Somatic Psychology: Waking Up the Emotional Body

Catalog description

This course examines and discusses somatic psychology; its core principles, practice, and application of the mind body relationship to therapeutic intervention. Students will review the development of somatic psychology, the embodied self, and build basic competency in therapeutic techniques to expand intervention wholly through the mind and body. Students will practice and experience somatic interventions first hand with in-class exercise and community based experiences.