December 2014 Newsletter - United State Association for Body

“the HUB of all things somatic psychology”
Greetings everyone!
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. Today marks the first day of December, the final
month of the year – as difficult as that is to believe! This will be the final issue of our newsletter
for 2014 so we thought it would be a good idea to review the many amazing accomplishments
achieved by USABP during the previous 12 months. There are so many, in fact, that we had to put
them on a separate page – so please be sure to turn the page and see how your membership dues
have been working for you!
We are so very grateful for all the support you have given the new USABP during 2014. Your encouraging emails, comments, membership renewals and donations continue to serve as sources of
inspiration for our Board and staff. It is an honor and pleasure to serve each of you and we look
forward to doing even more in 2015! Until then we bid you a wonderful holiday season.
Sincerely,
Dan Mingle
P.S. As a reminder USABP's office will be closed from December 22 through January 2. Normal
hours will resume on January 5.
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Winter greetings to everyone! Isn’t it hard to believe the end of 2014 is just
a few weeks away? As we begin to wind things down for the holidays we
thought this would be a good time to reflect on everything USABP has accomplished in these previous 12 months. And what a year it has been!
During 2014 we achieved the following:
• Launched a brand new website, which is still growing and expanding with
new content each month, and which has positioned us to become the hub
of everything Somatic Psychology on the internet.
• Launched a VERY successful webinar series giving our members the opportunity to hear and learn directly from the leaders in our field.
• Launched two newsletters – one for members, one for non-members – that
keep our community informed with the latest practices and training opportunities in our field.
• Realized double-digit growth in membership – proof positive we are reaching
more professionals and interested affiliates than ever before.
• In collaboration with the European Association for Body Psychotherapy, our
professional journal, the International Body Psychotherapy Journal (IBPJ) is
now available through the online academic database PsycINFO. This is a
monumental accomplishment that makes our journal accessible to students
and researchers in libraries worldwide.
• Successfully catalyzed a spirit of contribution, collaboration, and cooperation on the part of our academic and training institutions. With a stronger
community, we look forward to the formation of our “Institutional Advisory
Council” who will guide us toward creating a stronger professional organization.
• Conducted our first-ever “Sampler Series in Somatic Psychology” hosted at
the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Fifty professional gathered to learn
about our field from four of its leaders. This event opened doors for us to
distribute information about our profession at the APA convention and also
worldwide through advertising and promotion.
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• Exposed countless new professionals to the field of somatic psychology
through our outreach efforts, especially including our USABP President’s presentation at the 24th Annual Renfrew Center Foundation Eating Disorders
Conference for Professionals in Philadelphia.
• Established our organization as the primary consultative resource for the creation of new Somatic Psychology programs and courses being taught at the
graduate level at the Graduate Institute in Connecticut, and at New Jersey’s
Montclair State University.
• Confirmed via our APA Action Committee four priority actions which take
precedence and would be the groundwork before a relationship with APA
can be realized.
• Selected the site and theme of our next organizational conference in 2016.
Sexuality, Spirituality and the Body: The Art and Science of Body Psychotherapy.
• Continue to experience significant success with social and online media
(Facebook engagement has almost doubled since last year; our email list
has almost tripled)
These are some amazing accomplishments in such a short amount of time
– and NONE of them would have been possible without your support! We remain true to our origin as a membership-driven organization and depend on
your dues and contributions in order to fund these initiatives. Our goals are still
the same: to help you bring your work into the world, and to promote and advance our field. We sincerely hope you find us in service of fulfilling these dual
missions.
The entire USABP Board of Directors and staff wishes you a wonderful holiday
season filled with joy, peace, and gratitude!
Sincerely,
Beth Haessig & Dan Mingle
P.S. Stay tuned for next month when we unveil our 2015 goals and priorities!
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TONIGHT
December 2nd @ 7:00 PM EST
Somatic Wisdom in Relationship
Hakomi Experiential Psychology
Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MA, MFT, is an international teacher and
writer of mindfulness-based somatic psychology. She co-directs the Hakomi Institute of California and teaches in the US, Europe, and Australia.
