CIIS Somatic Psychology Program

Day 1 of Integratives are complete and they were phenomenal! Looking forward to the rest of a rich weekend.

Thanks to Vassilisa Johri for this offering from Jack D. Forbes, and thanks to the gs Team for practicing into this wisdom.

Bessel van der Kolk — How Trauma Lodges in the Body - Human memory is a sensory experience, says psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk. Through his longtime research and innovation in trauma treatment, he shares...

Your Breath is Your Brain’s Remote Control - Mindful Our in-breath is like a remote control for our brains, directly affecting electrical signals that communicate with memory and emotional processing centers.

Pressure Doesn’t Have to Turn into Stress

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Repeat after me: Having healthy boundaries does not make me a bad person.

Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore Today's parents are constantly pressured to be perfect. But in striving to do everything right, we risk missing what children really need for lifelong emotional security. Now the simple, powerful Circle of Security parenting strategies that Kent...

Secure Attachment: Parenting From the Inside Out Reflect on your own childhood relationships to improve the bond you have with your child.

Congrats to the beautiful souls who presented their integrative seminar today, integrating somatic theory, client case material and personal healing journies into masterpieces. What an honor to witness 💖💖💖

The vagus nerve, emotions and the difficulty with mindfulness practices “Now, many people who don’t know a lot about trauma think that trauma has something to do with something that happened to you a long time ago. In fact, the past is the past and the…