Week of October 31-November 5, 2010

SBGI: The Embodiment of Being: Body, Soul and Presence in Somatic Psychology

This course will explore the interaction between body processes and states of consciousness in relation to the transpersonal, the psychological, and the neuroscientific. Participants will develop a practical awareness of the connection between mind, body, and being, in order to recognize and experience the spiritual dimension of the body. The focus will be on the growth process of the practitioner while expanding his/her ability to be deeply present with the other in the therapeutic relationship. Participants will learn to work with the loss of essential connection to self which is so prevalent in our time.

With this interdisciplinary perspective, the workshop will present a study of the body, presence, the experience of the sacred, and how to facilitate therapeutic change. Students will cultivate presence, awareness of sensory experience, self-regulation, and embodied somatic experience. The emphasis will be to move from and through the body to the essence of our being.

This course is part of The Santa Barbara Graduate Institute Certificate Program in Relational Somatic Psychology. The Certificate Program is inspired by the SBGI somatic psychology postgraduate academic curriculum and consists of a rotating series of practice-oriented and academically sound Relational Somatic Psychology courses. For more information, including special registration instructions, see Special Programs, page xx.

CEUs available for nurses.

CEUs available for psychologists.

CEUs available for MFTs and LCSWs.

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