Touch in Psychotherapy Essential Skills Training
This five-day training is designed to give licensed psychotherapists, associates, and trainees a practical understanding of the use of touch in psychotherapy, in a way that is clear, accessible and directly applicable to a psychotherapeutic practice.
The training is highly experiential, focusing on the clinical application of touch, movement, and verbal interventions to access, process, and transform psycho-somatic material. The training is limited to six participants in order to ensure personal attention to the learning process.
Due to the nature of this training (small cohorts), I schedule it upon request. Once a group of six students come together, dates will be set. Students are encouraged to reach out to friends that they would want to study and trade sessions with. The class formate is lecture, demo, three practice sessions, Q&A.
Dates: Schedule based on student request.
Time: 10:00-4:30 (30 minutes lunch break will not be counted towards CE’s)
Location: 3637 Grand Ave, Suite B, Oakland, CA 94610
Tuition: $900 ($180/module).
CE’s: 6 hours per module. 5 Modules. 30 hours total.
EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
1. Understanding the use and value of working with the body in psychotherapy.
2. Learning palpation skills to assess and access psychological material.
3. Learning how to integrate touch and verbal interventions to produce psycho-physical change in the client.
METHOD OF INSTRUCTION
This workshop will utilize lectures, demos, group discussions, group practice sessions.
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MODULE ONE: Thoracic Cavity
1. Identify the general anatomy of the thoracic cavity (heart, lungs, pericardium, respiratory muscles.)
2. Carry out 4 basic palpation skills.
3. Carry out 3 palpation skills for assessing and working with the heart.
4. Carry out 4 palpation skills for working with the lungs and respiratory muscles.
5. Apply verbal interventions with palpation skills to create psycho-physical interventions.
MODULE TWO: Abdominal Cavity
1. Identify the general anatomy of the abdominal cavity.
2. Apply three assessment skills: body reading, slip stream, local listening.
3. Carry out palpation skill of ANS regulation.
4. Carry out palpation skills of loading and unwinding.
5. Apply verbal interventions with palpation skills to create psycho-physical interventions.
MODULE THREE: Lower Extremities
1. Carry out the assessment palpation for joint fluidity and mobility.
2. Carry out 3 palpation techniques for the foot and ankle.
3. Carry out the palpation technique for the knee.
4. Carry out the range of motion skill for the hip.
5. Carry out direct contact of the muscles of the pelvis.
6. Name three ways to maintain boundaries around the genitalia.
7. Apply verbal interventions with palpation skills to create psycho-physical interventions.
MODULA FOUR: Head & Neck
1. Carry out direct contact and unwinding of the neck muscles.
2. Carry out direct contact with the throat.
3. Carry out the regulation palpation at the brain stem.
4. Carry out crossing the mind-body interface.
5. Apply verbal interventions with palpation skills to create psycho-physical interventions.
MODULA FIVE: Upper Extremities
1. Carry out compression and expansion of the shoulder.
2. Carry out unwinding of the shoulder, elbow and wrist.
3. Carry out crossing the mind-body interface.
4. Apply verbal interventions with palpation skills to create psycho-physical interventions.
CEs Available: Course meets the qualifications for 30 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Craig Toonder, MFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for MFT’s, LPCC’s, LCSW’s. Craig Toonder, MFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and it’s content. CEPA Provider Number: 60285.
This workshop will be taught by CRAIG TOONDER, MFT. Craig Toonder is a somatic psychotherapist in private practice in Oakland, CA. He has trained in Psycho-Physical Therapy, Hakomi Body Centered Psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing, the Tamura Method, and Formative Therapy. He has studied a variety of massage therapy modalities at the McKinnon Institute of Massage and the Chi Nei Tsang Institute. Additionally, he has studied visceral manipulation with the Barral Institute. He created and taught curriculum for the Psycho-Physical Therapy Institute with Bill Bowen and is now continuing Bill’s work.
Awarding Continuing Education Policy:Continuing education certificates will be provided by the course instructor at the end of the workshop. Only those who have completed all the course hours and the evaluation paperwork will be given a certificate.
Refund Policy:Credit towards a future workshop or refund minus a $25 cancelation fee will be provided when the program administrator receives notice of cancellation by phone, writing, or email 30 days prior to the start date of workshop. Credit, but no refund is available if less than 30 days notice is provided. No refunds or credit will be given without prior notification. Course registration signifies agreement with the terms of the cancellation policy. Somatic Resourcing Training agrees that if a course is cancelled the student will receive 100% refund of tuition. Refunds will be issued within 5 business days of the request being received. For more information can be found under the Policies and Procedures menu tab.
ADA and other Accommodation Requests:
Facilities and programs are accessible to persons with disabilities. If you have a special need and plan to attend the workshop, please contact the Program Administrator, Craig Toonder, MFT at ctoondermft[at]gmail.com or 510-499-7137. Please allow as much advance notice as possible to ensure we have ample opportunity to meet your needs. For more information can be found under the Policies and Procedures menu tab.
Complaints & Grievances:
If you would like to discuss or file a complaint or grievance, please contact the Program Administrator, Craig Toonder, MFT at ctoondermft[at]gmail.com or 510-499-7137. For more information can be found under the Policies and Procedures menu tab.
