Traditional therapeutic approaches often fall short here. Inviting clients to recall traumatic events or confront their emotions head-on can risk retraumatisation, triggering cycles of reliving or further fracturing their identity. This is where Sensorimotor Psychotherapy’s embedded relational mindfulness offers a transformative path forward.

As therapists, we learn to recognise trauma-related fragmentation and how to identify the different “parts”. But often we lack skills and confidence to directly work with the fragmentation and how to foster integration of the self.  Facilitating mindfulness is essential to help clients become aware of internal parts. Through Embedded Relational Mindfulness, we can help our clients cultivate the capacity for mindfulness, to wake up the prefrontal cortices and engage the capacity for exploration of parts that can support integration of the self.

In Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, mindfulness is not taught as a solitary exercise. This cutting-edge workshop which focuses on practical, transferable-to-practice skills, will focus on SPs’ relational and “directed” mindfulness skills that help clients identify indicators of their internal parts rather than become them, to recognise their dysregulation and fear as traumatised parts. Recognising that certain actions can be experienced as threatening to certain parts of the self, we will look at how to integrate instead of override internal parts when working with the body.  We will learn a new perspective on how mindfulness techniques that target the body can facilitate communication between parts and begin to open the door to change for our fragmented clients.

Fragmentation in the Therapy Room: What Does It Look Like?

Clients struggling with fragmentation may not articulate their inner disconnection outright, but signs often emerge in session:

• Dramatic emotional shifts: A calm and composed client suddenly becomes overwhelmed by anger, shame, or despair, seemingly out of context
• Unexplained physical symptoms: Chronic pain, tension, or other somatic complaints that seem unrelated to medical diagnoses
• Conflicted decision-making: One part of the client may want to heal and engage in therapy, while another actively resists, creating impasses in the therapeutic process.
• Disjointed narratives: Stories that feel fragmented, with gaps in memory or contradictions that the client themselves cannot reconcile
• Patterns of avoidance or self-sabotage: Clients may struggle to trust others or themselves, unconsciously acting against their own goals

These manifestations highlight the need for a nuanced, relational, and somatic approach to therapy. Embedded relational mindfulness not only helps clients identify these parts but facilitates a deeper dialogue between them, fostering integration and wholeness.

Evening One: Unveiling the Inner Fragments

Led by Esther Perez

This session will equip you with practical tools and techniques to bridge this gap, including:

• Somatic interventions to explore the client’s fragmented inner world without overwhelming them.
• Methods to foster mindful awareness, enabling clients to approach their parts with curiosity rather than fear.
• Strategies for building an internal secure attachment, helping clients anchor themselves as they navigate their journey toward integration.

Esther will demonstrate how therapists can become guides in this intricate process, facilitating a therapeutic environment where even the most isolated parts feel seen and understood.

Evening Two: Bridging the Divide Through Relational Mindfulness

Led by Dr. Pat Ogden

This session will focus on how we can integrate SP’s directed mindfulness techniques to engage the body, emotions, and fragmented parts in tandem.

Participants will learn:

• How to help clients recognise fragmented parts without being consumed by them, understanding symptoms like dysregulation or pain as signals rather than threats
• Relational techniques to facilitate dialogue between parts and address internal conflicts without triggering further fragmentation.
• Body-based mindfulness practices that foster integration and allow clients to experience a cohesive sense of self, even after years of disconnection

Dr. Ogden will provide real-world examples of how relational mindfulness can transform therapeutic outcomes, empowering therapists to tackle even the most complex cases of fragmentation.

Why Attend This Webinar?

This webinar goes beyond recognition and diagnosis, offering you a practical and relational framework for working with clients whose inner worlds feel shattered.

By the end of this training, you will:

• Deepen your understanding of the clinical presentations of fragmentation and how it impacts therapy.
• Learn advanced techniques for fostering integration through somatic and relational mindfulness.
• Gain confidence in working with clients who resist traditional trauma treatments, offering them a new path toward healing.
• Learn how to engage fragmented parts to build trust, reduce conflict, and foster lasting change.

For therapists working with complex trauma, this training offers not only a fresh lens through which to view the therapeutic process but also innovative tools that place relationship, empathy, and the body at the centre of healing.

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