How and why should practitioners work with the body (both their own, and clients) in talking therapy? This workshop aims to start to answer that question, helping you go beyond the question ‘where do you feel that in your body?’ How can we help our clients and ourselves connect with the body in talking therapy and what impact can this have on the therapeutic process?
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- Understanding the rationale behind bringing focus to the body in therapy
- Learning some ways to gently introduce the body into therapy
- Gaining some basic interventions involving the body
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- Counsellors and psychotherapists who predominantly work from a talking standpoint
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- Broadening talking therapy to include the body and the wisdom and communication it has to offer
Course Content
Presenter
I am a BACP Accredited practitioner and describe myself as a Humanistic, Embodied and Nature-informed therapist. I am a qualified Supervisor, Meditation teacher and Eco-therapist. I work in private practice and via EAP schemes. I am the Training Coordinator for the Institute of Embodied Psychotherapy and have previously taught counselling students up to qualification level.
