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Somatic Perspectives: Eugene Gendlin

This is in honor of Eugene Gendlin receiving USABP’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the USABP conference, in July. Focusing is… Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on June 20, 2016

KEYNOTE SPEAKER – BARNABY BARRAT participates in “What Sustains Me”

New chapter for What Sustains Me: Barnaby B. Barratt Barnaby Barratt’s chapter for What Sustains Me is now available as… Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on May 20, 2016

Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone & Other Acts of Courage – June 26

  June 26 – July 1, 2016 Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health Stockbridge, MA “In the end we only… Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on May 12, 2016

Eating, Attachment, and Somatic Education Training – June 24th-25th, 2016

Eating disorders are complex, multi-layered, and pernicious. And yet even the best evidenced-based interventions currently available have limited long-term outcomes. Paradoxically, the body, the very stage where the war is waged is often missing in most eating disorder treatment approaches. In recent years there has been burgeoning evidence in the role of the body in emotional regulation. This two-day training integrates theory with experiential and didactic opportunities for professionals to expand skills and discover the untapped resource of the body in healing from disordered eating. Presenter, Paula Scatoloni, LCSW, CEDS, SEP is a somatic-based psychotherapist and certified IAEDP supervisor. The former Eating Disorder Coordinator at Duke University, Paula has been providing lectures on the etiology and treatment of disordered eating for almost two decades. Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on May 5, 2016

FILM: The Genius of Wilhelm Reich – worth a watch!

Link to the film. Thanks to film producer Kevin Hinchey, also director of the Wilhelm Reich Trust, for working tirelessly to bring this incredibly important project to fruition. Please consider joining me now as well in contributing whatever you can to the Indiegogo campaign to complete the project, and bring Reich and his essential contributions to health of mind, body and planet into public consciousness. Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on April 29, 2016

May conversation is with Steven Hoskinson – Somatic Perspectives

The May conversation is with Steven Hoskinson. It is about Organic Intelligence and trauma. Steven Hoskinson, MA, MAT, is the… Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on April 24, 2016

Al Pesso Retirement Letter

I am writing today to announce my retirement as a therapist and teacher. As many of you know, for the past five months I have been battling a series of health challenges including hemothorax, many rounds of pneumonia, congestive heart failure, endocarditis, arrhythmia, blood infections, and multiple myeloma which has compromised my immune system. I have come to realize it is impossible to continue my training schedule under these health conditions and that for the foreseeable future my time would best be spent writing the books and articles that have been on a back burner for years. Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on April 7, 2016

Conversation with Andrew Cook on embodiment and dissociation.

Andrew Cook sees the human body in the context of the natural world in which we evolved, and to which we are inextricably linked. He was originally trained as a mining engineer and a hydrogeologist. He became a Craniosacral Therapist 20 years ago. He lives and works in Norfolk, UK. Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on March 31, 2016

Dissertations Related to Body Psychotherapy and Somatic Psychology

This list was derived by searching databases containing M.A. and Ph.D. theses. Due to the search engines used, only theses… Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on March 2, 2016

Inner Relationship Focusing Open House

Are your clients stressed? Out of touch with what they’re really feeling? Getting stuck in story-telling? With our Level One Focusing… Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on February 25, 2016

Assistant Professor – Somatic Counseling, Naropa University

The MA Somatic Counseling (MASC) degree program seeks to fill a full-time core faculty position beginning July 1, 2016. This faculty position teaching a variety of clinical and theoretical courses specific to dance/movement therapy and body psychology as well as general counseling; networking regionally and nationally with other educators and clinicians within the fields of dance therapy and body psychology; and actively engaging as a member of the leadership team guiding the MASC degree program. Continue reading →

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Increasing Psychotherapy’s Effectiveness

Increasing Psychotherapy’s Effectiveness Psychological problems are generally not solved; they are more often resolved. Something in a person has changed.… Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on February 22, 2016

Dave Berger for Somatic Experiencing Students and Practitioners

Online Consultation Group Friday March 18, 2016 Noon-3pm Eastern time I am offering a faculty credit consultation group for all… Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on February 16, 2016

Somatic Psychology Today Winter 2016 Edition Now Available

It’s Conference time! Join SPT Magazine at the USABP Conference, July 21-23, 2016 in Providence, Rhode Island, and the EABP… Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on February 15, 2016

Somatic Perspectives Interview: Greg Madison, PhD

Greg Madison, PhD, is an existential psychologist and psychotherapist active in various academic and professional communities across Europe and internationally.… Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on February 11, 2016

Body Psychotherapy and Somatic Psychology Today: An International Conference

Mark Ludwig LCSW and Somatic Psychology Associates Friday, February 26, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PST) Berkeley, CA… Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on January 12, 2016

Support for Al Pesso’s Medical Expenses & Recovery

Please help cover his crushing medical and recovery expenses following his pneumonia, congestive heart failure, and hemothorax that began in… Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on January 11, 2016

When My Patient Experiences Somatic Distress: Techniques to Enhance Self-Regulation

In this experiential didactic workshop, Anderson will demonstrate how she integrates Somatic Experiencing® and Coherence Therapy to treat somatic distress in relational psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Leading the audience in silent guided processes and discussions that follow, she will identify techniques that can be used to help patients self-regulate distress when experiencing acute, episodic and chronic somatic concerns. The impact of early attachment bonds on the capacity to self-regulate distress and the implications for the treatment relationship will be discussed. Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on December 10, 2015

BODY: What’s your image?

Workshop on body image coming to LA on Jan 23 which we are offering at no charge. We are bombarded… Continue reading →

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Obituary Jack Rosenberg

Jack Lee Rosenberg DDS, PhD passed away profoundly present, peacefully and surrounded with love, after having a heart attack in November 1, 2015. Read Obituary Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on November 5, 2015