The Clinical Applications of Somatic Experiencing, Mindfulness and Ericksonian Mind-Body Healing Therapies for Fostering Resiliency, Creativity & Trauma Resolution

With Dr. Ronald A. Alexander

Description:

Recent advances in somatic integrative psychotherapy and neurobiology, along with the integration of Somatic Experiencing, Mindfulness Meditation and Ericksonian mind-body therapies into modern psychological practice, have revolutionized current thinking about the resolution of trauma, painful patterns of thought and destructive emotions. A new approach is emerging which views symptoms of suffering as the body's wisdom pathways for creating communication between the unconscious and the aware self for promoting somatic re-learning, healing, and transformation. Where there is severe pain and trauma somatic new advances in neuroscience and mindfulness practices teaches us that the sympathetic nervous system becomes hyper aroused and can cause dissociation, numbness, and a frozen state of somatic experience. In this workshop, practicing psychologists, therapists and other mental health professionals will learn how to turn down the hyper aroused sympathetic nervous system and turn on the parasympathetic nervous system that fosters relaxation, affect attunement and mind-body healing. The training will include direct experience including somatic exercises, creative clinical approaches, guided mindfulness meditations and breathing patterns that can transform physiological and psychological blockages within the mind-body energy fields. It will use the modalities of Somatic Experiencing, Ericksonian therapies and relational dialogical approaches emphasizing mindfulness-based practices for accessing the somatic "core-self" to develop skills to deepen the client’s healing process. These modalities are highly effective techniques that understand the importance of the symptom as a pathway to inner healing.

As psychotherapy has become more diverse there is a growing interest in an evolving aesthetic that focuses on senses through somatic and mindfulness practices. This progressive model of a Mindfulness based Integrative Mind-body approach incorporates the importance of attention and awareness to emerging subjectivity between self and other. It is a new view that weaves a mutual co-creation in treating the whole person. This model uses a comprehensive methodology for integrating a wide range of interventions into a style that suits each individual client and the unique personality of the evolving therapist. The goal is to introduce the integration of Somatic Experiencing, Mindfulness and Ericksonian approaches with their holistic view and dialectic reasoning to practitioners allowing then to experiment with, discriminate between, and assimilate ideas that brings new beauty to a world struggling with suffering and enriches our ever-changing approach to modernize psychotherapy.

Cost & Details:

Tuition: Fee: $50.00

You also have an opportunity to include a tax-deductable donation to The Maple Couseling Center.

Excluding the cost of the webinar, all amounts donated are tax deductible. The Maple Counseling Center is a tax exempt organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; EIN 95-2753118. Please consult with your tax advisor with any questions.

Class Schedule: Friday, March 31, 2023

8:30 - Introduction

9:30 - Break

9:45 - Part 2

10:45 - Conclusion

Access: Online via Zoom - the link will be provided to you. Be sure to register using the email address that you use to login to zoom as the link will only work with the specific address you register with.

Attire: Dress comfortably.

Tech Requirements: You will need a stable internet connection and the most recent version of Zoom Client for Meetings (available free here)

Tech Courtesy: We want your experience to be positive, so please:

- Log-in to the session a few minutes early.

- Mute your audio while in the conference sesson except when you are speaking.

- Submit questions via the chat feature.

- Limit chat submissions to workshop topics only.

This program qualifies for 2 CE Hours

or by phone: 310.474.2505

Objectives:

In this interactive program, participants will learn how to:

1. Demonstrate more creative and resourceful skills when treating body symptoms, trauma, pain, mood and somatic disorders.

2. Utilize the symptom to access the unconscious and its healing inner resources with somatic experiencing, Ericksonian mind body approaches, and mindfulness meditation.

3. Apply experiential exercises to help clients integrate their body-mind and access their core creativity enabling them to move forward into the future after experiencing trauma or afflicted thought patterns.