A meditation practitioner for over 25 years, Manuela lectures, consults
and trains professionals in mindfulness, attachment, trauma, and movement therapy. She maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Menlo
Park, CA.
Manuela frequently lectures at conferences and Universities and has been faculty for the
past 15 years at JFK University, Sofia University, and The California Institute of Integral
Studies in California.
She holds an M.A. in Somatic Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies,
a B.A. in Dance Therapy from the Naropa University, and a B.A. in Psychology from the
University of Hamburg. In addition she has trained in various methods of working with
trauma, counseled survivors of political oppression and torture and victims of trauma.
She is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (Dr. Peter Levine) and a graduate Fellow at
the Napa Infant Mental Health Fellowship Program (Dr. Ed Tronick). She is a graduate
of the Child Trauma Institute of San Francisco (Dr. Alicia Lieberman). Manuela is an
authorized Continuum Movement teacher and has extensive training in the field of Expressive and Movement Therapies. Her book 8 Keys to Practicing Mindfulness Practical
Strategies for Emotional Health and Well-Being, will be published by W.W.Norton in
April 2015.
December 2nd @ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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INSTITUTIONAL MEMBER OF
THE MONTH
HAKOMI INSTITUTE
HAKOMI INSTITUTE
303-499-6699
HakomiHQ@aol.com.
www.Hakomi.org or www.HakomiInstitute.com
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Hakomi Institute
Offering workshops and trainings worldwide in the Hakomi Method of Mindfulness-Centered Somatic
Psychotherapy.
“Hakomi presents some astounding methods for getting to core material. It is well grounded in theory and revolutionary in its results.”
- Association of Humanistic Psychology Newsletter
“A visionary contribution to mindfulness in psychotherapy.”
- Daniel Siegel, author of “The Mindful Therapist” and “The Developing Mind”
“Hakomi is an excellent system for developing key emotional intelligence skills.”
- Daniel Goleman, author of “Emotional Intelligence”
Founded in 1981 by Ron Kurtz and a core group of trainers, the Hakomi Institute is the original, most extensive
organization worldwide providing training and information in Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy.
Our website (www.Hakomi.org) provides in-depth info about Hakomi, including an international Directory of
Practitioners, a Calendar of Workshops and Trainings with links to Hakomi organizations internationally, an
online Professional Journal, and many other resources.
As a depth psychology, Hakomi is a direct, empowering, and experiential process; and the material is also
integrated cognitively and neurologically for the client. The Hakomi Method is effective for both brief and
long-term therapy, in a wide range of therapeutic applications including work with individuals, couples, groups
and organizations.
Curriculum Highlights
- The Hakomi Principles and Techniques
- The Psychodynamic Use of Mindfulness
- The Neuroscience of Hakomi
- Empathic Attunement and Limbic Resonance
- Loving Presence and The Healing Relationship
- The Body as Map of the Psyche
- The Experimental Attitude
- Embracing Resistance and Defenses
- Developmental Issues and the Missing Experience
- Integrated Attachment Theory
- Creating Safety in Group Dynamics
- Applying Systems Theory in Hakomi
- Recognizing and Containing Traumatic Activation
- Ethics as Right Use of Power
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For a detailed description of the Comprehensive Training and curriculum, please see our brochure: Hakomi
Therapy Training.
A diploma is awarded after completion of the training and certification is available with additional supervision.
The training is primarily designed for individuals practicing and/or studying in the fields of psychotherapy,
counseling and social work. However, Hakomi training has also proved invaluable when integrated with coaching, group/organizational work, and other healing modalities.
Continuing Education: CE’s are available through NBCC and NASW, and may be used towards licensing
requirements in many states.
Professional Journal: The Hakomi Forum has been published since 1985 and includes articles on Hakomi and
its use with a wide scope of populations and integration with many therapeutic modalities, as well as related
topics. Over 25 years of back issues are available on our website at: http://hakomiinstitute.com/resources/professional-journal
For more information call 303-499-6699 or email HakomiHQ@aol.com.
Visit the Hakomi Institute website at www.Hakomi.org or www.HakomiInstitute.com
“Hakomi” is a Hopi Indian word which means ”Where do you stand in relation to the many realms?”or more simply,
“Who are you?”
