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Trauma Course: Somatic Psychotherapy Skills to Bring the Body into Trauma Treatment

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Our minds are inescapably connected to our bodies—and treating trauma separate from your clients’ psychophysical experiences can leave a vital aspect of their suffering unaddressed, negatively impacting outcomes.

Mounting evidence tells us that Somatic Psychotherapy may be the future of successfully healing the entire person in the treatment of trauma and stress disorders.

This groundbreaking recording is your go-to resource for incorporating somatic techniques into your daily clinical practice. Learn when and how to apply somatic psychotherapy approaches with tips and tools that will allow you to read the body in distress and assess your clients’ readiness to apply somatic techniques. Detailed guidance on using safe and highly-effective somatic skills will enable you to confidently work with trauma in the body and help your clients deal with deep emotional processes without overwhelming them.

Walk away from this workshop with:

  • Targeted somatic interventions for trauma, stress and PTSD
  • Steps to incorporate the body into your current therapeutic approach
  • Starting guidelines, safety concerns and keys to success

Discover how you can take trauma treatment to the next level with somatic tools and techniques to treat the whole client – body and mind!

Details

Product Details
Average Rating:
   4.5
Speakers:
Manuela Mischke-Reeds
Duration:
12 Hours 06 Minutes
Copyright:
29 Nov, 2018
Product Code:
RNV054175
Media Type:
DVD - Also available: Digital Recordings

CPD

CPD

This online program is worth 12.5 hours CPD.

Handouts

Manual - 2-Day Trauma Course: Somatic Psychotherapy Skills to Bring the Body into Trauma Treatment (3.85 MB) 53 Pages Available after Purchase

Speakers

Manuela Mischke-Reeds Related seminars and products: 2

MA, MFT

Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MA, LMFT, is a licensed somatic psychotherapist, international teacher and speaker, author and meditation teacher. She co-directs and teaches at the Hakomi Institute of California and is the developer of “From Trauma to Dharma”, a somatic trauma training for professionals. Manuela is the author of Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox (PESI, 2018), 8 Keys to Practicing Mindfulness (W.W. Norton, 2015) and was a contributor to Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy.

Manuela brings together 25 years of in-depth clinical practice and teaching in somatic trauma therapies, Hakomi psychotherapy, attachment and infant mental health work, Buddhist meditation practices and movement therapies. Her approach to working with trauma is an inside out approach that utilizes the depth of the body’s knowledge. Her unique teaching gift is inspiring how we live our lives from the reverence and awareness of interconnection.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Manuela Mischke Reeds is a co-director and teacher with Hakomi Institute of California. Ms. Mischke Reeds is also on the teaching faculty at ITP, CIIS, and JFK University. She maintains a private practice and receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Manuela Mischke is a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.

Additional Info

Program Information

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Objectives

  1. Examine trauma and stress symptoms from a somatic psychotherapy perspective to better inform clinical treatment.
  2. Evaluate traumatic stress from a psychobiological, social and mindfulness-based understanding to improve clinical treatment outcomes
  3. Determine Somatic Psychotherapy readiness in the client to effectively and safely treat trauma and stress.
  4. Develop targeted somatic clinical skills in the initial trauma treatment phases of stabilization and safety.
  5. Incorporate clinical somatic skills for self-regulation and stress management in clinical treatment.
  6. Summarize the clinical research that supports the imperative factors influencing the efficacy of trauma treatment to better inform clinical work.
  7. Utilize clinical somatic skills that promote the stabilization of stress symptoms and anxiety management during trauma treatment.
  8. Articulate how somatic techniques can impact the nervous system associated with stress and trauma responses and its treatment implications.
  9. Evaluate how the role of conscious body movements help with symptoms of anxiety when processing trauma.
  10. Assess how feelings of embodiment can impact the biological stress responses as it relates to case conceptualization.
  11. Discover how innate healing states can be accessed through somatic body awareness as it relates to clinical treatment.
  12. Consider the impact of somatic tools on managing the client’s emotions, thoughts and behaviours.

Outline

The Essentials of Trauma, Stress, PTSD and Complex PTSD

  • Differentiate acute stress, PSTD and complex PTSD
  • DSM-5® - PSTD overview
  • Stress-trauma continuum
  • Symptoms and cues of stress and trauma
  • Assess for dissociation

Somatic Perspective of Trauma and Stress Symptoms

  • What is soma?
  • Polyvagal theory application
  • Arousal theory and emotional dysregulation

Somatic Psychotherapy Fundamentals for Working with Trauma in the Body

  • Safety guidelines
  • Assess for readiness to apply somatic tools
  • Therapeutic attitude when working with the body
  • Techniques for reading distress in the body
  • Tools to track the body and trauma cues

Evidence-Based Therapeutic Approaches That Work with the Body

  • Somatic experiencing
  • Sensorimotor psychotherapy
  • EMDR
  • Journal writing with the body in mind

The Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox: Interventions for Enhanced Effectiveness in Trauma Treatment

  • Mindfulness and Body Techniques
    • Self-regulate by suspending the moment
    • Open the body to deep relaxation
    • Build trust with simple earth mindfulness
  • Read the Body and Teach Body Awareness
    • Body awareness inventory
    • Identify body themes
    • Filters of perception and biases
  • Presence, Perception and Sensations
    • Dual awareness for moments of chaos
    • Sensing space for emotional and physical pain
  • Movement, Posture and Gesture Interventions
    • Movement, play and beliefs to explore body boundaries
    • Grounding through the spine
    • Somatic strength posture
  • Boundary Setting Skills
    • Extending physical boundaries
    • Wrap yourself into your own space
    • Boundary violation – redrawing the territory
  • Breath Awareness and Techniques
    • The truth about deep breathing
    • Round-wave breath
    • Deflate anxiety
    • Lunar breath – diffuse tension
  • Working with Sound, Voice and Safe Touch
    • Sounding into the body
    • Corridor of sound
    • When to use safe touch

Vicarious Trauma: What Clinicians Need to Know

  • Grounding during difficult session
  • Working with trauma activation states
  • Burnout and vicarious trauma help
  • Somatic techniques to stay grounded
  • Common therapists’ triggers
  • Self-kindness

Put It to Practice: Demonstrations of Somatic Therapy Skills

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Therapists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Case Managers
  • Nurses
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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"Great presenter, I'd love to see more trainings offered by her"

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