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Body-Mind
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What is Body-Mind Psychotherapy? Body-Mind Psychotherapy (BMP) is a somatic approach to psychotherapy developed by Susan Aposhyan which is uniquely focused on physiology, neuroscience, and early motor development. Exactly what is happening in this body, in this moment, in response to this event or emotion? . . . What developmental step is inherent in the movement of these internal states and responses? These are the questions that begin the body-mind psychotherapeutic process. Embodiment is central to Body-Mind Psychotherapy and is used to antidote dissociative states resulting from post-traumatic stress as well as other psychological issues and decisions. For assistance applying BMP principles in your clinical practice, teaching, or personal development, consultations are available by phone. Simply call 303-440-8889 to schedule. Most people are surprised by how effective phone consultation can be in working with the body-mind and core personal issues. Introductory workshops are offered to introduce helping professionals to BMP work. See current offerings tab above. Body-Mind Psychotherapy (BMP) training is open to all helping professionals, not just mental health clinicians, who are interested in the interface between body, mind, and emotions. This includes massage therapists, educators of every sort, medical personnel, and organizational consultants. Professionals in all these areas have reported great benefits from BMP training. The fundamental focus of BMP training is cultivating a deep level of embodiment. It is through our own embodiment that we become present and responsive with more and more of ourselves. This is a constantly deepening process. The second level of skills in BMP revolves around observation. Through the ability to deeply witness your clients, you can empathize more profoundly and more effectively. The final level of skill in BMP involves the ability to facilitate clients' personal development based in a deep understanding of their psychophysical process. You will learn to empathize and deeply witness others using the body systems. Since communication is 70% non-verbal, your BMP skills will greatly assist you in client intervention and facilitation. BMP provides you with a deep level of understanding of the psychophysical and developmental process. A wide range of BMP trainees including psychotherapists, teachers, organizational consultants, nurses, M.D.'s, bodyworkers, physical trainers, yoga teachers, and many more, have found training in this work to be a deeply satisfying experience both physically and emotionally. The training simultaneously provides basic skills of somatic psychology – body awareness, movement, breath, and contact – embedded within a highly sophisticated context of embodiment. This creates a ground for advanced and beginning practitioners alike to deepend and refine their clinical work. This workshop combines didactic sharing of detailed information from anatomy, physiology, neuroscience, psychology, and spiritual disciplines, with experiential work in embodiment, communication, movement, breath, meditation, leadership, and facilitation. What Tools Will I Gain Through Training? Learn the skills necessary to support your clients and students in their own embodiment process. Deepen your own relationship between body, mind, and emotions. The training begins with the practice of embodiment, developmental movement, and the body systems, and includes application of these studies to family systems, objects relations, birth, death, spirituality, sexuality, and trauma. Specific skills include:
The curriculum for Body-Mind Psychotherapy training is organized around the following topics. Embodiment is the foundation of the entire training. The trainee develops their own embodiment practice and this is the foundation of all their somatic observations of others and somatic interventions with others. Energetic Development refers to the interface between psychological and physical development utilizing the framework of early motor development. Energetic development offers an immediately applicable tool that links your observations about clients' somatic patterns with their life issues and then points to developmental options. Taking a developmental perspective allows the psychotherapeutic process to shift away from a pathological or limiting view. The Psychology of the Body Systems begins with a detailed experiential study of the anatomy and physiology of each of the major body systems, i.e. muscles, nervous system, viscera, et cetera. This study leads to an understanding of the interrelationship between different parts of the body and different psychological strengths and dilemmas, offering a powerful tool for growth and transformation. The Interaction Cycle is a simple and easy to learn tool that can be utilized with clients to bring change and somatic awareness to any psychological issue, providing the client with access to their own internal wisdom and direction. The interrelationship between the Heart, Brain, and Cells provides a template for optimal functioning, as well as introducing the transformative possibilities of cellular consciousness and tools for accessing the compassionate potential of the heart. Birth, Death, Trauma, and Sexuality clarifies how to utilize BMP tools in working with each of these potent areas of life. Throughout the training, each trainee receives feedback and support in developing and integrating both personal and Professional Skills that are emerging from the training.
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