Description
The body’s intelligence is largely an untapped resource in psychotherapy. Few educational programs in psychology or counseling emphasize how to draw on the wisdom of the body to support therapeutic change, leaving therapists mostly dependent on a client’s verbal narrative.
Pat Ogden – Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Body Oriented Therapy Techniques for Trauma and Attachment
Yet the story told by the “somatic narrativeâ€â€”gesture, posture, prosody, facial expressions, eye gaze, and movement—is arguably more significant than the story told by the words. This talk will elucidate the wisdom of the body and how to tap the body itself to support therapeutic goals.
Handouts
Manual – Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (681.4 KB) 18 Pages Available after Purchase PESI Virtual Summit: Lessons Learned (911.9 KB) 12 Pages Available after Purchase
Outline
The Wisdom of the Body
Why the movement and posture is important target of intervention
How to use mindfulness to tap the wisdom of the body (embedded relational mindfulness)
Discovering resources of the body to stabilize arousal
Legacies of Trauma and Attachment
Use of movement to process traumatic memory
Use of movement to support adaptive relationships
