Winter/Spring 2012 Workshops with Bill Bowen
The location of all workshops is:
The Rosen Center, 825 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94710
(NOT Rudramandir, which is across the street!!!)
Embodiment Series
Workshop: Saturday, February 18, 2012
9:30AM- 5:00PM,
$135 tuition if paid in full by January 23rd, 2012, $150 thereafter, 6 CE’S
“Being Embodied as Therapist”
In the process of somatic psychotherapy the quality of embodied connection and interaction between client and therapist is essential. This means that it is very important for the therapist to be aware of and present to his or her physical experience. This workshop will focus on the quality of somatic resonance between client and therapist, as well as on the therapist’s capacity to stay physically resourced and present with the somatic and psychological work being explored. Through didactic and experiential exercises you will learn important somatic resources that will support you as a therapist in practicing somatic psychotherapy.
For more information or to register for the workshop: Please contact the organizer at berkeleyorganizer@yahoo.com,
or phone 510-496-6006
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Workshop: Sunday, February 19, 2012
9:30AM- 5:00PM,
$135 tuition if paid in full by January 23rd, 2012, $150 thereafter, 6 CE’S
“Embodiment, the Fundamental Somatic Resource: Supporting Clients in Becoming Embodied”
This experiential workshop will explore approaches for supporting a client in developing deeper somatic awareness and the capacity to be present in his or her body as part of the evolving therapeutic process. Topics such as the introduction of somatic awareness to new clients, supporting disembodied or dissociated clients in developing greater somatic awareness, and the introduction of new somatic resources will be explored.
For more information or to register for the workshop: Please contact the organizer at berkeleyorganizer@yahoo.com,
or phone 510-496-6006
Cancellation Policy:
Credit towards a future workshop or refund (minus $50) will be provided when notice of cancellation is received by the organizer 30 days prior to the workshop. Credit, but no refund is available if less then 30 days notice is provided. No refunds or credit without prior notification. Course registration signifies agreement with the terms of the cancellation policy.
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Somatic Resourcing Series
Workshop: Saturday, April 28, 2012
9:30AM- 5:00PM,
$135 tuition if paid in full by April 2nd, 2012, $150 thereafter, 6 CE’S
“Tracking Somatic Resources: Assessments and Body Reading”
This is a skill-building workshop. The focus will be on reading a client’s physical patterns of organization as they relate to the psychological issues he or she is bringing to therapy. The workshop will include the development of tracking skills and the assessment of existing and missing physical resources that are revealed in the client's presentation.
For more information or to register for the workshop: Please contact the organizer at berkeleyorganizer@yahoo.com
or phone 510-496-6006
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Workshop: Sunday, April 29, 2012
9:30AM- 5:00PM,
$135 tuition if paid in full by April 2nd, 2012, $150 thereafter, 6 CE’S
“Building New Somatic Resources”
Resources are those things, actions, and qualities that we draw upon for support in times of need. They help us deal effectively with the variable situations that life presents to us. When resources are inadequate one’s ability to transform & heal becomes restricted. This workshop will explore body-based resources and their practical usefulness in psychotherapy. The physical, emotional, and psychological aspects of our experience are interactive and mutually influential. Change on a physical level affects one’s mental and emotional functioning. Change on a psychological level affects the body. Sustained change becomes possible for a client when new options become available that offer alternatives to older and more limiting physical and psychological patterns. The ability to identify and work with a client’s existing and missing psycho-physical resources is an essential part of successful therapy.
For more information or to register for the workshop: Please contact the organizer at berkeleyorganizer@yahoo.com,
or phone 510-496-6006
Cancellation Policy:
Credit towards a future workshop or refund (minus $50) will be provided when notice of cancellation is received by the organizer 30 days prior to the workshop. Credit, but no refund is available if less then 30 days notice is provided. No refunds or credit without prior notification. Course registration signifies agreement with the terms of the cancellation policy.
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Workshop: Saturday, June 9th, 2012
9:30AM- 5:00PM,
$135 tuition if paid in full by May 7th, 2012, $150 thereafter, 6 CE’S
“Working at the Mind/Body Interface”
A central principle of Psycho-Physical Therapy is that we are whole; that mind and body are indivisible components of that integrated whole. A client’s psychological issues are inseparable from what is occurring in his or her body. The quality and depth of the therapy is enhanced when a therapist can identify and work with both physical and psychological issues as part of a simultaneous therapeutic process. The ability to work smoothly and effectively back and forth across the interface between physical and psychological experience is at the core of successful somatic psychotherapy. This one day class explores the interface between physical and psychological experience.
You will learn to:
- Identify and work with the physical and psychological components of a client’s presenting issues.
- To track a client’s psycho-physical responses to therapeutic explorations, interventions and interactions.
- Techniques for working back and forth between the psychological and physical expression of underlying issues will be taught.
- Interventions that encourage psycho-physical integration will also be taught.
For more information or to register for the workshop: Please contact the organizer at berkeleyorganizer@yahoo.com,
or phone 510-496-6006
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Workshop: Sunday, June 10, 2012
9:30AM- 5:00PM,
$135 tuition if paid in full by May 7th, 2012, $150 thereafter, 6 CE’S
“The Heart and the Body of Shame”
The body gives form to the mind’s stories and conversely the mind is informed about the world though input from the body. This idea is expressed nicely in the saying, “Form influences function and function influences form”. The postures, movements, and general tension patterns of a person’s body both reveal and influence the deeply held habitual patterns that form the foundation of self perception on physical, emotional and psychological levels. Working with the interaction of body and mind is a significant way to alter old limiting patterns.
Shame is a story of self-rejection and feeling of worthlessness. This workshop will focus on the story and the physical form of shame as it uniquely manifests in a client. We will explore the role the heart plays in transforming this story. This experiential class will present clinically useful material for working with shame-based issues from a somatic psychotherapy perspective. The building of new somatic resources that alter limiting survival patterns will be addressed.
For more information or to register for the workshop: Please contact the organizer at berkeleyorganizer@yahoo.com,
or phone 510-496-6006
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Cancellation Policy:
Credit towards a future workshop or refund (minus $50) will be provided when notice of cancellation is received by the organizer 30 days prior to the workshop. Credit, but no refund is available if less then 30 days notice is provided. No refunds or credit without prior notification. Course registration signifies agreement with the terms of the cancellation policy.
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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.