Advanced Diploma in Neurosomatic Psychotherapy
From Cell to SoulA third year that built on the Two-Year Diploma and drew most on research: how the brain and the body shape what happens in therapy. It ran online each week for a year, with two retreat weekends. Each session joined teaching, group supervision and a “lab” for live experiment.
- Dates
- January to December 2022
- Format
- Weekly online sessions of 3 hours and two retreat weekends
- Contact hours
- 150
The Brain and Learning
- Cognitive domains and their use in therapy.
- Maintaining and improving brain health.
- How neuroplasticity works and how it supports rehabilitation.
- Neuroanatomical and neurophysiological pathologies.
- Brainwaves for learning and unlearning.
The Body and Connection
- Interoception: how it works and how to improve it; embodied emotion, alexithymia and synaesthesia.
- Mirror neurons, mimicry and synaesthesia.
- Interpersonal synchronisation.
- Placebo mechanisms, with ethics and use in practice.
- Love and relationship; long-term relationship; gender and relationship.
- Neuroimaging and neurofeedback in psychotherapy.
Trauma and Addiction
- Trauma.
- Chemical and behavioural addictions.
- The importance of breath.
What Happens Between Client and Therapist
- The neurosomatic mechanisms behind transference, countertransference, projection and shadow.
- The gut and the brain.
- Chronic pain and disrupted early attachment.
Cohorts That Ran
- 2022