Webinars & Introduction Workshops
Somatic Experiencing Spain
Online Introduction Workshop
July 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: Mariana Boccuzzi.
- Language: Spanish with English translation.
- Tuition: €250 until 10/07/2027 and €300 from 11/07/2027.
- 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
Mariana Boccuzzi, SEP
I am a woman, a mother, a psychologist, a psychotherapist and a teacher in relational systemic psychotherapy, as well as in Somatic Experiencing. My clinical approach with individuals, families, and couples integrates psychotherapy and SE. This allows me to address relational issues with special attention to the body and its physiology.
My particular interest lies in the study of issues pertaining to human development, attachments and relationships. The “discovery” of the physiological basis of the appeasement response, although familiar in daily clinical practice, has added a new dimension of depth and clarity in the understanding of our interpersonal relationships.