Course Summary
This experiential 4-hour training provides an introduction to somatic therapy with a focus on how to integrate somatic work into your practice, regardless of the models you use. Attendees will learn how to integrate a somatic framework into their case conceptualization, practice a number of somatic therapy techniques, and develop a process for integration of these techniques into their preferred style of therapy. Trainees that complete this training will feel empowered to begin using somatic tools with their clients right away!
Learning Objectives
Learners will:
- Understand the foundational principles of somatic therapy and the nervous system
- Explore somatic techniques for increasing awareness of emotion and sensation, processing emotion through movement, and regulating emotion
- Learn concrete methods to incorporate somatic techniques into your practice, inclusive of your preferred population type and therapy models
- Understand and be able to think critically about the ethics of incorporating somatic techniques into other psychotherapy models
Your Purchase Includes
- Live 4-hour training, on demand access after the live date for 6 months
- 4 NBCC CEs
- Somatic Integration Clinician Workbook
Meagan Chevalier is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) specialized in treating complex trauma. Meagan comes to this work having served as a teacher, writer, and organizer in academic, community, and nonprofit spaces. These experiences have helped her to cultivate a therapeutic practice and curiosity that is integrative and expansive. Meagan uses her training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems, and somatic therapies to help clients reclaim their ability to fully embody their present day experience, whatever that experience may be. Meagan is also passionate about the intersections of this work and social justice and believes that healing our individual traumas better enables us to address our collective traumas. This lens is integral to both her clinical work and her work as an educator.
This training is approved by NBCC for 4 CE credits.
Students who attend live will receive a certificate of completion within 1-week of the training date.
If you need to request accommodations please email us at [email protected]
