But the body also holds the key to freedom. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy offers a roadmap to decode these embodied patterns, gently interrupt their grip, and empower clients to move toward safety, connection, and resilience.

For counsellors, psychologists, psychotherapists, and allied health professionals, this Sensorimotor Psychotherapy-based workshop offers a transformative approach to integrating somatic insights into therapeutic practice. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy provides a structured way to bridge the gap between the body and the mind, making it valuable for professionals working in modalities such as EMDR, CBT, family systems therapy, and relational approaches. Whether addressing trauma, chronic stress, anxiety, or attachment challenges, this workshop equips you with actionable tools to support clients in navigating their embodied experiences.

Why This Workshop Matters

This workshop is much more than an exploration of trauma; it provides powerful insights and valuable tools that extend beyond foundational knowledge to practical, advanced techniques for working with embodied patterns.

Through Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, therapists can help clients:

• Decode the body’s signals to uncover unresolved memories and patterns
• Apply somatic resources to create safety, stability, and balance
• Empower clients to reconnect with their bodies, foster resilience, and reclaim capacities for living

The training offers guided interactive exercises, live demonstrations, and experiential practices, ensuring that you leave with skills you can immediately apply to your clinical work.

Workshop Highlights

This workshop offers an engaging blend of theory, practical tools, and experiential learning designed to:

1. Bring the Body’s Stories to Light:
   • Understand how challenging experiences bypass verbal memory and manifest somatically
   • Explore the autonomic nervous system’s protective responses to stress and threat
2. Recognize Procedural Memory in Practice:
   • Develop the ability to identify subtle shifts in posture, breath, and muscle tension that signal autonomic activation
   • Hone skills in tracking dysregulated somatic patterns that hold clients in survival states
3. Foster Safety with Somatic Resources:
   • Learn practical techniques for grounding, orienting, and fostering ventral vagal regulation
   • Create a foundation of safety to support deeper therapeutic work, addressing anxiety, stress, or attachment wounds
4. Restore Agency Through Action:
   • Use movement and physical interventions to interrupt repetitive distress patterns and rebuild resilience
   • Empower clients with tools to reclaim their bodies, develop autonomy, and foster long-term recovery

Learning Objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will:

1. Translate the body’s cues into therapeutic insights:
   • Understand how challenging experiences are encoded as procedural memory and expressed through sensory, behavioural, emotional, and cognitive systems.
2. Refine body reading skills:
   • Recognise and interpret autonomic shifts, such as subtle changes in posture, breath, or muscle tone.
3. Differentiate trauma from developmental adaptations:
   • Accurately distinguish trauma patterns from early caregiving adaptations to guide precise and attuned interventions.
4. Apply targeted somatic interventions:
   • Integrate grounding, orienting, and mindful body awareness to stabilise clients and foster regulation across a range of challenges.
5. Support clients in reclaiming agency:
   • Use physical action techniques to reduce distress symptoms, such as those associated with PTSD, anxiety, or chronic stress, and promote resilience.
6. Empower therapeutic relationships with somatic tools:
   • Incorporate Sensorimotor principles to strengthen collaboration and bridge the mind-body connection in your practice.

What Sets This Workshop Apart

This workshop is a hands-on opportunity to transform your approach to understanding the body’s role in healing. By integrating Sensorimotor Psychotherapy techniques, you’ll gain a framework for working with clients whose embodied experiences hold the key to transformation. Whether addressing trauma, chronic stress, or relational patterns, this workshop provides actionable insights that extend beyond traditional interventions.

Led by Tony Buckley, a master educator and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy trainer, this session combines cutting-edge insights from somatic psychology, neuroscience, and trauma theory. With experiential practices and real-time demonstrations, this workshop ensures a rich and interactive learning experience. Spaces are limited to maintain an intimate environment.

Reserve your spot today to unlock the body’s potential as a gateway to healing.

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