What participants have said about the Hakomi Comprehensive Training:
“I have learned more in this training than any other. The practical application of the Hakomi Method is already
providing great benefit for my clients, and has had a dramatic effect on my ability to relate to them more deeply
and effectively.” – Craig Haft, L.C.S.W., New Jersey
“I learned so much, thoroughly enjoyed the people and process, and found the instructors amazing in the
breadth and depth of their experience and knowledge” – Pat Waterman, L.C.S.W., Vermont
“An excellent course. The experiential learning and extensive hands-on practice time allows development of genuine proficiency with the therapeutic method, as well as ongoing personal growth for ourselves as practitioners.
The Hakomi techniques have deepened and enlivened my work with clients. I am thrilled to have found this
work.” – Jo Ann Laveman, L.C.S.W., New Jersey
“To a more “traditionally trained” therapist, this approach is remarkable in its ability to deepen and support an
unfolding of experience that is both helpful and surprising to therapist and client.” – Susan Furrer, Psy.D., New
Jersey
“Learning the Hakomi Method has been one of the most personally and professionally enriching experiences of
my career. I have gained tools to help my clients rapidly access and transform their pain and struggle, and found
it profoundly effective across a wide range of individuals with a variety of long-term and challenging clinical and
life problems. I cannot recommend this training highly enough.” — Jeffrey Rutstein,
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HAKOMI INSTITUTE
Mindful
Experiential
Somatic
Psychotherapy
“Hakomi presents some astounding methods
for getting to core material. It is well grounded
in theory and revolutionary in its results.”
—Association of Humanistic Psychology
“A visionary contribution to mindfulness
in psychotherapy.”
–Daniel Siegel, author of “The Mindful Therapist” and “The Developing Mind
“Hakomi is an excellent system for developing
key emotional intelligence skills.”
–Daniel Goleman, author of “Emotional Intelligence”
For over 30 years, Hakomi has pioneered the
integration of somatics and mindfulness in psychotherapy,
with uniquely effective and immediate results.
In Hakomi, the body is viewed as a “map of the psyche” – a door that can
be opened to reveal the entire character and belief system of the individual.
Hakomi’s innovative body-centered techniques, originated by Ron Kurtz,
create a rapid, yet safe experiential access route to core beliefs, formative
memories, and attachment issues. When unconscious, this core material
directs our lives, relationships and experiences without our knowledge.
Once conscious, it is available for transformation, including the re-shaping
of neural pathways. Current neuroscience validates key aspects of Hakomi,
including its effectiveness with attachment issues, integration of mindfulness,
and foundation in loving presence and the healing relationship.
Hakomi is effective with individuals, couples, and groups and integrates
well with many therapeutic modalities.
Workshops and Trainings in the Hakomi Method are taught
worldwide.
Visit our website at
www.Hakomi.org or
www.HakomiInstitute.com
for an International Calendar
of Events, Directory of
Practitioners, and more
information on the
Hakomi Method.
Email HakomiHQ@aol.com,
call 303-499-6699
(or toll-free in the U.S.:
877-976-6699).
“Learning the Hakomi Method has been one of the most personally
and professionally enriching experiences of my career. I have
found it profoundly effective across a wide range of individuals
with a variety of long-term and challenging clinical and life
problems. I cannot recommend this training highly enough.”
– Jeffrey Rutstein, Psy.D.
CEU’S are available for NBCC and NASW and additional CEU’s are available in specific locations.
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A Case Study Introduction to Hakomi Therapy
by Greg Johanson, M.Div., Ph.D., Certified Hakomi Trainer and
Hakomi Institute Co Founder
Ruth was suicidal. It didn't make sense to her. As she thought about it logically she was happy to be
a junior in college studying archeology where she was near the top of her class. Her parents were
supportive and wanted her to succeed. She liked her younger brothers and sisters. She wasn't
gregarious, but she enjoyed some quiet yet deep friendships. Why did she feel so low behind closed
doors that she was thinking of ending her life? Why the sense of emptiness? While she would never
want to alarm her parents by bringing up her deep despair, she did share it with a friend who convinced her to go to a therapist who practiced Hakomi Therapy.
