Somatics for Resilient Group Psychotherapy: Live Demo & Discussion | USABP Spotlight Event
Boaz Feldman, MSc, SEP
This course will not include CEs. Our upcoming recorded live events will be available here, free for members and non-members who register for them, as is the case here. Members and event registrants can use their discount code to watch this event free.
Description
We have all been affected by developmental trauma in some way, and groups are a powerful therapeutic space to heal our wounds and grow new ways of relating. Somatic sciences help us to ground and nourish this relational space to increase the subjective sense of safety and bring more joy in the therapy room.
In this session, we will explore key theoretical principles and specific somatic practices to help our clients’ nervous system be regulated and restore full their capacity after traumatic events. Through an overview of the Polyvagal Theory we will understand evolutionary mechanisms operating in group processes. In the live demonstration we will explore in real time how to work with the nervous system to potentiate the group’s healing potential.
The Main Points of this Workshop:
- Understanding the human evolutionary journey and the importance of the nervous system for healing developmental trauma
- Contextualizing group psychotherapy through the polyvagal theory
- Seeing in vivo somatic interventions in the group psychotherapy demonstration
- Exploring the unfolding of group process with the strengthening the Social Engagement System
Participants will Learn:
- Identify clients’ nonverbal signals of nervous system states to better attune to their experience.
- State three principles for psycho-physiological safety in group process.
- Apply three tools for neuroceptive safety in group therapy (psychoeducation, unconditional positive regard, enjoyment of somatic experience).
Your Instructor
Boaz is a practical visionary, an experienced psychologist, keynote speaker and therapist trainer acting for worldwide positive change. He trained as a Somatic Experience Practitioner and taught Organic Intelligence as the core faculty for Europe for 5 years. Boaz has worked in numerous humanitarian contexts of conflict-affected regions (Afghanistan, Myanmar) with numerous international NGO’s, trained in Mindfulness as a monk and at university, and conducts Mindfulness and compassion research at the National Research Center for Affective Sciences at the University of Geneva. Boaz is the co-founder of NeuroSystemics and feels passionate about his activist engagement in the Extinction Rebellion movement.