Class Info

Non-DIRI Affiliated courses are offered by non-faculty members who have completed their Advanced Training. Certificates are issued by the member for Elective CE Credit. Inquire with the member regarding NCBTMB approval.

Details

All bodywork and somatic therapies—such as Rolfing® Structural Integration, Craniosacral Therapy, Visceral Manipulation, Trigger Point Therapy, and Massage—offer effective techniques for addressing pain and human suffering. Yet recent research reveals that the therapeutic relationship between practitioner and client plays a more significant role in clinical outcomes than technique alone.

This therapeutic relationship is shaped by the emotional bond between practitioner and client and the regulation of shared feelings. Exploring this “feeling of what is happening” can deepen your practice and create profound healing experiences.
In this 3-day training, we’ll draw upon the principles of Pre and Perinatal Development, Somatic Experiencing®, and Somatic Psychology. You’ll learn to refine your presence, pace your interventions, and develop skills to facilitate greater mind-body integration in your clinical work.

What You Will Learn:

1. How to navigate the intersubjective field during sessions.
2. Skills to identify and track autonomic and central nervous system responses.
3. Methods to work with transference and countertransference dynamics to prevent clinician burnout.
4. Techniques for staying present with psycho-emotional issues in yourself and your clients.
5. Increase palpation skills in differentiating muscle, tendon, ligament, nerve, and visceral tissues in facilitating more specificity in manipulation skills.
6. Improve skills of perception and understanding of what joints are restricted in gait analysis and how to mobilize these restrictions.
7. Learn how to use one's body mechanics effectively in doing this work with less fatigue and burnout.
8. How to minimize discomfort while working deeply within the client's body. 

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