Embodied Awareness for Counsellors & Psychotherapists
A one-day CPD workshop
- with Tim Brown and Clare Osbond
Exeter - Friday 15th January 2027, 10am - 5pm
Dartington, Totnes - Friday 16th April 2027, 10am - 5pm
When working with clients, an important aspect of the healing process happens out of awareness. How safe does the client feel in the therapeutic relationship, right now? This depends significantly on the therapist’s own sense of presence. A therapist who is grounded, centred, self-aware, is communicating non-verbally their ability to be present with the client. Furthermore the therapist’s ability to connect to their own sense of embodiment is fundamental to working relationally with clients in an embodied way.
This workshop is designed to help practising therapists deepen their sense of embodied presence through some theoretical, but predominantly experiential exploration. We look at issues of safety, self/co-regulation, stabilisation and attunement by working with the breath, body awareness and movement. Topics include:
- Breath cycle and eye contact
- Yield, push and grounding
- Channels of awareness
- Working within the window of tolerance
- Negotiating boundaries
- Fundamental movement patterns
- Mutual interaction and reciprocity
The focus is on resourcing therapists to face their clients with ease and confidence. So, expect less emphasis on client-therapist interaction, more on developing the therapist’s own internal somatic coherence, which is then brought to the therapeutic relationship.
You can expect to:
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Develop a more grounded, centred, self-aware presence for interaction;
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Connect to your own sense of embodiment by tracking breath, body awareness and movement;
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Discover new body and movement skills for working non-verbally;
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Work relationally with clients in a more embodied way.
Course Information - Exeter
Location: Exeter Community Centre, 17 St. Davids Hill, Exeter EX4 3RG
Date: Friday 15th January 2027
Time: 10.00 - 17.00
Cost: £90
To book: Please pay by bank transfer (email for bank details). On booking you will receive a booking confirmation.
Course Information - Dartington, Totnes
Location: Heartwood Counselling and Psychotherapy, Lower Close, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EN
Date: Friday 16th April 2027
Time: 10.00 - 17.00
Cost: £95 or £75 Heartwood Student / Heartwood Alumni
To book: Please book through Heartwood Counselling and Psychotherapy - link here
If you want to discuss anything by phone, please email Tim or Clare to arrange a time to call.