UPCOMING EVENTS AT SEATTLE SCHOOL OF BODY-PSYCHOTHERAPY

Space is Limited for workshops and for group so sign up well in advance!

Upcoming Community Night!

This Event celebrates the launch of ongoing community gathering, some of which will be available to the public. Come join us at our first free public offering which will be facilitated by SSBP graduates/ Core energetics practitioners Natasha Kuhn & Rebecca Liu. Please come meet them and other available practitioners and find out about our work. In north Seattle.

USABP Spotlight Series
Culture, Context, and Binds:
An Interactive Conversation Toward Decolonizing

with Aylee Welch, LICSW, director SSBP

May 2, 2024 10am-12pm PST
This event is the result of a partnership between SSBP and the United States Association Of Body-Psychotherapy. This is a live-only meeting.

It is not a top-down lecture; it is an invitation to come together and gently unpack and explore ingrained perspectives that cause harm, others people, and leaves many behind; that thrives on exploitation and that forces specific ways of being while denying the deeper truths of ourselves.

We intend to stimulate curiosity and care while moving towards getting to know ourselves better in the context of unpacking whiteness, how and where it shows up, and it's impact. To invite steps towards equity, inclusivity and diversity expanding beyond man-made systems and into consideration of all of creation.

register at https://usabp.org/event-5130650

It is with regret that we announce that the International Association Of Core Energetics Convention: Greece September 2024 is Postponed until fall 2025
PLEASE STAY TUNED!

CORE ENERGETICS 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
Havania 721 00, Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece
September 25-29, 2024

Join passionate practitioners, thought leaders, and trailblazers from across the globe. Embark on a journey of exploration, diving deep into the rich terrain of Core Energetics, as we shape its future together.

Dive into the heart of transformation at the Wyndham Grand Mirabello Bay, set against the backdrop of Crete's enchanting landscape. This year's theme, "The Future Evolution of Core Energetics: Navigating through the Big Challenges Emerging in a New Society and a New World" promises profound insights, evocative experiences, and a merging of ancient wisdom with forward-thinking methodologies.

Delve into presentations, lectures, and workshops, each illuminating the path forward. With the world at a pivotal crossroad, Core Energetics stands poised to guide us through transformative change.

Forge lasting connections with fellow enthusiasts. Revel in the joy of shared experiences, the warmth of newfound friendships, and the powerful pulse of collective consciousness.

Beyond the conference halls, the magical land of Crete beckons. Immerse yourself in its timeless beauty, history, and the very essence that has inspired poets, philosophers, and seekers for millennia.

This isn't just another conference. It's a transformative gathering, a soulful sojourn, and an invitation to shape the future.

Monthly Process Group Starts September 30, 2023
Screening for new group members required
This group meets Saturdays once a month, from 9am - 1 pm ~ In-Person
January - June $200 per month~ some scholarship for POGM

September 30, October 14, November 4, December 2, January 20, 2024, February 17, March 9, April 6, May 4, June 1

It is wonderful to be a part of this space that we create where we endeavor to be genuine and open, exploring our own ability to risk and to be open to others. The groups are a combination of exercise and process work. The exercises energize and open our physical system. It is a playful way to explore different attitudes and feeling states and sets the stage for the work we do each session.

Along with process-oriented therapy we use other modalities for the work and take advantage of the extra energy provided by having a group of people. The group provides a supportive, non-judgmental environment to explore the issues that come up in our lives and in our interactions with one another.

Group is a wonderful adjunct to individual therapy and gives us an opportunity to explore and create the deeper connection that we all long for.

Call soon for more information and screening appointment as there is some preparation required. The group is e in-person, but feel free to let me know if you are interested in a virtual group. Email: ayleewelch@bodypsychotherapy.us

Workshop:

The Body’s Cycle of Learning
A Somatic Journey for Transforming Outdated Belief Systems

June 24-25, 2023 ~ 13.5 CEUs
$375 ~ scholarship for people of marginalized communities
Saturday 9am-6pm Sunday 9am-4pm

Our body is the beautiful container through which we experience our life. It is full of information, some related to the present moment, some from the past. There is a constant information exchange between the body and its intricate systems that mobilize our emotions, thought patterns, behavior, health and more. These levels of our existence are connected through a belief system that may be outside of our conscious awareness.

This workshop will explore, through the body, how our experiences are interwoven on each of these levels, and why sometimes we are able to learn from and transform experience, while other times we stay in old patterns despite our best intention for change that can lead to retraumatization, anxiety, depression or other symptoms. These patterns hold us back in our lives and keep us from experiencing our vital life energy, our joy.

This is an experiential somatic workshop for both professionals and people wanting to transform old belief systems and feel more alive! Participants will have the opportunity to recognize how they block their own life energy and take steps toward opening. We will work with movement, expression, guided meditations, exercises in small groups. We will demonstrate how people create belief systems and form life patterns from their early experiences, and how to use our full psycho-social-physiological processes to transform them. Seattle School of Body-Psychotherapy’s curriculum incorporates neurobiology and trauma theory into body-psychotherapy to provide a deep understanding of the change process. Aylee also brings her understanding of other techniques which employ creativity and spirituality to enhance the journey.

