Ruella Frank (Dr.)

Faculty

About

Ruella Frank, Ph.D., is founder and director of the Center for Somatic Studies, faculty at the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy and Training, adjunct faculty at Gestalt Institute of Toronto, and also teaches throughout the United States, Europe, South America, Canada and Mexico. Ruella has authored chapters in various publications, as well as authored the book, Body of Awareness: A Somatic and Developmental Approach to Psychotherapy, available in four languages (GestaltPress, 2001) and co-authored The First Year of The Rest of Your Life: Movement, Development and Psychotherapeutic Change, available in three languages (Routledge Press, 2010). Her book, The Moving Self: The Bodily Roots of Experience in Psychotherapy, will be published by Routledge Press next year.

Courses by Ruella Frank (Dr.)

Increasing Client Emotional Tolerance

A four-module demonstration course in somatic therapy. Watch expert practitioners work with anxiety, medical trauma, hyperarousal, and stored trauma — revealing the body's innate capacity for regulation and healing.

Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate

Learn a holistic, body-centered framework for understanding and working with trauma — for yourself and your clients. A 3-month online certificate with world-renowned somatic trauma faculty.

Somatic Attachment Therapy Certificate

Transform attachment wounds and trauma through a body-centered approach — for yourself and your clients. A 60-hour online certificate with world-renowned somatic attachment faculty.