OUTLINE
 
BODY CENTERED PSYCHOTHERAPY
 
                            ADVANCED CLINICAL TRAINING                            
Course II: Trauma, Dissociation, Sexuality and Addiction

"We repeat what we don't remember."
                                                 - Sigmund Freud –


OCTOBER WEEKEND

Friday                                
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
                                            Participation in large group (Adv. & Course B)
                                            (WvS,NP,LZ)
Saturday                   
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)                     
Sunday      
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 WEEKEND

Friday
6:30-8:30pm                      Gestalt Lecture:    
                                           The Here and Now, Awareness, Perception, and Gestalt  Formation 
                                           Seeing and understanding the layers
                                           Participation in large group (Adv. & Course B) 
                                           (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)


JANUARY WEEKEND

Friday
6:30-8:30pm                     Participation in large group (Adv. & Course B)
                                          Gestalt Lecture:
                                          Retroflection, Projection, Introjection and Confluence
                                          Perls’ (re)conceptualization of Defense and Resistance                                           (WvS, NP, LZ)
Saturday                                 
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)

Sunday
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)


FEBRUARY WEEKEND

Friday
6:30-8:30pm                      Gestalt Lecture: 
                                            Deathlayer: The topdog - underdog/victim - victimizer
                                            Concept
                                            Participation in large group (Adv. & Course B)
                                           (WvS, LZ, NP)
Saturday      
9:00-11:00am                     The Victimizer Concept and Trauma work
                                            (WvS)
1
1:00am-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)

MARCH WEEKEND

Friday
6:30-8:30pm                       Participation in large group (Adv. & Course B)
                                             Gestalt lecture:
                                             Working with the Mind-Body connection
                                             (WvS, NP, LZ)
Saturday
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)


APRIL WEEKEND

Friday
6:30-8:30pm                         Participation in large group (Adv. & Course B)
                                              Gestalt Lecture:
                                             “Dreamwork”                                                  
                                              (WvS, NP, LZ)

Saturday
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                   Bodywork and Sexuality    
                                                 Large Group
                                                (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)
 
 
 "Remembering will set you free"
                                          - Sigmund Freud -