Body Structure from a Gestalt Perspective: Training for Gestalt and Somatic Practitioners
With Michael Clemmens and Renee Jennings
May 26 - 31, 2019
Patterns of our physical embodiment are revealed and expressed in our thinking, feeling, and lived histories. They are shaped through our interactions with the world, the places and spaces we inhabit, developmental contexts, and relational others. As body or character structure, these patterns become relatively fixed modes of being through which we both express and limit our evolving self and narrative. From a Gestalt perspective, these structures are creative adjustments that can be attended to and explored in the novelty of the present moment. By doing this we can support the expansion of awareness, embodiment, and possibilities for individual and collective growth and change. In this workshop we will explore these structures (including our own) through embodied experiences of place and space, world/other, and energetic and physical heart space.
Participants will develop the following skills:
• Observation and description of somatic and energetic structural patterns
• Relational attending to structure in development and adulthood
• Undoing holding patterns and expanding range of choice and repertoire
• Attunement and relational resonance
The design of the week includes theoretical content, daily practice sessions, group process, and experiential exercises.
Note: This course is designed for practitioners with preliminary Gestalt therapy and body/character structure training.
CE credit for nurses;
CE credit for MFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs;
About the Leaders
Michael Clemmens
Michael Craig Clemmens, PhD, is a psychologist and trainer in Pittsburgh. He is a faculty member of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland and teaches at the Metanoia Institute in London and at Esalen. He is the author of Getting Beyond Sobriety (1997), Embodied Relational Gestalt :Theory and Applications (2019) and numerous articles on Gestalt therapy, […]
Learn more about Michael ClemmensRenee Jennings
Renee Jennings, MA MSW LCSW, is a somatic and Gestalt therapist/trainer, energy practitioner, meditation teacher, mentor/consultant and writer with more than 25 years in the healing arts. She is especially interested in the integration of mysticism and embodiment in daily life and professional practice. Renee is Gestalt Cleveland faculty. Email Me www.reneejennings.com
Learn more about Renee JenningsCategories : (Old) Body & Movement, (Old) Mind & Psychology, (Old) Transpersonal Psychology, Continuing Education, Familiar or New, FF/FC, MFT/LCSW CE, Nurse CE, Product Type, Target Attendees, Target Generation