Embodied Awareness for Counsellors & Psychotherapists
Facilitated by Tim Brown and Clare Osbond
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Friday 16th January - Iron Mill College, Exeter.
Saturday 30th May - Heartwood College, Dartington.
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 practicing 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.​
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Course Information
Date: Friday 16th January 2026, 10.00am - 5.00pm
Location: Iron Mill College, Exeter.
​Cost: £90 Counsellors & Psychotherapists and Trainees
Booking information: click here.
Date: Saturday 30th May 2026, 10.00am - 5.00pm
Location: Heartwood College, Dartington.
Cost: £90 Counsellors & Psychotherapists / £70 Trainees
Booking information to come. Email us to register an interest.