The first phase of Hakomi Therapy, like others, is to create a healing relationship through projecting graceful loving presence, listening deeply, tracking the immediacy of present experience,
and contacting it. Ruth trusted the therapist quickly who contacted her experience by saying, "A lot
of emotion comes up as you name your issue, huh?" expressed with an implication in the therapist's
voice tone that perhaps this was something to slow down and be curious about. The "huh?" was
meant to communicate that the therapist was not attached to the correctness of her interpretation
and was willing to be corrected. Ruth did this effortlessly by saying, "Yeah, and not one emotion, . . .
but . . . some confusion or ambivalence of emotions."
At this point the therapist invited Ruth to switch from an ordinary state of consciousness characterized by a fast paced, outer-directed, logical, agenda-driven quality to a more contemplative or
mindful state of consciousness characterized by slowing down, turning awareness inward, suspending judgments while being open and curious about what actually is present. This a fundamental
move in Hakomi. It comes from the assumption that we all are active in organizing or making sense
of our experience. In this process we develop core organizing beliefs that affect the way we perceive life and respond to it; beliefs which are lodged in pre-conscious implicit memory while generating chronic characteristic ways of being in the world.
Since core organizers operate out of normal awareness, many therapists have concluded that
"consciousness is the problem," which means that hypnotic or paradoxical techniques should be
used. Consciousness is always operating in automatic habitual ways, which means when we talk in
ordinary consciousness, we are at the mercy of previously organized ways of being. We are talking
from what we already know. Ruth had thought long and hard about her depression. She needed to
go to a level of not-knowing, where she could learn something new.
Her therapist invited Ruth to break the trance of normal everyday life by saying, "Let's just hang out
with the sense of ambivalence, be curious about it, and maybe it will tell us more about itself, like
how does it reside in your body?" In Hakomi this is called "accessing," or inviting someone into a
contemplative, curious, receptive state of consciousness. It is not hypnotic in the sense of distracting
conscious awareness, but serves to enhance awareness. Ruth was able to observe her present felt
experience and report that, "I sense some kind of heaviness around my heart area, and some kind of
aggravated energy in my solar plexus." Notice here that experience precedes either therapist or client
being intellectually clear on what is happening. Meaning and understanding often come later, which
means there must be a willingness to trust the process and explore mysterious territory.
In the next step the therapist moves into "deepening," which means using questions or directives
that help the client maintain an open exploratory consciousness. "Maybe we can explore one thing at
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a time. Stay with the heaviness and maybe more of its quality will reveal itself. Is it a burdened quality
of heaviness . . . or despairing quality . . . .or . . . ?" Notice in Hakomi that left-brain "why" questions
that ask for a theory about experience are not used, but rather right-brain questions that direct the
client deeper into her experience to discover answers.
Asking someone to experientially study the organization of their experience is done in the
confidence that there is an impulse to heal, that deepening into an aspect of someone's surface
structure creation (sensation, thought, feeling, memory, dream, etc.) will lead down to the deep
structural level, the core organizing belief that brought the original indicator into being. In pastoral
counseling we might say that we can have confidence that the Spirit is on the job, moving the person
toward greater healing, reconciliation, and wholeness.
In Ruth's case, deepening into the heaviness of her heart and the aggravation around her solar plexus
evoked a memory of beginning junior high school where her parents and teachers were admonishing
her to do better when she received some B’s on her report card. The intention of her elders, of course,
was to motivate her to do better so she would have a more successful life in the long run.
However, the meaning and belief Ruth drew from this symbolic memory, though it was not intellectually clear to her at the time, was that she was not loved for herself, but only when she met other
people's needs, wants, and expectations. If she chose the freedom to be true to herself in terms of
what she wanted and needed, she would be cut off from closeness. Since she valued closeness, she
also developed an anxiety about schoolwork. Though she did well, it did not come easily. She had to
study very hard, and a part of her was always afraid she would not be able to keep up the highest
level of performance, and would eventually be shamed and cut off from the connection she valued.
