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Schedule:
New York City
2013-2015
Trainings meet
Sun, Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri: 9:30am - 5:00pm
Wed: 9:30am - 1:00pm
- Module One
- Fall 2013
- October 27 - November 1
- Module Two
- Spring 2014
- March 2 - 7
- Module Three
- Fall 2014
- October 5 - 10
- Module Four
- Spring 2015
- March 8 - 13
Two-Year Tuition:
$6,000, payable in installments
Two-year Spanish Language Training
2014-2016
Madrid & New York
Trainings meet
Sun, Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri: 9:30am - 5:00pm
Wed: 9:30am - 1:00pm
- Module One
- Madrid
- Jul. 13 - 18, 2014
- Module Two
- New York City
- New York City: Apr. 19 - 24, 2015
- Module Three
- Madrid
- Madrid: Sep. 13 - 18, 2015
- Module Four
- New York City
- New York City: Apr. 10 - 15, 2016
- Madrid Location:
- To be announced
- New York City Location:
- The Feldenkrais Institute
- 134 West 26th Street
- 2nd floor
- New York, NY 10001
- To register and for further information please contact:
- Carmen Vazquez Bandin
- Centro de Terapia y Psicología
- García Luna 25
- Semisótano A
- 28002 Madrid
- Spain
- CTP Website
- general email
- Contact Phone Number
- +34 91 416 5270
DSP Explained
Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy, developed by Ruella Frank, Ph.D., is a relational and movement-oriented psychotherapy within a contemporary gestalt therapy framework.
Excerpts from a Level II Lecture:
Subject: The Six Fundamental Movements and Processes of Contacting
Inspired by the work of developmental psychologists, motor theorists, and somatic educators, Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy is a template for understanding and working with early psycho-physical blocks as they emerge in present moments of the adult therapy session. Attending to movement patterns within therapy is particularly powerful when guided by current developmental thinking. Psychotherapists from all training modalities are welcome so as to learn how this approach may be integrated within their clinical practice.
New York City Two Year Training consists of two training modules yearly: Six days in Fall and six days in Spring.
Supervision is offered between modules and is conducted by telephone or skype for those who do not live in the NYC vicinity, or in person (individual or group) for those able to travel to NYC. Supervision is not a requirement, but will help the learner to better integrate theory and practice. The cost of supervision is not included in tuition.
Each program grants a certificate in Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy and provides graduate academic credits at the masters and doctoral levels.*
The Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy Training Program in Mexico City consists of two training modules yearly: One in November and One in May.
Each learner is invited to work in practicum sessions with supervision
In each training module:
Learners study the roots of psychological development as it emerges through affective/movement patterns within the infant and caregiver dyad, and apply this understanding to present of the client and therapist dyad.
Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy’s comprehensive system of phenomenological analysis allows practitioners to diagnose and treat their clients using movement experiments.
Learners are taught a variety of developmental movements and their relation to psychological functioning. Since the core of this training is experiential, an in-depth personal exploration of these early patterns is emphasized. Developing a distinct and cohesive experience of their own body teaches therapists to pay acute attention to the subtle rhythmic nonverbal patterns that continually emerge within the client and therapist relationship.
Each learner is also invited to work as supervised therapist in practicum sessions. The practicum teaches the process of observing and integrating developmental movement patterns as experiments within the session and heightens awareness of the emerging client and therapist relationship. Every demonstration and practicum is followed by group discussion regarding the work.
Pre-Requisites:
Those training candidates who wish to receive a Certification of Completion in Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy must have a minimum of two years supervised psychotherapy practice and/or two years of training in a psychotherapy modality, as well as having experienced their own psychotherapy treatment. Candidates with no formal training in psychology may attend all training modules, but are not eligible for the supervision component of the program or certification.
*Participants of the Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy program in the U.S. may receive graduate credits from Santa Barbara Graduate Institute toward a Masters or Doctoral Degree through the Professional Specialty Program: www.sbgi.edu or call (805) 963-6896.
DSP training program approved by Meridian University for the Professional Specialty Program requirements towards a Master’s or Doctoral degree in psychology with a concentration in Somatic Psychology. www.meridianuniversity.edu.
DSP Advanced Training Group September 2011
If you desire Continuing Education Credit:
This program is co-sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy (AAGT) and Center for Somatic Studies (CSS).
Psychologists: AAGT is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. AAGT maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Counselors: AAGT is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) and a cosponsor of this event/program. AAGT may award NBCC-approved clock hours for events or programs that meet NBCC requirements. AAGT maintains responsibility for the content of this event.
MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and LCSWs: This course meets the qualifications for up to 31 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Nurses: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 11846 for up to 31 contact hours.
Provider Numbers: APA-MCEP #1007; NBCC-ACEP #5850; CBBS-PCE #3043; CBRN-CEP #11846.
Attendance at this program can earn up to 31 CE credit hours for full participation. For further information contact the AAGT CE Officer:
Dina Miller
P.O. Box 141122
Columbus, OH 43214
email
Phone 614-563-6571
or contact the CSS Director:
Ruella Frank
124 West 93rd Street
#20, New York, NY 10025
email
Phone 212-662-3322.
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Faculty:
Ruella Frank
Adjunct Faculty:
Dan Bloom, JD, LCSW,
practices psychotherapy in New York City. He is a fellow of the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, a full member of the European Association for Gestalt Therapy, vice-president and past-president of the Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy and past president of the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy. Dan is a member of the editorial board of The Gestalt Review. He is adjunct faculty at the Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy and also supervises and trains psychotherapists privately.
Doris Brothers, Ph.D., maintains a private psychotherapy practice on the upper west side of Manhattan. She is a cofounder and faculty member of the Training and Research in Self Psychology Foundation (TRISP) in New York City. Editor of eForum, the online newsletter for the International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, she has written three books and numerous articles. Her latest book is Toward a Psychology of Uncertainty: Trauma-Centered Psychoanalysis.
Kim McKeever, B.A.,
has been studying and teaching anatomy, movement and embodiment for over 35 years. She has been on the faculty of leading somatic programs including the School for Body-Mind Centering. Her original work on early developmental patterns is part of the curriculum at somatic schools world wide.
Supervisor
Miguel Islas, BA, LPC
practices gestalt psychotherapy in Mexico City. He is faculty member, trainer and supervisor in the Gestalt Program at the Humanistic Institute of Gestalt Psychotherapy (Mexico). Miquel is certified in Body-Mind Movement (Mexico) and Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy (NYC).
