the co-founder of Relationship Repair, She has employment relationships with Somatic Experiencing International and Ergos Institute for Somatic Education. Dr. Blakeslee receives a speaking honorarium and product royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Abi Blakeslee is a member of the American Association for Marriage Family Therapists, the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy, the Women in Neuroscience, and the Society for Neuroscience.
Additional Info
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Objectives
- Differentiate somatic psychology from cognitive-based therapy approaches.
- Analyze perspectives and different schools of thought on somatic therapy approaches to develop a robust understanding of body-based treatments.
- Develop and understanding of polyvagal theory and therapy interventions to integrate into somatic approaches.
- Determine how to gather embodied goals that can be achieved during a session.
- Develop skills (grounding, centering, posture, container, expansion, etc.) to help regulate the autonomic nervous system.
- Formulate questions and reasons that invite conscious awareness of bodily sensation.
- Utilize different forms of attention to access interception.
- Identify signs of down-regulation and up-regulation in the nervous system, as well as other states of arousal.
- Articulate the difference between implicit and explicit timelines and the therapeutic impact.
Outline
Somatic Psychology: Bringing the Body into Therapy- Introduction to Somatic Psychology
- The new science of interoception
- How therapeutic change happens in the NOW
- Let your client be their own expert
- What is a “bottom up” approach?
- Create kinesthetic awareness
- Identify choice points for working with the nervous system
- What to do when your clients can’t “think their way out”
- Create harmony between parts of self
- How to use metaphor to help clients regulate
- Mapping the internal body and the story of the nervous system
- What is the Insular Cortex and how can you engage it for healing trauma
- How does information reach conscious awareness?
- Countering the negativity bias in the brain
- Breaking the loop of chronic stress
- Explore the seat where the complex emotion and self-insight arises
9 Strategies for nervous system regulation
- Grounding
- Multiple Examples of Orienting
- Centering
- Posture
- Containment and the Body as a Container for affect and life experiences
- Expansion
- Self Contact and the use of Character Structures and Developmental Repair Messages
- Mirroring
- Gentle Movement
- Introduction to the Window of Tolerance and Range of Resiliency Model
- Create clear goals for somatic work using the Window of Tolerance Model
- Observe Exercises that teach clear biological markers and interoceptive experiences of the Sympathetic, transitional states, and parasympathetic nervous system
- Learn how to support and observe down regulation in your client’s body
- Introduction to Implicit and Explicit Memory Research
- Work with implicit and explicit timelines
- Re-integrate clients to a sense of present time
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychiatrists
- Psychologists
- Case Managers
- Addiction Counselors
- Therapists
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Psych Nurses
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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