The Professional Training in Somatic Resourcing
8 three-day weekends (24 full days - 150 class hours)
CEs Available for MFTs, LCSWs, and Psychologists
DATES: Sept. 7th-9th, Oct. 12th-14th, Nov. 16th-18th, Dec. 14th-16th, 2012.
Feb. 8th-10th, March 8th-10th, April 19th- 21st, May 31-June 2nd, 2013
Tuition: $3,700 if paid before July 1st, 2012
$3,900 if paid after July 1st, 2012
The PPT Professional Somatic Resourcing Training is designed to give psychotherapists a practical understanding of the anatomy, biomechanics, and psychology of a client's somatic patterns and movements in a way that is clear, accessible and directly applicable to psychotherapeutic practice. The Somatic Resourcing Training is experientially based allowing therapists to both deeply experience how the body moves as well as understand how to use movement and touch as psycho-physical interventions in their work.
The building of physical and psychological resources is central to the Psycho-Physical Therapy process. Psycho-Physical Therapy is a therapeutic method that actively integrates approaches of both psychotherapy and body therapy as a simultaneous process. The therapeutic work is continually integrating the physical with the psychological and vice versa. A client's physical, mental and spiritual issues are all seen as parts of a complex interactive system, where all parts are inseparable from the whole. The body is seen as the container of this interactive system. It is a primary vehicle for therapeutic exploration and transformation.
Psycho-Physical Therapy is a resourcing based model of psychotherapy. Resources are those things, actions, and qualities we can draw upon for aid in times of need. They are the awareness, abilities, and skills that support a person in maintaining a sense of self and a feeling of competency, regardless of what is occurring in his or her environment. There are many different categories of resources: psychological, emotional, intellectual, relational, athletic, artistic, spiritual, somatic, etc. In Psycho-Physical Therapy we explore the interface of two resource categories, the psychological and somatic. We ground the resourcing process in the body by focusing the therapeutic work on the building of somatic based resources and then by building psycho-physical resources which integrate the physical and the psychological. We continually explore the integration of mind and body by engaging both the physical and the psychological in a process of working across the interface of mind and body.
The body is at the heart of this method of psychotherapy. This is psychotherapy through the body. We keep coming back to the body because it is what brings us most efficiently into the transformative moment. Transformation of our limitations, wounds, and restrictive patterns requires the introduction and integration of new physical and psychological options. These options are the resources we explore in Psycho-Physical Therapy in order to make effective change.
Psychotherapists who wish to work in depth on both sides of the mind/body interface have often had to engage in long and comprehensive body therapy training programs in order to glean the information needed to work effectively with the physical patterns that accompany psychological issues. They then had to adapt this somatic understanding to a psychological framework in order to work in an integrative way with both physical and psychological issues.
This training is designed specifically for psychotherapists who wish to deepen their ability to work somatically. The material is presented in ways that is clinically applicable to psychotherapy practice. The Somatic Resourcing Training may also be valuable for advanced body workers who have some psychological training. Techniques and the underlying theoretical base for working at the interface between posture/movement patterns and psychological issues will be explored in detail. The building of new and more optimal somatic patterns and resources as they relate to psychological issues will be addressed through out the training.
The purpose of the Somatic Resourcing Training is to create a clinically useful understanding of the anatomy and movement dynamics of the human body. The training is designed to give therapists practical skills and knowledge that will allow them to assess and work with movement and touch in the building of new psychological and physical resources.
SOMATIC RESOURCING TRAINING - LEARNING OBJECTIVES
· To gain a practical understanding of human anatomy, biomechanics and movement dynamics
as they relate to psychological issues.
· To gain greater clinical understanding of the theory of somatic and psychological resourcing
as it is applied to supporting clients in reaching their therapeutic goals.
· To be able to see and assess limiting and expansive physical patterns, movement patterns, and
somatic themes in regards to the presence, or lack of psycho-physical resources.
· To be able to support clients in developing new psychological resources by introducing new
postural and movement options.
· To gain skill and comfort in the use of touch as a useful tool in somatic psychotherapy
practice.
· To be able to create somatic and psychological interventions that support clients in reaching
their therapeutic goals.
· To gain practical experience and confidence in working with a somatic approach to
psychotherapy.
For more information about this training, our payment plan options, or to apply, please contact the organizer at berkeleyorganizer@yahoo.com
or by phone at 510-496-6006
Completed training applications along with your tuition check made out to Bill Bowen Trainings
and mailed to Bill Bowen Trainings, 2408 NE 8th Ave. Portland OR 97212
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Counseling and Psychological Services is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Counseling and Psychological Services maintains responsibility for this program and its content. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Counseling and Psychological Services is approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences to provide continuing education for MFTs and LCSWs (#4043).
The facilities are handicapped accessible. If you have a disability and may require accommodation in order to fully participate in this activity, please inform us of your accommodation needs by the registration deadline. We will make a good faith effort to meet your accommodation requests after this deadline.
2012 Application Information for the Somatic Resourcing Training
1. Please contact the organizer for the Training Application Form. Complete the form and follow the instructions within for returning the application.
2. Enclose the $35 dollar Application Fee with your application. Make your check out to Bill Bowen Trainings with mail with your application.
Mail Applications to Bill Bowen, 2408 NE 8th Ave, Portland OR 97212
3. email a copy of Application to berkeleyorganizer@yahoo.com
4. Applicants will be notified by phone or email.
* Please contact the organizer at berkeleyorganizer@yahoo.com
to obtain the Training Application, Enrollment form, and Payment plan contract.
Enrollment and Tuition
Tuition:
1. $3,700, if paid in full by cash or check by July 1st. 2012, or $3,900 thereafter.
2. Payment Plan Available - $4,000 total cost ($700 Deposit before the beginning of the training, then 6 installments of $550 each month starting the beginning of the first month following the start of the training). Other payment plans are open to negotiation.
3. Payment is to be made by Check or Cash
Enrollment Steps:
1. Upon being accepted into the training, you may choose one of the payment options above to confirm your enrollment.
2. Complete the Enrollment Agreement (and Payment Plan Contract if needed) and email to berkeleyorganizer@yahoo.com
Please also send all forms by postal mail to:
Bill Bowen Trainings
2408 NE 8th Ave.
Portland, OR 97212
Refund Policy:
Thirty-Day Cancellation: By submitting written notice to the Administrative Director of PPTI within thirty (30) days prior to the start date of the PPT Professional Training program, the applicant is entitled to a full refund of all monies paid to PPTI, less the application fee and a $150 cancellation fee.
A student terminating the PPT Professional Training before the end of training module number one (or written termination notification received within three days after the end of training module one of the PPT Professional Training program) is entitled to a refund of 1/2 of the contract price less the $35 application fee and a $150 cancellation fee.
A student terminating the PPT Professional Training after the end of module one program shall not be entitled to any refund, and shall be obligated to pay the full price of the program, which constitutes the maximum obligation. Notice of withdrawal must be in writing. All refunds will be paid within thirty (30) days after cancellation, withdrawal or termination.
The Psycho-Physical Therapy Institute agrees that if a course is cancelled the student will receive 100% refund of tuition.