BODY CENTERED PSYCHOTHERAPY
ADVANCED CLINICAL TRAINING II
Course D: Trauma, Dissociation, Sexuality and Addiction
Friday Participation in large group (Adv. & Course B)
6:30-8:30pm: Gestalt Lecture:
What is it and how is it different from other Psychotherapy
Theory & Definitions of terms used
Experiments in contact
(WvS,NP,LZ)
9:00 - 10:00am Awareness Process
(NP&LZ)
10:00am-1:00pm. Introduction: Attachment Theory
Attachment and Brain development
(WvS, NP)
2:00pm – 3:00pm Body work
Bioenergetic body work & body readings
(NP&LZ)
3:00pm – 4:00pm Large Group: Body Awareness
Demonstration: Working with the Body
(WvS,LZ,NP)
9:00-10:00am Lecture: Countertransference: A Diagnostic Tool
(WvS)
10:00-12:00am Practicing under Supervision (incl. a 15 min. break)
(WvS)
12:00-1:00pm Large Group Meeting
Questions Answers and Sharing
LZ, WvS)
November
Friday
6:30-8:30pm Participation in large group (Adv. & Course B)
Gestalt Lecture:
The Here and Now, Awareness, Perception, and Gestalt Formation
Seeing and understanding the layers
(WvS,NP,LZ)
Saturday
9:00am-11 ;00am Trauma and Dissociation I
An Introduction
(LZ)
11:00am-1:00pm The Adult Attachment Interview
Attachment Theory and Character structures
(WvS)
2:00pm – 4:00pm Creating safety
Trauma and the Body
Bodywork
(NP,LZ)
Sunday
9:00am-12:00am Trauma and Transference
Using countertransferential reactions as a diagnostic “tool”
Diagnoses as ongoing process
Practicing under Supervision
(WvS)
12:00- 1:00PM Large Group meeting
Questions, Answers and Sharing
(LZ,WvS)
6:30-8:30pm Participation in large group (Adv. & Course B)
Gestalt Lecture:
Retroflection, Projection, Introjection and Confluence
Perls’ (re)conceptualization of Defense & Resistence
(WvS, NP,LZ)
9:00-10:00am Trauma and Dissociation II
Introjection, Projection & Retroflection in the treatment of Trauma
(LZ)
10:00am-12:00am “Body memories”
(NP, LZ)
12:00am – 1:00pm “The Trauma Reenactment Syndrom”
(WvS)
2:00pm-3:00pm Body Reading: Recognizing Trauma in the Body
(NP,LZ)
3:00pm – 4:00pm Large Group:
Bodywork: working with “Body memories”
(WvS,NP,LZ)
9:00am-12:00am Trauma, Transference and Projective Identification I
Practicing under Supervision
(WvS)
12:00 – 1:00pm Large Group Meeting
Questions, Answers and Sharing
(LZ, WvS)
6:30-8:30pm Participation in large group (Adv. & Course B)
Gestalt Lecture:
Deathlayer: The topdog - underdog/victim - victimizer
Concept
(WvS, LZ, NP)
9:00-11:00am The Victimizer Concept and Trauma work
(WvS)
11:00am-12:00am Imagery and Trauma work
(LZ)
12:00am – 1:pm Special Considerations in working with Sexual Trauma
(WvS)
2:00pm-4:00pm Body Reading
Bodywork: “Body memories” II
(NP,LZ)
Sunday
9:00am-12:00pm Trauma, Transference and Projective Identification II
Working with and Dissociation
Practicing under Supervision
(WvS)
12:00 – 1:00pm Large Group Meeting
Questions, Sharing and Answers
(LZ, WvS)
6:30-8:30pm Participation in large group (Adv. & Course B)
Gestalt lecture:
Working with the Mind-Body connection
(WvS, NP, LZ)
9:00am-10:00am Introduction
Shame, Trauma and Addiction
(WvS)
10:00am-12:00pm Addiction and Substance Abuse
Large Group
(WvS, NP, LZ)
12:00am – 1:00pm Trauma and Addiction
(Adv. Tr. only, WvS)
2:00pm-4:00pm Bodywork Shame and Addiction
Large Group
(NP, LZ, WvS)
Sunday
9:00am-12:00pm
Transference and Countertransference in working with Addiction
Practicing under Supervision
(WvS)
12:00- 1:00pm Large Group Meeting
Questions, Answers and Sharing
(WvS, LZ)
6:30-8:30pm Participation in large group (Adv. & Course B)
Gestalt Lecture
“Dreamwork”
(WvS, NP, LZ)
9:00am-10:00am Shame, Guilt, Eroticism and Sexuality
(WvS, NP)
10:00am-12:00am Working with Issues of Love and Sex
(WvS, NP)
12:00am - 1:00pm Working with Love and Sexuality cont.
(LZ, NP)
2:00pm - 3:00pm Bodywork and Sexuality
(NP, LZ)
3:00pm - 4:00pm Large Group: Bodywork and Sexuality
(NP, LZ, WvS)
Sunday
9:00am-12:00pm Practicing under Supervision
Transference and Countertransference explorations:
Love and Sexual Attraction in the Client-Therapist Relationship
Practicing under Supervision
(WvS)
12:00 – 1:00pm Large Group
Sharing and Closure
(WvS, LZ)