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Digital Seminar

Embodied Healing for Developmental Trauma

Harnessing Implicit Memory for Long-Lasting Repair

Faculty:
Abi Blakeslee, PhD, MFT, CMT, SEP
Duration:
4 Hours 30 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Mar 21, 2024
Product Code:
NOS096350
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.


Description

It can be easy to focus on the words a client uses, but some of the most important information they reveal is through their physiology, posture, and movement. Our early life is encoded in the elusive dimension of implicit memory. Thus, a primary way to repair developmental trauma is to work directly with the nonconscious memory systems where patterns of relationship to self, other, and environment originate. You can do this by tapping into the “language” of the body. In this highly experiential workshop, hands-on exercises to engage developmental repair with clients suffering from attachment wounds, emotional abuse, and neglect will be explored. You’ll discover: 

  • Experiential and easy-to-use exercises to foster developmental repair with clients  
  • Embodied movement techniques to help clients initiate action, foster agency and follow-through, and expand their capacity to receive 
  • How to help clients more fully embody their emotions and learn to communicate authentically  

CPD

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



CPD

PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This program is worth 4.5 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.



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Faculty

Abi Blakeslee, PhD, MFT, CMT, SEP's Profile

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Abi Blakeslee, PhD, MFT, CMT, SEP
I am a SE faculty and a marriage and family therapist. I have a master’s in counseling and Depth Psychology and a Ph.D. in Clinical and Somatic Psychology. My dissertation, with a committee that included Dr. Daniel Siegel, generated original research on the role of implicit memory in Somatic Experiencing. My clinical experience is with individuals, couples, children, and families treating a broad base of issues. I draw from over a decade and a half of experience with SEI, teach throughout the country and internationally, and consult worldwide. I am currently conducting evidence-based research on SE to promote its use in trauma informed statewide care initiatives. You can access several SE research publications I have written on my website. I reside in Bozeman, Montana (right outside of Yellowstone National Park), and currently specialize in providing SE individual and group consultations for SE students of all levels. I have faculty level online group case consultations a Saturday of most months. You can join by going to my website www.abiblakeslee.com. I focus on giving practical details in building SE skills and how to integrate various frameworks into your SE practice such as psychodynamic therapy, object/relations, the psychobiological principals of attachment, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, and SE touch skills. Please feel free to email at somatics4healing@yahoo.com, or sign up to receive information about trainings, lectures, and SE research at www.abiblakeslee.com.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Abi Blakeslee is the founder of Implicit Psychotherapy, co-founder of Relationship Repair and maintains a private practice. She has employment relationships with Somatic Experiencing International and Ergos Institute for Somatic Education. Dr. Blakeslee receives a speaking honorarium and product royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Abi Blakeslee is a member of the American Association for Marriage Family Therapists, the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy, the Women in Neuroscience, and the Society for Neuroscience.


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Objectives

  1. Describe the process of modifying the physiology underlying implicit memories from early life through the application of somatic interventions. 
  2. Recognize the signs and symptoms of developmental trauma as they relate to survival and attachment theory. 
  3. Demonstrate at least two somatic exercises to increase emotion regulation. 

Outline

  • What somatic psychotherapy offers the field of developmental trauma 
  • Defining implicit memory  
  • How to work with a client’s physiological, including limitations and potential risks 
  • How interoception and conscious awareness can be used to help clients access implicit memory 
  • Experiential exercises for using interoception to access implicit memory  
  • The signs and symptoms of developmental trauma 
  • Art and movement exercises for working with developmental trauma  
  • Defining embodied relational repair work 
  • Somatic exercises for increasing affect regulation 
  • Risks and limitations of the research 

Target Audience

  • Psychologist
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Counsellors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Addiction Counsellors
  • Social Workers

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