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Part 1: The Therapist as Neurobiological Regulator

Session #: 710-211
Presenter(s): Janina Fisher
Session Length: 2 hr. 00 min.
Event: 2010 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Date: March 25-28, 2010

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Instead of experiencing therapy as a haven of safety and peace, traumatized and attachment-disordered clients often bring into sessions ingrained somatic reactions of hypervigilance, alarm, and vulnerability that make it too threatening for them to form any real connection with a therapist. In this workshop, we'll discuss an approach based on attachment and neurobiology research that integrates body-centered therapy with talk therapy to help clients regulate and soothe their emotional and physical reactions. You'll discover how to become more attuned to your own body's response to challenging clients and then how to use "somatic" interventions--posture, physical distance or closeness, facial expression, voice tone, affect--to help clients rewire their brains and enhance their capacity to tolerate intimacy. You'll also learn a range of sensorimotor interventions that help clients reach out, set limits, or distance themselves appropriately without the need for words. (This session will continue with Workshop 311.)

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