STOCKHOLM SEPTEMBER 30 OCTOBER 1 2017

PAT OGDEN, Ph.D.

W O R K S H O PSENSORIMOTOR

PSYCHOTHERAPY :

Working with Implicit Communication, Attachment & Trauma

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Implicit, non-conscious communication - gesture, stance, posture, prosody, facial expressions, and move-ment patterns - is the heartbeat of all relationships. Ethologists have long described particular non-verbal behaviors among animals that communicate an invita-tion for particular activities, such as to play, to be sexual or to fight. Similarly, infant researchers have highlighted the significance of implicit bodily-based communica-tion between infants and their attachment figures that shapes procedural memory and affect regulation ca-pacities. This communication serves as a template for future relational interaction, and is reflected in the non-verbal dialogue of the therapist/patient dyad. This con-versation that takes place beneath the words during the therapy hour is often more significant than the explicit narrative.

The ongoing process of bodily-based, non-verbal be-havior serves to regulate affect and is fundamental for conveying information. In large part, this implicit com-munication determines not only the affective nature of the dyad but the content that is explicitly expressed. Relational trauma and early attachment dynamics shape non-verbal communication, reflecting and sustaining

WORKSHOPSENSORIMOTOR PSYCHOTHERAPY

WORKING WITH IMPLICIT COMMUNICATION, ATTACHMENT & TRAUMA

unconscious beliefs and affects that have anticipatory and predictive functions.

This workshop explores the legacy of trauma and at-tachment in determining affect regulatory capacities, procedural learning and implicit communication, and thus in large part, the quality of one’s relationships with others and one’s relationship with the self. The pre-senter addresses implicit knowing of the other as well as implicit knowing of the self - how our sense of self depends not only on the verbal story we tell ourselves, but also on the non-verbal story we tell ourselves. This “somatic narrative” is typically beyond the understand-ing of the rational mind, yet implicitly anticipates the future, and is a powerful determinant of behavior. The presenter will emphasize embedded relational mindful-ness interventions to alter the somatic narrative and achieve therapeutic gains, and teach a variety of tech-niques from Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.

This workshop also explores how patient and therapist, through their complex, multi-layered relationship, may non-verbally enact aspects of their immediate experi-ence that are excluded from cognitive representation. The interface of what is being communicated con-sciously and explicitly with what is being expressed im-plicitly between therapist and patient is explored and the negotiation of therapeutic enactments is demon-strated. Concepts and specific techniques from Sen-sorimotor Psychotherapy will be illustrated through excerpts of videotaped consultation sessions with chil-dren, adolescents, families, adults, couples, group, and brief experiential exercises.

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES:

Participants will be able to:1. Summarize the concept of

the somatic narrative.2. Discuss the importance of

non-verbal communication intherapy.

3. Discuss affect regulation andthe implicit self.

4. Define neuroception.5. Discuss embedded relational

mindfulness interventions.6. Describe how attachment-related beliefs can affect the

body.7. Describe somatic components of attachment categories.8. Discuss affect regulation as central to therapeutic change.9. Explain therapeutic enactments from a somatic perspec-

tive.10. Explain the concept of “safe but not too safe” as it applies

to both therapist and patient.

BIOPAT OGDEN, PH.D.

Pat Ogden, PhD, is a pioneer in somatic psychology and the Founder and Educational Director of the Sen-sorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, an internationally recognized school specializing in somatic–cognitive approaches for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and attachment disturbances. She is co-founder of the Hakomi Institute, past faculty of Naropa University (1985-2005), a clinician, consultant, interna-tional lecturer and trainer, and first author of the ground-breaking books, Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy (Tr. it., Il trauma e il corpo. Manuale di psicoterapia sensomotoria, ISC Editore, 2013) e Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment. Attualmente sta lavorando al suo terzo libro, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Chil-dren and Adolescents.

Saturday, September 30thDAY ONE

9.00 am-10:30am Affect Regulation and Neuroregulatory InterventionsProcedural TendenciesPhase 1 Treatment: Stabilization10:50am-12:00pmNeuroception and the Polyvagal Hierarchy Harnessing Neuroplasticity: The Use of MindfulnessDirected Mindfulness Interventions01:15pm-2:30pmPhase 2 Treatment: Traumatic MemoryThe Modulation Model and the Window of ToleranceRestoring “Acts of Triumph”02:50-4:15pmPsychobiological Action SystemsStructural Dissociation of the PersonalityInterventions for Working with Dissociative Parts

Sunday, October 1stDAY TWO

09:00am-10:30amTrauma, Attachment, and Attachment TraumaHow Attachment Shapes Implicit communication Phase 3 Treatment 10:50am-12:00amImplicit Relational Knowing and the Somatic Sense of SelfProximity Seeking ActionsAttachment Categories and their Non-verbal Patterns01:15pm-02:30pmAttachment Related EmotionsExpanding Affect Array and IntensityWorking at the Regulatory Boundaries of the Window of Tolerance02:50pm-4:15pmExplicit and Implicit Therapeutic JourneysLack of Recognition: Collusions, Collisions, and Therapeutic En-actments, Negotiating Enactments between Patient and Therapist

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English

LOCATION

Stockholm

FEE

• 420 euros• 320 euros (early bird by July 31)

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