Books on Working with Somatic Interventions and EMDR Therapy

1503 Connections of the Parasympathetic Nervous System

Many EMDR Therapists receive training in body-centered ways of working with trauma to learn how to see trauma in the body and have interventions that will help the client move through and integrate the trauma more completely. If you are an EMDR Therapist interested reading more about how trauma impacts the…

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Attachment Wounding and Developmental Trauma

Still Face Experiment - Ed Tronick - Harvard University

After attending the 2012 USABP conference, one workshop was a standout for me: “Attachment and Somatic Development” taught by Anne Isaacs, LCSW. She took a couple of different theoretical ways of working with Attachment Issues and integrated the work together. I won’t be able to cover the entire lecture but…

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The Body in Psychotherapy – 7th USABP National Conference

For therapists who want more training around body-centered therapy, a wonderful opportunity is being offered at the 7th USABP National Conference entitled “The Body in Psychotherapy.” There are unique topics being offered that may help deepen your education around the importance of the body in psychotherapy. It will be held…

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Chronic Stress and EMDR

Written by guest blogger, Angela Sasseville, MA, LPC, NCC Regardless of the cause, stress from all sources has a cumulative effect in one’s life.  Work problems, relationship issues, economic events, health concerns – they all add to the same metaphorical pile of stress.  The mind-body connection is so strong that…

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FREE Lecture Series on Trauma with Pat Ogden

EMDR Therapy Tools for Addictions - EMDR Advanced Workshop - Maiberger Institute

As many of you know from working with me, I have a background in somatic psychology. As a body-centered EMDR therapist, I believe that when working with someone in trauma, the client must be able to feel a feeling, feel the sensations, and stay present in the body to heal…

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