Embodied Self-Support in the Context of a Traumatised World: Self-Regulation and Resilience for Practitioners

As practitioners, therapists and ‘contact partners’ with people in this present overstimulating world field, we are faced with the experience of both supporting our clients and managing our own embodied experience. The naïve belief that we can only work on/with our clients and not be impacted, fades in increasingly traumatised atmospheres. Trying only to focus on the client leads to compassion fatigue or a mechanised procedure of ‘healing.’ So then, what can we do to replenish ourselves and allow the impact of intensities of fear, anger and helplessness to move through us? How do we support our own embodiment? 

In this webinar, we will discuss and practice shuttling between our own embodiment and the client’s, grounding throughout the work and releasing after and between sessions. These practices (Grounding, Shuttling, Clearing) are analogous to grabbing our ‘own oxygen masks first’ to support being available both in the moment and in our ongoing practice. 

Cost:                   GANZ Student Members: $15. GANZ Members: $55. Non-GANZ Members: $95.

Date:                   Saturday 21^st February   

Time:                   9:00am-12:00pm (Melbourne/Sydney)

About your Presenter:  

Michael Craig Clemmens is a psychologist and trainer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a faculty member of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland and teaches at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. Michael is the author of Getting Beyond Sobriety (1997), the editor of Embodied Relational Gestalt: Theory and Applications (2019) and numerous articles on Gestalt therapy, body process, and addiction. His main interest is the complex interaction of our bodies and the multi-layered field.

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Please note that this webinar will not be recorded.