Somatic Experiencing:Integrating the Body into Psychotherapy and Recovery
Presenter: Andrea Bell, LCSW, SEP
Andrea Bell, LCSW, SEP, has served avariety of clinical populations since1988, treating substance abuse,chronic/severe mental illness, duallydiagnosed persons, people withdevelopmental disabilities, andpeople with post-traumatic stress.She has taught ecology toundergraduates and social work toMSW graduate students. Fluent inboth English and Spanish, shecurrently runs a full-time privatepractice, specializing in anxiety,depression, mood dysregulationand developmental and shocktrauma. She continues assisting andcoordinating SE trainings, locallyand internationall
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Somatic Experiencing® (SETM), developed by Peter A. Levine, PhD, author of thebestseller, "Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma," is a potent psychobiological approach toresolving the symptoms of trauma and chronic stress. Whether you are a medical ormental health professional, addictions counselor, rst responder, body worker, educator,alternative medicine practitioner, or other helping professional, the SETM ProfessionalTraining is a continuing education program that will help you make an even greaterdi erence with your clients who suff er.
SE off ers a framework to assess where your client is "stuck" in the ght, ight, freeze, orcollapse responses and provides clinical tools to resolve these xated physiological statesthat underlie so many trauma symptoms. Our educational model is both theoretical andhighly experiential, o ering you e ective skills for restoring nervous system regulationand resolving trauma that can be immediately integrated into your professional practice.
Learning objectives:
- Explain the usefulness of somatically based therapies in the treatment of trauma andmood dysregulation•
- Explain the differences between cognitively based and somatically based therapies• Understand the concept of the felt sense, both cognitively and experientially
- Improve practical awareness of the role of the autonomic nervous system incommonly seen mental health symptoms
- Articulate the concepts of titration and pendulation and why they are important in thetreatment of trauma.
Continuing Education Units Off ered
APA, BBS (CA), BRN (CA), NAADAC, NASW, NBCC, NCBTMB, NCCAOM