Attendance: In Person Only - Registration limited to 10 participants - 1/2-hour lunch break.
Continuing Education: 4.5 CE Credits Available.
Integrating principles from somatic psychology, depth psychology, and expressive arts modalities, this workshop is intended as an introduction to some of the ways in which somatic and visual modalities can facilitate access to implicit processes that may not be easily verbalized. Through direct experience and reflective writing, participants will have the opportunity to learn how somatic and visual modalities can serve as tools for giving form to inner experience through symbolic expression. No prior art or movement/dance experience is needed. Art materials will be provided. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a journal for reflective writing.
Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate at least two somatic movement and image-making interventions that support self-regulation, creative insight, and embodied therapeutic attunement.
- Analyze kinesthetic sensations of the body and nonverbal behavior to identify how the integration of creative arts and somatic expression can help identify emotional states and increase self-awareness
- Give an example of how the creative arts and somatic expression can be helpful when addressing psychosomatic symptoms
- Give an example of how expressing bodily perceptions through the image-making process can help individuals identify and differentiate feeling states
- Give an example of how integrating experiential and reflective practices in the context of psychotherapy can help individuals identify feeling states
Leyla S. Bell, Ph.D., LMFT, ATR-BC, RSMT/E, is a Board-Certified Art Therapist and a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator. Her academic research and clinical practice focus on the interrelationship between psyche, soma, and creative expressive arts. Leyla maintains a private practice in Santa Monica, California.
Continuing Education:
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Psychologists, LCSWs, MFTs, LPCCs: The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Nurses: The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles is an accredited provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Registered Nurses may claim only the actual number of hours spent in the educational activity for credit.
Refund:
Requests must be emailed to administration@junginla.org at least 48 hours before the program begins. No refund will be issued otherwise.
