Description:
Clay Field Therapy is touch therapy, a breakthrough modality, endorsed by leading somatic experts. A box filled with clay, water and a sponge provide the simple setting for discovering safe relationships and the fulfilment of vital needs. The resistant clay provokes an instant feedback loop between physical interaction with the world at hand and its sensory resonance within the individual. Built on five decades of clinical evidence, this work fosters the development of new neurological pathways that can bypass traumatic memories to restore wholeness and wellbeing.
 The four weekends are not identical with the tutorials for the Clay Field Therapy Training with Children; rather it is an essential part of the full Clay Field Therapy Training. Adults have different and more complex needs in being accompanied at the Clay Field. The hands-on nature of these in-person weekends allows a distinct focus on personal development and practicing co-counselling to be able to facilitate this modality for clients.
Key Learning Objectives / Outcomes:
Participants will be able to:
- define at least three ways how trauma affects haptic perception
- define at least three ways how trauma affects client’s embodiment
- define Clay Field Therapy as a haptic, trauma-informed, bottom-up, approach
- define the core methodological concepts of haptic perception underpinning Clay Field Therapy
- identify the developmental stages of Skin Sense, Balance and Depth Sensibility as the universal sensorimotor foundation in all human beings
- link haptic perception to the implicit and explicit memory system in the brain
- define and apply the core concepts of Polyvagal Theory and Somatic Experiencing to ensure a trauma-informed practice
- identify the Nine Situations at the Clay Field as a structure that informs the cognitive integration of the process
- identify the Haptic Gestalt Formation process as a diagnostic structure to transform traumatic experiences and apply this knowledge to counselling and psychotherapeutic goals.
Assessment:
Presenter / Provider:
Cornelia Elbrecht
Presenter Qualifications:
SATh, AThR, SEP, ANZACATA, IEATA, IACAET
Contact:
- Cornelia Elbrecht, Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy
- 0418388539
- Cornelia@sensorimotorarttherapy.com
Start / End Date
Course Duration:
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Registration Instructions:
Further information and registration details available at:
https://sensorimotorarttherapy.com/courses/in-person/certificate-in-clay-field-therapy-with-adults
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