In psychotherapy, particularly narrative therapy, it is understood that narrative plays an important part in how personal identity is formed, understood, and changed. In the field of narrative medicine, there is substantial research that shows that outcomes of treatment are significantly impacted by not only the client’s stories of their illness and symptoms, but ...
In this new video, Kathy presents a short somatic practice for supporting resilience. This practice is appropriate for practitioners, their clients, or anyone facing challenging circumstances who is looking for a simple, daily practice that can be used to increase their ability to meet those challenges with equanimity. The video includes a short description ...
We're delighted to share with you a newly-released podcast interview with Kathy, as part of the current CASAT Conversations series, "The Impact of Trauma on Our Humanity." We invite you to enjoy the whole series, where you will hear a variety of voices offering support to people in the helping professions, who have borne ...
Our recent Touch Skills and Somatic Skills classes have sparked quite a bit of interest and discussion on the topic of Coupling Dynamics - so much so that we've decided to offer Traumatic Coupling Dynamics as a stand-alone class, for students who want to deepen their work on this aspect of their practice. If ...
We are so excited (at last!) to have launched a new updated website with a new registration system and many new features! Our old site, designed by community member Jason Whitlow, served us well for many years . . . we thank him for the functionality that saw Somatic Practice through so much dramatic ...
Last month we announced a new online class - Somatic Narrative - which was to take place online in October. Since then, we've heard from many of you that you are booked solid at that time, so we have decided to give you a breather and delay the launch of this class. Please stay ...