Summit recordings are no longer available.
You can access them only by joining our 3-Month Online Training
"Integrating Somatic Techniques in Therapy". The training begins on September 14th, and you can learn more and
sign up here: "Integrating Somatic Techniques in Therapy"
Meet the teachers who will lead the Summit
Janina Fisher
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Mind/Body Approaches to healing Attachment Trauma
Irina Diyankova
Somatic IFS
How to work with somatic parts
Giten Tonkov
Breathwork
How to use Breath in Counseling
Vincentia Schroeter
Bioenergetic analysis
Ways to Use Body Cues in the Therapeutic Relationship
Elia Mrak
Guided Somatic Explorations
Guided Somatic Exploration
Tamu Thomas
Somatic Therapy
The Nervous System and Client Well Being
1-day Somatic Summit
- 1. Opening
- 2. How to use Breath in Counseling / Giten Tonkov
- 3. Mind/Body Approaches to Healing Attachment Trauma / Janina Fisher
- 4. Guided Somatic Exploration / Elia Mrak
- 5. The Nervous System and Client Well Being / Tamu Thomas
- 6. Ways to Use Body Cues in the Therapeutic Relationship / Vincentia Schroeter
- 7. How to work with Somatic Parts / Irina Diyankova
- 8. Wrap up and Q&A about the 3-month program
- 9. Closing of the Summit
1-day Somatic Summit
Are you wondering how somatic approaches to therapy like Somatic IFS, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Breathwork, or Bioenergetic Analysis can help you with healing trauma?
Incorporating somatic work into therapy sessions is crucial for mental health professionals. However, implementing new strategies can be challenging, especially for individuals with a history of trauma who tend to disconnect from their bodies. The task becomes even more daunting with online therapy, as physical distance poses obstacles. To help you move more confidently in this topic, we created a free 1-day Somatic Summit. The Summit comprises six interviews with Janina Fisher, Giten Tonkov, Tamu Thomas, Vincentia Schroeter, and Irina Diankova and the somatic exploration session run by Elia Mrak.
This 6.5-hour Summit was live on August 1, 2023. Summit recordings are no longer available. You can access them only by joining our 3-Month Online Training "Integrating Somatic Techniques in Therapy".
How to use Breath in Counseling
Giten Tonkov
During this interview, we will:
- Summarize the applications for breathwork in Counseling.
- Recognize how breath can be used for you and your clients to be more present.
- Gain tools for your clients who are struggling with being overwhelmed.
- Distinguish and learn to describe the “Felt Sense.”
Mind/Body Approaches to Healing Attachment Trauma
Janina Fisher
During this interview, we will:
- Describe the long-term effects of traumatic attachment in childhood.
- Summarize co-regulation techniques that can be integrated into mind/body treatments.
- Gain tools for your clients who are struggling with being overwhelmed to remain calm, steady, and more grounded.
- Identify the signs of autonomic dis-regulation.
Guided Somatic Exploration
Elia Mrak
During this guided session, we will:
- Support our awareness through gentle movement and play.
- Come into the relationship to ourselves, each other, and the space around us.
- Explore how our breath supports our movement, and our movement supports our breath.
The Nervous System and Client Well Being
Tamu Thomas
During this interview, we will:
- Utilize knowledge of the nervous system to interpret your client's overall well-being.
- Distinguish various states of the nervous system.
- Recognize that the pain of growth is not the same as the pain of suffering.
- Identify techniques that will support your client’s insight and regulation.
Ways to use Body Cues in the Therapeutic Relationship
Vincentia Schroeter
During this interview, we will:
- Discuss Countertransference reactions that affect the body of the therapist.
- Identify how and when to communicate body reactions in a therapeutic setting.
- Explain how to tune in to body cues from the client during a session and make shifts.
- Focus on noticing somatic reactions in the client - discussing how to interpret what you see and gaining skills around effectively sharing your observations.
- Illustrate how to follow the body cues you see using somatic interventions with the client.
How to work
with Somatic Parts
Irina Diyankova
During this interview, we will:
- Discuss connections between the Parts and the Body.
- Describe similarities and differences when working with Somatic Parts.
- Discuss 5 practices of Somatic IFS.
Meet the hosts
Tisha Shull
Tisha Shull is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor specializing in treating complex trauma, anxiety disorders and working with adults healing from past abuse and sexual trauma.
She is a Level 3 trained IFS Therapist, and has been a Program Assistant for many IFS trainings internationally. She is the Co-founder of IFS Vermont, an organization dedicated to provide training, community and opportunities to share the IFS Model. Tisha is the Co-host of the popular podcast, IFS Talks, and has interviewed many leading minds in the field of psychology. She has created content and taught IFS trainings and workshops online and in-person.
She is trained as a Cranial Sacral Therapist and Sivananda Vedanta Yoga Teacher and is pursuing training in Dance Movement Therapy. She loves carving woodblocks, looking at the stars, rock climbing and back-country snowboarding. She lives and works in Burlington, Vermont with her partner Alex, daughter Litza, and dog Zeke.
Michael Pasterski
Michael is a Certified IFS Practitioner from Poland. He is the founder and CEO of Life Architect, IFS Poland and the Foundation for Conscious Education.
He is the author of "Insight. Road to Mental Maturity" - a book about the skill of looking into our inner worlds. Over the past 10 years, he published more than 400 articles on his Polish blog Michalpasterski.pl, which attracts the attention of more than one million readers a year. You can find an English version of this blog on Pasterski.com.
He leads retreats in Bali and Thailand with a program based on his book. He has a vision for an alternative school that will initiate a shift in the education system and is making the first steps toward this dream.
After work, he loves being a father of a 2-year old Aurelia, enjoys travelling (mainly to south-east Asia) and is an advanced meditator.