Treatment of Sexual Trauma, November 9, 2024
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Somatic Psychotherapy for Treating Intimate Relationships - Healing disconnection, betrayal,
trauma and more through the body, Psychotherapy Networker online course - scroll down
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Consultation group, beginning October, 2024 - scroll down
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Treatment of Sexual Trauma - November 9, 2024.
This workshop will contain significant experiential components. This is a camera-on, interactive workshop. There will be no recording.
Why somatic intervention? The body contains the roots of past traumatic experiences that continue to have a negative emotional impact in present time. Somatic interventions provide a window into hard-to-reach emotional and psychological material. Often talk therapy alone has limitations in accessing dissociated and compartmentalized memories and emotions that are the underpinnings of troubling symptoms. The body holds so much emotional experience that is “beneath words.”
Somatic comes from the Greek word soma, meaning body. Somatic interventions are techniques that use body awareness to interrupt habitual ways of thinking and behaving that are contributing to distress (depression, anxiety, stress) and enable the therapeutic process to move forward.
In this workshop, you’ll learn to track posture, gaze, facial expression, muscle tension, breath, movement. You’ll learn to intervene with body-based strategies that help clients stay in, or return to, a state of nervous system regulation, and release trauma that the body is holding, facilitating the process of memory reconsolidation.
I am an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist and among numerous trainings in somatic intervention, I have trained extensively in Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing model for the treatment of trauma.
Treatment of sexual trauma – November 9, 2024, 9:00-5:30 EST.
In addition, this program meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and is approved for 7 CE credits. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification.
This workshop will include:
Nervous system response of victims of sexual abuse
Somatic interventions unique to treatment of sexual trauma – strategies to use and NOT to use
Reclaiming the body lost in betrayal – how to create sensory experience that allows them to stay within their window of tolerance
Experiential practice
How to register – two-step process:
Fill out this form: bit.ly/46Qvyiz
Make a payment of $240 as soon as you have filled out the above form one of the following three ways:
Preferred: send me a check – 4600 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 224, Washington, DC 20008
Preferred: via Zelle – deborahfoxdc@gmail.com
Via paypal - www.paypal.me/DeborahFox230
For a full refund:
Cancel by Oct 18.
For one-half refund:
Cancel by Oct 25. After this date, there will be no refunds.
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Somatic therapy for treating intimate relationships: Healing disconnection, betrayal, trauma and more through the body
As many of you know, working intimately with relationships touches my heart deeply as a therapist.
It's about navigating through diverse perspectives, uncovering unspoken pain, and reigniting connections that clients often feel are beyond hope.
While traditional methods focus on communication and behavior change, they sometimes miss a profound aspect of healing: the body.
Having devoted much study and attention to the mind-body connection, I invite you to join me in exploring how body-based interventions can profoundly complement your practice.
In my six-module course, we'll delve into navigating conflicts, guiding clients through emotional shutdowns, and nurturing them through trauma triggers with empathy and compassion.
My course is designed for both individual and couples therapists, offering practical tools to address relationship challenges whether clients attend alone or with their partners.
Click here to register at a huge discount I’m able to offer you at $149.99 - and earn 12.5 CE’s - so you can learn how to:
- Decode subtle body cues like movement and muscle tension to uncover underlying clinical issues.
- Track nuanced shifts in the body that reveal hidden emotional triggers beyond conscious awareness.
- Apply Polyvagal-informed techniques to create a nurturing environment and prevent overwhelm or retraumatization.
- Address nervous system dysregulation to foster a space of safety and support for healing and growth.
- Approach intimacy and sexual issues with sensitivity and profound care.
And there’s more – you’re welcome to join my somatic therapy consultation group coming this Fall!
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Fall consultation group
Starting in early October, I'm offering a monthly consultation group focusing on somatic interventions. It'll be held for 6 sessions, via Zoom, the first Wednesday of each month, 10:00 - 11:30 EST, for $100/session.
This group will focus on both couples and individual therapy. Why somatic intervention? The body contains the roots of past traumatic experiences that continue to have a negative emotional impact in present time. Somatic interventions provide a window into hard-to-reach emotional and psychological material. Often talk therapy alone has limitations in accessing dissociated and compartmentalized memories and emotions that are the underpinnings of troubling symptoms. The body holds so much emotional experience that is “beneath words.”
We'll discuss tracking posture, gaze, facial expression, muscle tension, breath, movement. We'll discuss body-based strategies that help clients stay in, or return to, a state of nervous system regulation.
Among numerous trainings in somatic intervention, I have trained extensively in Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing model for the treatment of trauma. My background in couples therapy is Imago relationship therapy and I have adapted somatic interventions from individual trauma treatment models to the couple’s dyad.
Interested in joining? Email me!