4. Employ somatic styles for accessing and regulating flow state healing, peak performance, and optimal states of creativity and wellness.

Presenter Bio:

Ronald A. Alexander, Ph.D.

Ronald A. Alexander, Ph.D. is a licensed psychotherapist and clinical trainer in the fields of Somatic Experiencing, Ericksonian Mind/Body Therapies, Mindfulness Meditation & Core Creativity. He is the author of ''Core Creativity'' & ''Wise Mind, Open Mind'' https://ronaldalexander.com.

Disclosure: The Lifespan Learning Institute and The Maple Counseling Center have implemented a process where everyone who is in a position to control the content of any educational activity must disclose any potentially relevant financial relationship with a commercial interest. The presenter listed above have been determined to be free of conflict for the purposes of this workshop.

Continuing Education Credit:

Continuing Education Credit: The Lifespan Learning Institute and Maple Counseling are cosponsors of this Continuing Education program.

Lifespan Learning Institute is approved by APA and CAMFT to offer Continuing Education Credit for our programs. Your eligibility for CE Credit is based upon the information contained in your Zoom Conference log-in/ log-out (recorded engagement time), post-test score, and completion of the online Evaluation form within 7 days after the end of the course. A certificate of completion will be emailed to those who met all the requirements on the 14th day after the course conclusion.

Psychologists (APA): Lifespan Learning Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Lifespan Learning Institute maintains responsibility for this conference and its content. This conference offers 2 hours of CE credit.

LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, & LEPs (CAMFT): Lifespan Learning Institute is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, & LEPs. Lifespan Learning Institute maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. (Provider # 050085)

Communications: All pre-conference and post-conference communications will be via email or online. This includes but is not limited to: Registration confirmation, digital syllabus, Evaluations, CE certificates, etc.

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Students with Disabilities: In accordance with the American with Disability Act (ADA), please contact our office (310.474.2505) at least 2 weeks before the program if you need special accommodations.

Sponsors:

The mission of Maple Counseling is to provide low-cost comprehensive mental health services to individuals of all ages, couples, and families, and to provide training for graduate and postgraduate students who are working towards licensure in the mental health field. Since its inception, in 1972, Maple Counseling has helped over 300,000 people receive critical mental health service. Maple Counseling provides programs and services to people of all ages, annually servicing over 7,700 individuals throughout all areas of Los Angeles County, and expanding to support all of California via telehealth. Maple offers ongoing counseling services in a safe space for adults through individual, couples, and group sessions, as well as to children, teens, and families, and provides psychiatric services through the Kapelovitz Psychiatry Program for eligible clients. In addition, Maple Counseling offers several community-based programs onsite at various schools including Community Circle, The Ted and Hedy Orden & Family Community-Based Preschool Mental Health Program, and School-Based Counseling Services that serve over 1,600 students a year.

Lifespan Learning Institute s is a non-profit organization founded by a group of senior clinicians who sought to impact the direction of mental health training by providing training in classic and cutting-edge research. Our board members search internationally for presenters with the newest research in the field. As a result we have a vast collection of programs with leaders and legends in mental health. For over 30 years Lifespan Learning Institute has been dedicated to providing advanced continuing education for marriage family therapists, social workers, psychologists, psychotherapists, physicians, nurses, and counselors. From psychotherapy legends (e.g. John Bowlby, Heinz Kohut, D.W. Winnicott), to Mindfulness Leaders (e.g. Jack Kornfield, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Thich Nhat Hanh) to today's integrative pioneers (e.g. Daniel J. Siegel, Allan Schore, Pat Ogden, Diana Fosha, Mary Main & Erik Hesse) in the mental health field, we continue to provide the latest research and critical thinking. Continuing education credit offered through conferences, workshops and home study programs. We cover areas that interest you: Attachment Theory, Self Psychology, Trauma Treatment, Mindfulness, Development, Psychoanalytic Theory, Couples Therapy and more.