Cultivating Bodily Knowing: An introduction to Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy

Working as a psychotherapist requires the ability to evaluate how to act in relation to the uniqueness of each situation. In gestalt therapy this capacity is often called the aesthetic criterion, a bodily form of knowing that is felt and sensed within the unfolding dynamic of the therapeutic encounter. 

In this experiential workshop, we will explore the role of movement and kinesthetic resonance as essential foundations of both experience and knowing. We will inquire into that which we know before we consciously know it, and attend to how emerging body-to-body dynamics between psychotherapists and clients reveal existential themes, and inform therapeutic interventions. 

Participants will practice to pay close attention to their moving-feeling-sensing experience in relation to others. Using a phenomenological and developmental lens, we will bring theory into practice, applying principles of Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy™ to deepen attunement and responsiveness in therapeutic work. The workshop will apply a phenomenological and developmental lens to psychotherapy and we will bring theory into practice. 

This approach to gestalt therapy is inspired and informed by the innovative work of Ruella Frank, who developed Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy™. 

ABOUT LIDER:

Helena Kallner, EAGT and UKCP registered psychotherapist, practices gestalt psychotherapy in Stockholm. She is a full member of the New York Institute for Gestalt therapy and serves as a senior teacher and supervisor of Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy™. Her PhD thesis,Forming form. How movement shapes psychotherapists’ practical knowledge, investigate the role of movement in psychotherapy

FORMAL INFORMATION

VENUE: Beera Meiselsa 1 (Centrum Doradztwa Rolniczego)

THE WORKSHOP IS DEDICATED TO PEOPLE WHO ARE AT LEAST ON THE LAST YEAR OF BASIC PSYCHOTHERAPY/ COUNSELLING TRAINING.

TRANSLATION: The workshop will be held in English with translation into Polish

DATES: 11th-13th April 2025

HOURS:

Friday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m

Saturday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m and

Sunday: 10 p.m.- 2 p.m.

COSTS : 450 EUR

1st installment - 200 EUR - needs to be paid within 7 days from the moment of receiving confirmed registration email.

2nd repayment – 250 EUR needs to be paid till 14th March 2025.

Additionally one has to fill in the registration form (link below).

Please pay above amount to the account:

Szkolenia Gestalt sp. z o.o.

Bank: Pekao S.A.

Address: 123 Lea Street

30-133 Krakow, Poland

Kod SWIFT/BIC Bank Pekao: PKOPPLPW

PL69 1240 4432 1978 0011 0328 6180

INFORMATION: kontakt@szkoleniagestalt.pl

REGISTRATION ONLY THROUGH THE APPLICATION FORM: https://forms.gle/e4o9sGe7cfKxbJ1AA