Webinars & Introduction Workshops
Somatic Experiencing Spain
Online Introduction Workshop
January 2027
Contents
In this 12-hour theoretical and practical workshop, participants will learn:
- What is Somatic Experiencing (SE) and how does it differ from other therapies?
- What do we mean by ‘trauma’ in this approach?
- Basic SE principles and tools
- The Autonomic Nervous System Why is it relevant to understand how it works?
- How does trauma work?
- Resilience, self-regulation and resources
- Demonstration
- Working methodology and group practices
The workshop is aimed at people from different areas of work and offers tools that can be used both personally and professionally to reduce the symptoms of nervous system dysregulation.
Unlike cognitive therapies (top-down approaches), SE is a bottom-up therapy, focusing on the body and ‘body memory’. As such, it stresses the importance of the subcortical levels of the brain. Starting from these more ‘primitive’ brain structures and their bodily reactions, bottom-up approaches aim to change the way the body responds to traumatic experiences, working upwards to the higher cortical systems (Kuhfuß et al., 2021). SE is a complementary tool to top-down approaches such as psychoanalysis, cognitive behavioural therapy, Gestalt therapy etc.
Details
- Format: Online
- Approximate schedule: 10:00 – 20:00 CET
- Instructor: Sean Frankino.
- Language: English with Spanish translation.
- Tuition: €250 until 16/01/2027 and €300 from 17/01/2027.
- Places are limited.
- Introductory workshops are a prerequisite to access to the official three-year training.
- Students are responsible for checking in advance for time differences between countries.
- Those registered will receive the necessary information in advance of the start of the workshop (link to the virtual classroom, access instructions, etc.).
Note: To obtain the certificate of attendance, it is essential to have participated in 100% of the scheduled workshop hours.
Instructor
Sean Frankino, SEP
Sean Frankino, LCSW, SEP, ESQ is an international psychotherapist and educator. He is a faculty member of Somatic Experiencing International, the Parnell Institute for Attachment Focused EMDR, and the Trauma-Informed Psychodynamic Therapies Program at Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. He is also co-owner of Pneumaworks Therapy Group, a psychotherapy practice specializing in trauma resolution.
His clinical work and teaching focus on integrating experiential trauma resolution therapies with relational, developmental, and attachment-based psychotherapy. He currently teaches Somatic Experiencing in the United States, Finland, and online, as well as Attachment-Focused EMDR, and provides consultation to helping professionals.