August 4-7 – 2019 (9:00am-5:00pm)

Continuing Education hours (CEs) available for those with US licenses. Register here.

The Missing Piece: The Body in the Therapy Room (Part 1)

Learn to incorporate somatic tools into your therapy practice, and add new depth and control to your work by learning how to sense, notice and understand what the body is saying. Applying the latest neuroscience research, you will be able to create strength and safety, tame dysregulated emotion and work with stress and trauma. There will be an emphasis on building resilience, as well as experiential exercises to practice new interventions.

Location

Machon Pardes
29 Pierre Koenig St
Talpiot
Jerusalem

Target Audience

Psychologists, Social Workers, MFTs, Counselors, Creative Arts therapists, Sex Therapists.
Geared for all professional levels.

Course Objectives

After this course, students will be able to:
Teach their clients the neurobiology of trauma in a simple, concise manner.
Track the body in session, without language.
Regulate physiological activation in client, and in self.
Interrupt habitual patterns, mindfully, to create new neural pathways.
Identify the missing piece in each trauma, and treat accordingly.

For more information on CE Hours click here.

Registration Deadline: July 30, 2019

Cancellation policy
up to one month before course begins, full refund minus $50
up to one week before course begins, 50% refund
after that there will be no refund
For any questions or concerns, email: rickibernstein@gmail.com

 

Agenda

Day 1
9:00-10:30 Psychoeducation, Neuroplasticity
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-1:00 Neurobiology of Trauma, Non Verbal Tracking
1:00-2:00 lunch
2:00-3:00 live demonstration
3:00-3:15 break
3:15-4:30 practice in dyads
4:30-5:00 Q&A, felt sense exercise

Day 2
9:00-10:30 Safety vs Danger
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-1:00 Embodying Resources, Q&A
1:00-2:00 lunch
2:00-3:00 live demonstration
3:00-3:15 break
3:15-4:30 practice in dyads
4:30-5:00 Q&A, felt sense exercise

 

Day 3
9:00-10:30 Fight/Flight/Freeze: Where do they live in the body?
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-1:00 Pacing and Dosing in trauma work
1:00-2:00 lunch
2:00-3:00 live demonstration
3:00-3:15 break
3:15-4:30 practice in dyads
4:30-5:00 Q&A, felt sense exercise

​Day 4
9:00-10:30 How to work with narrative​
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-1:00 How to enlarge affect capacity
1:00-2:00 lunch
2:00-3:00 live demonstration
3:00-3:15 break
3:15-4:30 practice in dyads
4:30-5:00 Q&A, felt sense exercise

Registration

  • August 4, 2019
    9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • August 5, 2019
    9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • August 6, 2019
    9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • August 7, 2019
    9:00 am - 5:00 pm