The aggravation in her solar plexus turned out to be a corresponding anger that people should be
loved unconditionally for who they are, but she felt her primary relationships would not be able to
tolerate any such anger, and so it needed to stay repressed.
This preconscious core organizing belief was indeed depressing, and led into suicidal ideation.
Entering into the memory at the center of her core narrative belief allowed for the possibility of
transformation and reorganization. She eventually was able to experience from the therapist the
truth that she did not need to perform, but was loveable the way she was. During the integration
phase the therapist invited her to be in her “inmost self “ and also express unconditional love for her
younger junior-high self. This is what interpersonal neurobiologist Daniel Siegel, MD describes as
mindfully becoming a friend to one's self.
There are many other aspects to Hakomi Therapy, but perhaps this brief case study helps demonstrate
that it aims to work gracefully and contemplatively in a way that integrates mind, body, and spirit. It
has roots in the sciences of complexity and living organic systems theory, as well as influences from
Taoism and Buddhism.
[Excerpted from an address by Greg Johanson, Ph.D., C.H.T. to the Pastoral Counseling Community of
the Bethel Bible Seminary in Hong Kong.]
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Wilhelm Reich Documentary
Film Project
Factual story of psychiatrist, research physician & scientist Wilhelm Reich
whose books were burned by the U.S. gov't in 1956 and 1960.
Austrian born Wilhelm Reich, M.D. (1897-1957) was a brilliant psychoanalytic student of Sigmund Freud and a neuro-psychiatric student of Nobel
laureate Julius Wagner-Jauregg.
COMPLETION DATE FOR THIS FILM
November 2016 is our targeted date for finishing this film and having its
premiere. But there are so many variables involved—especially funding and
production and post-production scheduling—that we cannot promise the
film’s completion by this date.
WHY SHOULD YOU DONATE TO THIS FILM PROJECT?
OF WHAT INTEREST IS WILHELM REICH TO YOU?
Reich’s social, medical and scientific innovations spanned four decades and two continents: Vienna (1919-30), Berlin
(1930-33), Copenhagen (1933-34), Malmö (1934), Oslo (1934-39), New York City (1939-50), Rangeley, Maine (194057), Tucson, Arizona (1954-55).
And whether you’re already familiar with Reich or learning about him for the first time, there is undoubtedly something
about his life and work and the issues he confronted that might resonate for you:
Revolutionizes psychoanalytic techniques (1920s).
Opens clinics which provide access to birth control (1920s-30s).
Publishes The Mass Psychology of Fascism after fleeing from Nazi Germany (1933).
Develops the first psychosomatic therapeutic techniques (1930s-40s).
Conducts laboratory research on the development of cancer cells (1930s-50s).
Discovers a biological radiation in specific micro-organisms that can kill bacteria and cancer cells (1939).
Discovers this same radiation in the atmosphere (1940).
Conducts experimental treatment of patients with terminal cancer, early cancer and other diseases (1941-50s).
Fights the investigative abuses of the State Department, the FBI, the FDA, and the Immigration & Naturalization
Service (1940-57).
Struggles against the collusion of the FDA and the medical profession (1947-50s).
Warns of pharmaceutical influence on the medical profession (1950s).
Conducts weather experiments in Maine and Arizona to alleviate drought conditions (1953-56).
Confronts censorship and First Amendment issues when a Federal court seeks to ban his publications from interstate
commerce (1954).
Challenges the right of a court of law to judge scientific research (1954).
Witnesses the FDA’s burning of his publications at his laboratory in Rangeley, Maine (1956).
A FINAL NOTE IF YOU WISH TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT
If you wish to donate with the generosity of foregoing any reward so that your contribution goes entirely for the
production of the film, that's always an option for which we would be deeply appreciative.
GOAL FOR PHASE ONE MET -- WATCH FOR DETAILS ON PHASE TWO HERE
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WEBINAR SERIES
Continues in January:
Abi Blakeslee
Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a gentle and effective body-oriented approach that is designed to compliment numerous occupational orientations. SE enhances the work of anyone in a helping profession, such as therapists,
psychologists, social service workers, bodyworkers, PTs, OTs, nurses, doctors, paramedics, teachers, play or art
therapists, meditation and yoga instructors, and others in the healing arts.
