Professional Training for Body Therapists:
The Body as a Resource for Healing Trauma
and Character Strategies
Who Should Attend? | Curriculum
This training is the most transformative process in which I have
participated since I studied with Fritz Perls and Ida Rolf, thirty
years ago.
— Peter Melchior, Senior
Instructor, Guild for Structural Integration
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute offers this adjunct course
designed for bodyworkers, movement therapists, yoga teachers, and
other somatic therapists who are interested in the SPI approach
to body psychology. With its emphasis on developing physical resources
to address the effects of developmental and traumatic issues, this
course teaches maps and skills for understanding these issues and
their impact upon the body and the relationship between therapist
and client. Interventions are taught both didactically and experientially
and are designed to be integrated with existing body therapy skills.
The length of this training is 108 hours, approved for Continuing Education Credits by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork.
Offered in Gainesville, Florida, (108 CE credits, Florida Board of Massage Therapy). To organize a training in your area, contact the SPI office.
Who Should Attend the Training for Body Therapists?
- Structural Integrators
- Physical Therapists
- Massage Therapists
- Movement Therapists
- Accupuncture Practitioners
- Shiatsu and Watsu Practitioners
- Yoga Teachers
- Dance Teachers
- Movement Teachers and Therapists
Curriculum
- Somatic Resources for Developmental Issues
- Body Reading
- The Modulation Model
- Somatic Elements of Cognitive, Emotional and Spiritual Resources
- Verbal Contact Skills for Body Therapists
- Sensorimotor Sequencing
- Character Theory for Bodyworkers
- Traumatic Transference and Countertransference
- Developmental Transference and Countertransference
- Retraumatization and How to Prevent It
- Boundaries and Body Therapy
- Dissociation from the Body
- The Therapeutic Relationship
- Working with Referrals from Psychotherapists
- Scope of Practice
Please see Upcoming Trainings for a listing of all trainings, and Conferences and Workshops for a listing of all other events.
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