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~ All School Retreat July 28- 30, 2023 *
Day 1 Community Building & Presentations TBA
Day 2 & 3 open to larger communities

Friday 1- 6 ~ Saturday 9- 6 ~ Sunday 9- 4 $375. Scholarship for BIPOC available

Day 2 Narcissism with Anna Timmermans director N.I.C.E.~ Dr. Karla Morgan as Resident Activist

Day 3 Advanced Practice with Anna Timmermans ~ Dr. Karla Morgan as Resident Activist

Friday 1- 6 ~ Saturday 9- 6 ~ Sunday 9- 5 $375. Scholarship for BIPOC available *required for SSBP students & supervisees

from Anna: “The idea to teach these 2 topics for you has made me very excited! I will teach the Narcissistic topic first because that is the root of our profession. You have attuned yourself to the need of others from an overt or covert place of something that happened in your history. Some of us are aware of this event and some not. We will look at our inner drive to become a practitioner. By being so attuned to the outside world and the people around us, we make ourselves less attuned to our own self and in less connection of our own needs which can lead to feelings of being empty. This may lead to burn out. To work and expand in our skills we need to be aware of where it all stems from.

Then we can move to the next topic. In the Advanced Practice class I will to work with hands on techniques from my book. This asks the willingness to be vulnerable and taking risks because the client will only move as far as you are willing to do this in your own life and in your work as a CE practitioner. I will attune to what is needed in the group.

Anna trained in Bio Energetics Analysis and worked as a trainer at the N.I.B.A., then trained in Core Energetics with John Pierrakos. She is co-owner of Cordium, center for growth and development in Nijmegen, Holland and also teaches in Mexico. Her passion is to train Core Energetic therapists and to develop Core Energetics as an autonomous method of therapy in the Netherlands. Anna Timmermans is founder, owner and director of the Netherlands Institute of Core Energetics (NICE). Anna is certified by the European Certification of Psychotherapy.

Here to keep our work relevant and inclusive to people of all cultures and lifestyles Karla Morgan, ND is a 2020 graduate of SSBP. She is a Somatic Experiencing practitioner & trainer and founder of Carmalita Community Health. She thinks of the renegotiation of trauma as an important individual endeavor and inseparable from the healing of larger structures within which we exist and create. Our individual health is not separate from the health of the land, our community, relationships, and the structures we live in. As we change the structures and policies that are making us sick, we also take good care of ourselves and our communities, knowing that our individual liberation and care are part of the whole.

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~ All School Retreat with Dr. Karyne Wilner October 22- 24, 2021 (required for students & supervisees)
Day 1: The Unconscious in the Body
Day 2: Prebirth Trauma and the Body
Friday evening 6:30- 8:30 reception and connection
Saturday 9 am- 6 pm. Sunday 9 am - 4 pm with Karyne
$350. or $200. for one day

Seattle School of Body-Psychotherapy is hosting Dr. Karyne Wilner for two days exploring body-reading techniques. Day One will look at The Unconscious In The Body & day two will look at Prebirth Trauma in the Body. Here is what Dr. Wilner has to say about the events:

There are things you don’t know about yourself as they are not in your conscious awareness -- but your body holds that information. Conscious memory does not develop prior to age three, whereas the emotional brain forms while you are still a fetus in the womb. The body holds information from the earliest period of life as well as material that would change your view of yourself if you brought it into the light.

Every aspect of the human body has communication value. Wilhelm Reich, M.D. described the body as the frozen history of the person. According to John C. Pierrakos, MD, my mentor, it also reveals the person’s present and future potentialities.

Core Energetic body readings help to identify a person’s main character defenses, personality traits, developmental wounds, desires and needs. In this introductory seminar, participants will learn how to read the meaning portrayed by physical posture, muscular blocks, body fat, secondary sexual characteristics, and small physical nuances. In addition, the aura and charkas will be used to determine the person’s current and future behavior patterns.

Body readings require a sensitivity to culture and diversity. Although they emphasize the commonalities of all people on the planet, they also require the acceptance and understanding of racial, ethnic, religious, gender, and cultural differences with the intention of providing advocacy and healing for all.

The anthropological roots of reading bodies are found in shamanic experiences and eastern culture, as well as in western psychology. Core Energetics students and practitioners need to demonstrate cultural competencies to deal with individuals and family groups from different parts of the world – who present with differing beliefs, behaviors, appearances, rituals, eating habits, and religious experiences.

In this interactive workshop, you will learn how to: conduct a body reading, interpret what the body reveals, understand the stories that bodies tell, elicit unconscious messages from the body, approach a body reading with sensitivity, receive a person in their wholeness, communicate this information to your clients, explore attitudes about gender, ethnicity, culture and race, additionally day 2 will explore treatment methods for prebirth trauma.