If you currently have a practice that brings you into relationship with people who have symptoms of stress or
trauma, or who simply are challenged by the demands of modern life, the SE training will give you a breadth of
understanding as well as a vast assortment of effective therapeutic tools. Those of you trained in traditional psychological or medical fields, will find this work presents an entirely new, refreshing, and logical. You will learn
how to work with rewiring rapid nonconscious traumatic memory and support your clients’ and patients’ return
to resilience.
This hour Introductory Workshop you will learn:
* What is Somatic Experiencing and how does it differ from other methods?
* What are trauma symptoms from a biological perspective?
* How to work with the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and the “lower” brain structures that mediate immediate and ongoing survival responses.
* Introduction on how to understand Shock trauma and Developmental trauma from a physiological perspective.
* Discuss the healing aspect of interoception (or internal awareness of one’s own body and sensations mediated
by the insula)
* Summarize SE’s unique professional training offered through the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute
(SETI)
January 22, 2015
How do we evoke the light in the dark body?
How do we embody the soul spark, bring it to consciousness, and live it more fully in our daily
lives?
Embodied Alchemy: Awakening Spirit in the Body
in Tuscany, Italy
June 27- July 3, 2015
In this international retreat, for those with experience in moving and witnessing practice, we will
explore the impactful role of embodied experience and the spiritual dimensions of the healing
process. Elements from Jungian theory, neuroscience and attachment work will be interwoven and
further integrated through drawing, writing and discussion.
For more information and registration:
http://www.authenticmovement-bodysoul.com/workshops/embodiedalchemytuscany/
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EMBODIED COUPLES TRAINING :: CERTIFICATION 1
12 days over 4 weekends in 2014-15 in New York City
January 2015, 9 10, 11; March 2015, 13, 14, 15; June
2015, 5, 6, 7
An intensive and experiential training program for therapists and practitioners.
FOR MORE DETAIL PLEASE GO TO THEIR SITE BY
CLICKING HERE!
or contact leaders: Marcia and Brian Gleason, LCSWs and Liz carl,
LCSW and Barry Carl, CCEP
For an interview contact Marcia @ 914-420-2699
CORE ENERGETICS FRIDAYS: SUPERVISION AND TRAINING
Location: 1005 Aquidneck Ave, First Floor, North, Middletown, RI, 02842, near the beaches
Friday, February 20, 2015, 9 to 5, $75.00
My Way or The Highway
Holistic and Somatic Psychotherapy for Psychopathy, Narcissism, and Borderline Issues
KARYNE WILNER’S CORE ENERGETICS TWO YEAR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Second Year Training Weekends (You Must be Signed Up for the Two Year Training)
January 16-18, 2015: Body Therapy Training, Body Consciousness, Psychosomatics,
Health and Wellness
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Professional Workshop Series
Learning the Language of the Body
Comprehensive Therapeutic Approach to Integrating Emotions, Cognitions,
Nervous System and Muscular System
• Bioenergetic therapy works with the whole person;
introduces greater awareness of old patterns of action and
reaction; increases the capacity to tolerate and resolve
conßict & trauma; & enhances the ability to experience
pleasure.
• Fundamental concepts promote the therapists use of self
and helps teach therapists to tolerate and sit with clients’
strong and deep emotional states.
Earn 20 CEU’s
• Open to mental health professionals who are
interested in working with the body in psychotherapy; are
Interested in training in Bioenergetic Analysis and are
seeking experience in body-oriented psychotherapy.
SCIBA faculty will focus on the following Learning the Language of the Body topics;
• Grounding & Alignment
• Expressive Movement & Conceptualization of Interventions
• Attunement
• Affect Regulation.
Second Saturday’s of each month; March 14, April 11, May 9, June 13; 9:00-3:00 in San Diego
For more information and to register go to
http://www.bioenergetics-sciba.org/events.php
or contact Terri Martin at (619) 518-1229
or Janet Pinneau at (818) 885-8938
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