You can take module one by video and join us live online in April for the remaining modules.
What You Will Learn
The Integral Somatic Psychology™ (ISP™) Professional Training aims at improving clinical outcomes through greater embodiment of all aspects of experience and all levels of the psyche in the physical body. ISP is a master training for experienced clinicians to increase their clinical effectiveness through greater integration of body, energy, and consciousness in the practice of any therapeutic modality.
- Learn how to work with defenses in the physical as well as the energy body
- Learn how the physical and the energy bodies are involved in generating and defending against psychological experiences such as emotions. We draw from a century of scientific research, knowledge that is not well integrated into current psychotherapy and body psychotherapy approaches, and from energy psychologies.
- Learn how to work more effectively with stress, trauma, emotion, attachment, cognition, and behavior through the physical and energy bodies: How to regulate the body without destroying the very experience you are working with by excessively regulating it, a common weakness in many body-oriented and energy-oriented approaches that are currently popular in mainstream psychology. This is particularly helpful if you are trained in body-based mindfulness approaches or Somatic Experiencing® (SE).
The Training Includes
- Three 4-day professional training modules with Dr. Raja Selvam
- Training Manual & resources
- Advanced online classroom
- Recordings of all lectures
- Recordings of all demo sessions
- Lifetime access to the recordings
- Full Lifetime Access
- Certificate of Completion
Schedule & Learning Objectives
This Training will be broadcasted via Zoom. All times are US CENTRAL TIME (GMT -6:00). Schedule: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm, (lunch 12:30 – 1:30 pm), 1:30 – 5:00 pm (last day ends at 3:30 pm). For a detailed schedule and learning objectives for each module visit the Learning Objectives and Schedules page.
Who can benefit from the ISP Training?
Integral Somatic Psychology™ is an advanced level training for experienced clinicians who are engaged in psychological work with individuals or groups in therapeutic practice or teaching. If you are a psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, marriage and family therapist, counselor, art, movement or breath therapist, coach, bodyworker, energy worker, psychology trainer or educator, clergy, meditation or spiritual teacher, you will find the training valuable.
Program Description
For a detailed program description, curriculum and requirements visit the ISP Professional Training page.
Tuition
The early registration deadlines to get the lower tuition of $795 are: March 24, 2021 for module 2, September 1, 2021, for module 3. If you register for a module after the early registration deadline, tuition will be $845. CE Credits are $45 per module.
If you miss a module: Catch up by video
All students will receive access to the recordings. Students who need to miss a module can catch up by video.
Cancellation and Refunds
- If an applicant is denied access to the training, for any reason, a full refund will be issued.
- If a training is cancelled by ISP, a full refund will be issued.
- If a training module is rescheduled, tuition will be transferred to the rescheduled training,
or another location. No refund will be issued. - If a student cancels a training at least 21 days prior to a training module, a full refund will
be issued, less a $75 nonrefundable cancellation fee. - If a student cancels a training within 20 days of the start date of a training module, a 50%
refund will be issued for the tuition for that module; if the student paid in advance tuition
for additional future training modules, a full refund will be issued for tuition for those
additional future training modules. - No refunds will be issued for no-shows.
References
Books
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