Somatic Practitioner Mentorship:
Spring Program
April 4th - September 12th, 2024
Join the Somatic Practitioner Mentorship program mentors Dr. Peter Levine, Dr. Dick Schwartz, Deb Dana, Diane Pool Heller, Dr. Arielle Schwartz, Nkem Ndefo, Dr. Scott Lyons, Kai Cheng Thom, Manuela Mischke-Reeds, Staci Haines, Fran Booth and more for this 26-hour Mentorship Program designed to enhance your capacity to bring the power of somatic therapies into your work with others.
Mentorship (and somatic supervision) are a vital way to enhance and refine your skills as a practitioner and receive guidance and support in the challenges and journeys you are facilitating with your clients.
PLEASE NOTE: Students must have completed or be currently enrolled in one or more of The Embody Lab’s Certificate programs or completed a somatic practitioner program from other schools.
MEET YOUR MENTORS
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PETER A. LEVINE, PhD
STACI K. HAINES
NKEM NDEFO, MSN
RICHARD SCHWARTZ, PhD
KAI CHENG THOM, MSW, MSC
DR. SCOTT LYONS
DEB DANA, LCSW
DR. ALBERT WONG
ARIELLE SCHWARTZ, PhD
FRANCES D. BOOTH, LICSW
MANUELA MISCHKE-REEDS, LMFT
LINDA THAI, LMSW
DEVON CHRISTIE, PhD
JESSICA MONTGOMERY, MSW
KAREE POWERS, LICSW, EMDR-C
JESSICA FERN
PLEASE NOTE: Students must have completed or be currently enrolled in one or more of The Embody Lab’s Certificate programs or completed a somatic practitioner program from other schools.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM HERE
ABOUT THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
DEEPEN AND REFINE YOUR SKILLS AS A SOMATIC PRACTITIONER
Our Somatic Practitioner Mentorship program is designed to offer you a container of support as you develop your skills as a Somatic Practitioner or Therapist. It will also help guide and enhance your personal process and practice of the tools you have gained in either your Certificate program with The Embody Lab, or other somatic-based programs.
If you want to deepen your understanding of the practice of somatic therapies, refine your skills as a practitioner, and enhance your capacity to offer this life-changing work to others… this program is for you!
There are 2 mentorship programs available:
The Spring Mentorship program from April 4th - September 12th, 2024
The Fall Mentorship program from November 14th, 2024 - April 10th, 2025
Each mentorship program includes:
Six 3-hour mentoring sessions.
Four 90-minute master level Embodied Practitioner Skills workshops to deepen and enhance your practitioner skills.
Community Connection session led by Dr. Scott Lyons.
Each 3-hour mentoring session will include:
Part 1: Live demonstration of working with a client from a esteemed mentor, followed by a deconstruction of that session, analysis of techniques used, and question and answer
Part 2: Guidance for up to four case studies per session with three of our esteemed mentoring faculty supporting the practitioners
All sessions will be recorded and participants will receive lifetime access to the recordings at no extra cost.
Deepen your embodiment and learn practical applications of Somatic Therapy
Through demonstrations led by your mentors, you will witness and experience the application and integration of the somatic and body-based healing techniques explored in our Certificate Programs.
Case-Studies
As a participant you will be invited to submit a case study prior to each mentoring session for guidance and support by three of our esteemed mentoring faculty during the live sessions. Up to four case-studies will be explored per mentoring session.
All participants will have the opportunity to participate in the discussion and Q&A.
Community Connection facilitated by Dr. Scott Lyons
A community connection is included in the program as a way to further connect with other participants.
“Our basic blueprint as humans is connection and bonding- sometimes we just need the right support at the right time to find our way back home.”
WHO IS THIS PROGRAM FOR?
Eligible Embody Lab programs include:
I’m not an Alumni of The Embody Lab. Can I still participate in the mentorship program?
Yes. If you’ve completed previous embodiment or somatic based certificates and/or work as a somatic practitioner (including body worker, yoga teacher, therapist, etc.) and you want to deepen your understanding of the material and refine your skills as a practitioner in order to enhance your capacity to offer this work to others, then this program is for you.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS PROGRAM
Deepen your skills to apply and integrate the techniques and tools offered across our various Certificate Programs.
Understand the arc and inner-workings of a somatic therapy session with individuals, and working with groups or organizations.
Experience and embody the core qualities of a practitioner e.g. presence, holding space, therapeutic relationships, boundaries and self-care as a practitioner.
Expand your insight into making therapeutic choices as you hear how each mentor might approach a healing process within each case study.
Connect with and receive peer to peer support by a community of like minded individuals dedicated to applying the tools and techniques of the somatic and body-based therapies.
Enhance your confidence in your skills as a practitioner of these deeply transformational tools.