Training for Professional Psychotherapists in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy For Trauma Recovery

			The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Hakomi Somatics Institute presents... Training for Professional Psychotherapists in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy For Trauma Recovery Toronto   October 2002 to August 2003 Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Training for Trauma Recovery The Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Training for Trauma Recovery presents simple body-oriented interventions for tracking, naming, and safely exploring trauma-related somatic activation, creating new competencies, and restoring a somatic sense of self. This method spells out how attachment and developmental elements differ from traumatic, how to work somatically with each, and how to address their inevitable intertwining. Such knowledge helps therapists provide more precise effective treatment for their clients and helps prevent common pitfalls of working with traumatic clients, such as retraumatizing, worsening of symptoms, and unworkable traumatic transference. Therapists are in need of a practical method that works through the body to resolve trauma. In this six-month, 180 hour training, participants will learn an effective, accessible method for identifying and working with disruptive somatic patterns, disturbed cognitive and emotional processing, and the fragmented sense of self experienced by so many traumatized individuals.   Trauma Training Curriculum Developmental versus Traumatic Issues Learn the difference between developmental and traumatic issues, how they interface and how they affect the body. Hierarchical Processing Dynamics Learn Sensorimotor (body) processing techniques to improve cognitive and emotional processing. Somatic Resources Identify missing and needed somatic resources and help clients learn them. Dissociation Learn interventions to work with alterations of consciousness and structural dissociation of the personality. Boundaries Understand how trauma affects boundary styles learn techniques to restore healthy boundaries. Orienting and Defensive Responses Learn techniques to reinstate effective orienting and defensive responses. The Use of Mindfulness Recognize the value of mindfulness in resolving trauma and learn techniques to teach mindfulness to clients. Self-Regulation Learn to normalize and stabilize traumatic patterns of hyperarousal, numbing and freezing by working through the body. Somatic Sense of Self Learn techniques to track non-verbal signals to assess and restore a somatic sense of self. Additional Topics Trainers will also address the role of body psychology in working with the following topics: Reenactment Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms Traumatic memory Emotional and cognitive reframing Factors determining the degree of traumatization, Preventing retraumatization Introduction to twelve categories of trauma. Since re-living of trauma often occurs in the form of physical sensations, which, in turn, precipitate intense trauma-related emotions of terror and helplessness, learning how to manage and uncouple physical sensations from trauma-based emotions has emerged as one of the essential aspects of the effective treatment of PTSD. Pat Ogden (originator of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy) is the undisputed master for teaching clinicians how to work with physical sensations to help people beyond their trauma. For me, her work has opened up a whole new dimension of effective therapy." Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. Author of Traumatic Stress  Instructors Pat Ogden, M.A., has been a pioneer in somatic psychotherapy and the treatment of trauma and developmental issues since the late 1970s. Trained in a wide variety of somatic approaches, she is a Structural Integrator (Rolf Method), a co-founder of the Hakomi Institute, and faculty at Naropa University (Contemplative Psychology and Somatic Psychology). Often a speaker for conferences in the US and abroad, she is the originator of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and director of Hakomi Somatics Institute, an internationally recognized school that specializes in training psychotherapists in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.   Deirdre Fay, LCSW, is a body-oriented psychotherapist with a private practice in Boston, MA. Deirdre integrates traditional trauma therapy with Eastern theory/ practices and experiential techniques to facilitate personal change. The originator of Becoming Safely Embodied, an experiential skill-building group for trauma survivors, she supervises and consults with therapists and clients on entering the body gracefully. Each training block is taught by one instructor and are generally limited to two instructors per training. However sometimes circumstances will arise that warrant an additional trainer not listed her to fill in. Teaching methods include: Lectures, discussion, video review of trauma sessions, demonstrations, supervision, exercises, practice clients, workbook assignments, and reading assignments from the Hakomi Somatics training manual and other sources.   Training Information Dates: Oct. 4-6, Dec. 6-8, 2002. Jan. 31-Feb. 2, Apr. 11-13, June 13-16, Aug. 9-10, 2003. Times: Friday, 1 pm -7 pm, Saturday, 9 am - 6 pm, Sunday, 9 - 4 Location: Toronto, Ontario Tuition: $3000 Can., 5% discount for early registration, deadline 7/4/02. Some credit cards accepted. Prerequisites To qualify, applicants must be a graduate psychology student, a registered clinical intern, or otherwise legally licensed in your field and province to provide counseling. Although not required, it is strongly recommend that applicants have attended at least one HSI workshop or conference presentation. Application Requirements A written application must be received by September 10, 2002 with a nonrefundable $25 (U.S.) application fee. An interview with an HSI trainer may also be required. PDF of Application Form To request an application or for questions contact: Michael Gitberg at 416-535-8501 Ext. 6818 Michael_Gitberg@camh.net Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Concurrent Disorders Program 33 Russell St. Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2S1		En Français | Help | Search | Events | CAMH Library | Guide to CAMH | Donate Now   You are Here : CAMH > Events > Training for Professional Psychotherapists in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Trauma Recovery   PDF of Application Form     download the free Acrobat PDF Reader

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