Beyond Words: Implicit Communication & Therapeutic Change in Humans and Animals

The Role of the Body in Forecasting the Future

Speaker: Pat Ogden, Ph.D.

Body-to-body "conversation"--prosody, facial expression, posture and movement--relationally conveys and sustains implicit, unconscious beliefs and affects that have anticipatory and predictive functions, often based in the past. Highlighting the communicative role of the "somatic narrative," this presentation illustrates the significance of body experience as a primary source of therapeutic action and explores the physical conversation between therapist and patient that takes place along with the words.

Join Dr. Ogden at PsyBC's Third Annual Affect Regulation Conference (click here to go to PsyBC's web page for registration details)