Karyne B. Wilner, PsyD, licensed psychologist, has private practices in Newtown, CT, Portsmouth, RI, and online. She directs the Core Energetics Academy, specializing in body reading seminars and supervision groups.. She was formerly Assistant Director of the International Institute for Core Energetics, Senior Director of the Brazilian Institute, and Associate Director in Australia. She has traveled widely giving lectures, workshops, and seminars, and she has written numerous journal articles about somatics and psychology. In addition to her training programs, she teaches Master’s level Holistic Counseling courses at Salve Regina University in Newport RI. Her joy is in helping people to become authentic and in touch with their bodies so that they may lead richer, fuller lives.

~ Anti-Racism Weekend continued June 12-13, 2021
Led by Aylee, this will be a white space for people to use Core Energetics to confront biases and heal personal trauma that prevents us from mobilizing change on behalf of BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and other marginalized people.
day 1: 9 am - 6 pm day 2: 9 am - 4:00 pm
$300. or $285. by May 1

~ Decolonizing with Glenn Pinkham & Michelle Comeau July 10, 2021

From Yakima and Standing Rock Sioux Tribes respectively, Glen and Michelle were popular speakers at our all-school retreat on anti-racism. This day is open to the respectful public as well as the community. Our teachers will continue to work with us to help us understand the world from a Native American viewpoint and learn how to stand with them and other marginalized communities.

9 am - 6 pm $150. All proceeds go to The People

Glen Pinkham is an enrolled member of the Yakama Nation and has 40+ years as a cultural mentor, advisor and group facilitator. He brings wealth of knowledge in working with all socio-economic backgrounds, agencies, and Native and non-Native people. With Mother Nation he conducts prayer services at hospitals, homes, and outreach in homeless camps. In addition he conducts and facilitates sweat lodges for Chief Seattle Club. As a Traditional Health Practitioner with Seattle Indian Health Board, he conducts and facilitates Sweat Lodges and has experience facilitating the Elder’s Talking Circles. He is also a Spiritual counselor for ages 18-24 year olds at United Indians Labateyah Youth Home. Glen’s parents are Tallulah and the late Joe Jay Pinkham II. He was raised in the Washut-Seven drums, Shaker faith, Medicine Dance, and Christian religions. He is married to Yvette Pinkham for 34 years and have three beautiful adult children.

Michelle Comeau is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe who lives in the Pacific Northwest. She is a long time Advocate, Activist and beloved Auntie to many. She is tireless worker with local organizations and on behalf of her community and her service has impacted many many people for the better. Along with her advocacy work, her medicine includes Storytelling, Healing Songs & Ceremony, pouring for Women's Sweat Lodges, and facilitating cultural healing at treatment centers. She brings straight up Truth-Telling and a deep commitment to healing work.

~ Supervision Intensive August 13, 2021

~International Core Energetics Convention August 17th-21st, 2022.

This event had been rescheduled for this August, 2021 is once again postponed in the anticipation of being able to meet live next summer, 2022. The committee feels that the richness that the in-person encounter offers, including the opportunity to be together from all over the world in the paradise of Cancun, is worth waiting for.

The new dates are set for August 17th-21st, 2022. And for those who have already enrolled, there will be no cost increase. I am looking forward to meeting together with you and many new faces too! For ongoing information check:
www.2020coreconvention.com/

~ USABP Webinar ongoing viewing available

The Body’s Cycle of Learning and the Use of Expression in Psychotherapy: A Clinical Approach To Addressing the Split in the Somatic Community

Please go here to register for the video webinar: https://usabp.org/Sys/Store/Products/19491
Put the name of the webinar in the check out field and a USABP person will get back to you with the url for viewing.

~ Workshop: Herbal Support for Mental Health Difficulties ~ not available in 2020

with Aylee Welch, LICSW; Master Herbalist

9am - 5 pm

14 CEU hours through NASW

I am a Master Herbalist who has attended two different herb schools and many other workshops. I consider myself a Community Herbalist as opposed to a Medical or Clinical Herbalist who has more extensive training in chemistry and biology. I love to pass along my knowledge of plants and encourage others to work with plant remedies on behalf their and their family's health and well being. This workshop is for mental health practitioners as well as people interested for themselves.

These days many people are self-prescribing natural remedies. But there are many things to look at in order to find the best plant or formula for each person's constitution and situation. Friday will cover many disorders and plant based remedies to support treatment. We will discuss how general health, gut flora, nutrition and exercise effect mental health and look at a variety of supportive approaches including adaptogens and alteratives, nervines, anxiolitics, uplifting herbs and aromatic remedies. We will also discuss constitution and how this can inform our choices of support. Saturday is a practical day looking at the plants and learning how to make remedies. You will have the option of taking Friday class alone.