Integrating body awareness into talking therapy can significantly transform psychological patterns by aligning mental and physical well-being. Sophia Davis illustrates this through her client's story, Rosie, who overcame her anxiety about an upcoming operation by focusing on bodily sensations. Mind-body therapies like mindfulness meditation, yoga, and breathing techniques have shown to reduce stress and anxiety. In therapy, paying attention to physical sensations, even when uncomfortable, can help clients understand and move through their emotions. Techniques such as somatic mindfulness, grounding, and pendulation can re-regulate the nervous system, leading to profound therapeutic change. Effective integration of body-based approaches in therapy requires sensitivity and caution, especially for clients with a history of trauma or dissociation.

  • Understand the concept and benefits of integrating body awareness into talking therapy.

  • Explore various mind-body therapies and their impact on reducing stress and anxiety.

  • Recognize the importance of paying attention to physical sensations in therapy.

  • Learn techniques like somatic mindfulness, grounding, and pendulation for re-regulating the nervous system.

  • Examine the role of the nervous system in emotional responses and psychological patterns.

  • Develop sensitivity and caution in applying body-based therapeutic approaches, especially with trauma-affected clients.

Course curriculum

    1. Bringing the Body into the Therapy Room

    2. Uncomfortable Encounters

    3. Uncomfortable Encounters Quiz

    4. Changing the Volume

    5. Changing the Volume Quiz

    6. Movement as Resource

    7. Movement as Resource Quiz

    8. Nervous Habits

    9. Nervous Habits Quiz

    10. Reprogramming the System

    11. Reprogramming the System Quiz

    1. Interview with Pat Ogden

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