Program

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Two-Year Training Program

The Center for Somatic Studies provides:

  • Ongoing classes (New York City)
  • Ongoing supervision courses for psychotherapists, body workers, yoga teachers (New York City)
  • Weekend workshops (New York City and elsewhere)
  • Training Programs: Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy™ (New York City and Mexico City)
  • Infant/Caregiver psycho-educational groups (New York City and elsewhere)
  • Consulting services to educational facilities (anywhere)

Workshops 2023

Two-Semester Training Program Online

Training Schedule 2024 – 2025

Trainings meet Fri & Sat: 8:30am – 2:30pm
Sun: 8:30am – 11:00am
*EST. Please check specific time zones in your country.

Module OneMarch 2024March 8 - 10
Module TwoMay 2024May 3 - 5
Module ThreeJuly 2024July 12 - 14
Module FourSeptember 2024September 13 - 15
Module FiveNovember 2024November 1 - 3
Module SixJanuary 2025January 24 - 26
Module SevenMarch 2025March 14 - 16
Module EightMay 2025May 16 - 18

Completed Workshops 2009 – 2023
New York City, and elsewhere

Online Workshop: Gestures and Their Meaning
Gestalt Training Institute of Philadelphia
Online via Zoom, Saturday, Sep. 30th and Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023
Philadelphia

Retroflecting: Opening to the Authenticity of Experience
Gestalt Institute of Toronto
Online via Zoom, June 9 & 10, 2023
Toronto, Canada

The Bodily Roots of Developmental Trauma (Online), Ruella Frank
Gestalt Institute of Toronto
June 18 & 19, 2022
Toronto, Canada

Ruella Frank Online:
Kinesthetic Resonance: The Basis of Social Understanding
June 4-5, 2021
Toronto, Canada

Webinar Series:
Embodied Relational Gestalt: A Developmental Perspective
With Russian Translation
August 17, 2020
September 21, 2020
October 19, 2020

Webinar: Moving into Presence
75 Minute Webinar
June 26, 2020

Webinar: Exploring the Root of Developmental Trauma
December 13, 2019

Open Workshop: Stockholm: Exploring the Root of Developmental Trauma
May. 15-17, 2019
Stockholm, Sweden

NYC: The Genesis of Intergenerational Trauma
January 26-27, 2019
New York City, USA

Edinburgh: The Evolution of Subjectivity
November 16-18, 2018
Edinburgh, UK

Webinar: The Evolution of Subjectivity
September 21, 2018
Live Video Webinar

Bilbao: Moving Towards the Edge
July 23-29, 2018
Bilbao, Spain

Stockholm: Embodied Intersubjectivity
April 28-29, 2018
Stockholm, Sweden

NYC: Self in Motion/ Self en Movimiento
July 10-13, 2017
New York City, USA

New York City: DSP Introductory Workshop
January 21-22, 2017
New York City, USA

London: Embodied Intersubjectivity
February 24-25, 2017
London, UK

Kiev: The Flesh and Bones of the situation
June 14-16, 2016
Kiev, Ukraine

Moscow: Flesh and Bones of the Situation
June 10-12, 2016
Moscow, Russia

Open Workshop: Traumatic Attaching
March 17-18, 2016
Milan, Italy

Open Workshop: Movement in Awareness
September 9-12, 2015
Madrid, Spain

DSP Introductory Workshop
June 8-11, 2015
Edinburgh, UK

Open Workshop: Traumatic Attaching
June 13-15, 2015
Edinburgh, UK

Introductory DSP Workshop NYC
February 20-22, 2015
New York City, The Feldenkrais Institute

DSP Advanced Workshop
June 13-16, 2014
New York City, The Feldenkrais Institute

The Situation in Flesh and Bones
May 5-7, 2014
Paris, France

Kinesthetic Resonance
January 24-26, 2014
New York City, The Feldenkrais Institute

Unfolding Kinesthetic and Relational Awareness
June 13-14, 2013
Oslo, Norway

Postgraduate Workshop: Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy
June 10 – 12, 2013
Oslo, Norway, Norsk, Gestaltinstitutt

Introductory DSP Workshop
April 13-14, 2013
New York City, Meta Center

Introductory DSP Workshop
November 2-4, 2012
New York City, Shetler Studios

Introductory DSP Workshop
October 6-7, 2012
Montréal, Canada, IQGT

Moving towards Intimacy: All-day Workshop for Couples
April 14, 2012
New York City

Discovering our Embodied History
January 30 – February 1, 2012
Madrid, Spain, Centro de Terapia y Psicología

Supervision: Kinetic Resonance
January 29, 2012
Bordeaux, France, IFGT

Gestalt Therapy
A Somatic and Developmental Approach
January 26-28, 2012
Bordeaux, France, IFGT

Open Workshop: Discovering Embodied History
March 17 – 18, 2011
Oslo, Norway, Norsk, Gestaltinstitutt

Postgraduate Workshop: Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy
March 14 – 16, 2011
Oslo, Norway, Norsk, Gestaltinstitutt

Advanced Supervision for Graduates of DSP
March 12, 2011
Oslo, Norway, Norsk, Gestaltinstitutt

Introduction to Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy
February 25-27, 2011
New York City, Center for Somatic Studies

September 6 – 7, 2009
Oslo, Norway, Norsk, Gestaltinstitutt
Follow-up Workshop: Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy

September 3 – 4, 2009
Oslo, Norway, Norsk Gestaltinstitutt
Introductory Workshop: Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy

April 28, 29, 30, 2009
Madrid, Spain, Spanish Congress
Introductory Workshop: Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy

February 20-23, 2009
New York City, USA, Center for Somatic Studies
Advanced Workshop: Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy

February 1-2, 2009
Paris, France, Institut Français de Gestalt-thérapie
Leaders Workshop: Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy

January 29-31, 2009
Paris, France, Institut Français de Gestalt-thérapie
Introductory Workshop: Somatic and Developmental Approach to Gestalt Therapy