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Getting to the Heart of Things!

One of my favorite lectures in the curriculum during the first week of class at Seattle School of Body-Psychotherapy is the one that combines information from the Heart Math institute, practices from Plant Medicine Healers in the Amazon, and Core Energetics. Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on November 5, 2015

AST Model® Mastery Online Course

Here it is! The eye-opening framework that is giving professionals around the world a brand new education for understanding and working with resolving shame.

Professional tools and education to facilitate shame resolution through the cutting edge, neurobiological-principled AST Model of Holistic Shame Resolution®. Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on October 2, 2015

Kripalu: Somatic Psychology Conference

The United States Association for Body Psychotherapy presents a conference on somatic psychology—a discipline that combines somatic, psychic, and interpersonal… Continue reading →

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The Body Holds The Key – Healing Trauma: First Year First Weekend Guided Self Healing Training

Come experience and learn a framework that will help you and others heal physical, emotional, relational and spiritual difficulties Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on September 28, 2015

2 Steps Forward, 1 Step Back: The Journey to Vitality

Oct 22 – 25, 2015, Essex, MA The conference includes: keynote talks and workshops on the theme, Bioenergetic exercise classes, process groups tailored to experience level with Bioenergetics.
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Written by:   Posted on September 25, 2015

Somatic Psychology Conference

This conference, presented by the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy, offers an abundance of insight on the latest tools… Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on September 21, 2015

Dance/Movement & Active Imagination: Personal, Cultural & Archetypal Dimensions

This panel presentation is based on the cross-cultural psychology of C. G. Jung, the analytic method of active imagination, and Authentic Movement as one of the branches of dance/movement therapy. Reflecting years of seminar study and discussion, we embrace shared teaching, presenting, and moving together. Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on September 16, 2015

Coming Home to the Body: The Legacy of Marion Woodman

November 6, 2015 – November 8, 2015 @ Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, California – C.G. Jung believed that psyche and body are one. Marion Woodman, with Mary Hamilton and Ann Skinner, developed BodySoul Rhythms® from their common belief in our body’s wisdom and their many years exploring the relationship between psyche and soma. Continue reading →

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Message from the President

What would it be like if EVERYONE took responsibility fulfilling their pleasures, wants and desires, on a continual basis? What… Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on September 7, 2015

Love Is the Resonance with the Flow of Life™ Mindfulness in the Art of Relating

A two-day Core Evolution workshop for singles and couples at Sunrise Center, Core Madera, Marin, California Whether you choose to… Continue reading →

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September Conversation: Aline LaPierre

This month’s guest is Aline LaPierre. She talks about Integrating the intelligence of the body. Aline LaPierre, PSYD, MFT, is… Continue reading →

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Touch: The Neurobiology of Health, Healing, and Human Connection

Touch is the basis of our sensory world. Touch is our first way of relating with ourselves, others, and our… Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on August 28, 2015

CORE EVOLUTION® Mindfulness in the Art of Relating

Core Evolution is an integrative experiential body-oriented and mindfulness-centered approach to embodiment, relationship and personal expression and strengthens emotional, somatic and psychological awareness and personal fulfillment. Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on August 27, 2015

Seeking Maryland clinically licensed mental health professionals!

Moving the Self Psychotherapy Center, a thriving insurance-based practice, is seeking Maryland clinically licensed mental health professionals to work as associates (independent contractors) in the centrally located Bowie (Maryland) office. Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on August 20, 2015

Authentic Movement: Dance Therapy & the Moving Imagination

I’d like to share an upcoming workshop I will be teaching this August, sponsored by CMER (Center for Movement Education & Research). This two-day immersion will explore the healing power of movement as active imagination. This course is open to clinicians, and teachers and practitioners of body-orientated healing work. It is also designed as a Dance/Movement Therapy Approaches course for students who are preparing for Alternate Route certification. Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on August 19, 2015

The Body-Dream Process™

Neurobiology shows us, that we access more of our neuronal network and brain capacity when we dream – narrowing our experience to the paradigm that we call our Self and our beliefs when we are awake. As we go back to engage with our dreams we can expand this identification and unlock our tremendous creative potential. Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on July 22, 2015

The Therapeutic Imagination: Using Literature to Deepen Psychodynamic Understanding and Enhance Empathy

The Therapeutic Imagination, as a result of its focusing on multifaceted internal and intangible aspects of the psychotherapeutic process, might best serve as supplemental reading for individuals first learning how to conduct effective therapy. There is a definite slant towards student readers here, although the book by no means limits itself to that audience narratively or in attention to detail. Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on July 20, 2015

Seattle School of Body-Psychotherapy

Here is a little taste of what I teach at Seattle School of Body-Psychotherapy. A great benefit of living in this time is that we have access to practices from so many different orientations. Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on July 15, 2015

Conversation with Marti Glenn

The “Somatic Perspectives” series is edited by Serge Prengel, LMHC. Every other month, there is a new conversation. Each conversation lasts approximately a half hour. Marti Glenn, PhD, Co-Director, the STAR Foundation, offering intensive retreats for healing early trauma. Continue reading →

Written by:   Posted on July 9, 2015

Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time

Just One Thing is a step by step guide aimed towards improving psychological well being in all aspects of personal, social, and emotional life. The book incorporates a mildly Buddhist-influenced perspective as it guides readers through a series of techniques aimed at improving the quality of human experience. Continue reading →

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