Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Module 3

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Pat Ogden, PhD Related seminars and products

Founder and Educational Director

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute®

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Pat Ogden, PhD, (she/her), Is a pioneer in somatic psychology, the creator of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy method, and founder of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute. Dr. Ogden is a clinician, consultant, international lecturer, and the first author of two groundbreaking books in somatic psychology: Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment (2015). Her third book, The Pocket Guide to Sensorimotor Psychotherapy in Context, advocates for an anti-racist perspective in psychotherapy practice. Her current interests include couple therapy, child and family therapy, social justice, diversity, inclusion, consciousness, and the philosophical/spiritual principles that underlie her work.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Pat Ogden maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute. She receives compensation as a consultant. Pat Ogden receives a speaking honorarium and recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Pat Ogden is on the advisory board for the Lifespan Learning Institute, Trauma Studies Center of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, G.A.I.N.S. (Global Association of Interpersonal Neurobiology Studies), and The Dukar Center for Human Rights and Mental Health.

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Objectives

1. Determine the significance of the language of the body.

2. Apply relational mindfulness interventions.

3. Explore somatic techniques for stabilization and regulation of arousal.

4. Investigate the significance of the “implicit” self.

5. Communicate why posture is significant in clients’ well being.

6. Critique why the “body-to-body” conversation is often the

Outline

The Wisdom of the Body

The body tells the story of the

non-conscious “implicit self”

Use dual awareness: mindfulness to reveal

the implicit self

Tap into the resources of the body in

clinical practice

The Legacy of Trauma

Symptoms of a traumatized body

Recalibrate a dysregulated nervous

system: the window of tolerance

Restore empowering actions to heal

traumatic memory

The Legacy of Attachment

Working with physical signs of attachment

failures

Learn the significance of posture and how

to work with it

Support relational movement sequences

Body to Body Conversation

Translate the language of the body in

relationships

Resolve couple’s (marriage and parent

child) impasses

Expand the client’s window of tolerance

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