Bringing
the Body
into Practice

dedicated to the education & evolution of psychotherapists

with Lisa Mortimore, PhD
& Stacy Adam Jensen, MEd

Online Somatic Therapist Training

Bringing the Body into Practice provides specialized online somatic therapist training and professional development for psychotherapists living in Canada. The heart of our teaching practice is the reparation of early attachment injuries through a framework that weaves together: attachment theory, trauma studies, affect regulation, interpersonal neurobiology, interpersonal/relational psychoanalytic practice, somatic psychotherapy, and deepening connections to the sentient world.

 

Who We Are

Upcoming Trainings & Workshops

Somatic Attachment Psychotherapy 2 Year Online Training

Registering for March 2026 – 3 spots 

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Chronic Shame in Clinical Practice Online Workshop

    Tuesday Evenings April 7 – May 10, 2026 

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Working with Wildfire Trauma Online Workshop & Fundraiser

   Saturday March 28th, 2026, 9 am – Noon

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Stacy Adam Jensen, MEd

As an educator, I work to make complex and sophisticated theoretical and conceptual material accessible and applicable without losing the nuance necessary for relational, somatic practice. I have an approachable, down-to-earth style of teaching and my expertise focuses on working with insecure attachment, specifically the dynamics of working with chronic shame. My work continues to evolve through my ongoing commitment to my evolution as a psychotherapist and person.

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Lisa Mortimore, PhD

My teaching practice is dedicated to the education and evolution of therapists, and of clinical practice. I bring to the field a depthful understanding from diverse theoretical and conceptual clinical frameworks, and translate them into a sophisticated psychotherapeutic orientation that bridges psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapy with somatic psychotherapy and applies attachment theory to clinical practice. I continue to be inspired to traverse new knowledges and bring that passion to my curriculum development and teaching with rigour, clarity and humour. As a community builder and activist at heart, I work to offer transformational professional development for psychotherapists.  

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Trusted Guidance

Workshops

Our workshops focus on the theoretical understanding and translation into clinical practice of attachment research and theory, somatic psychotherapy, embodied practice, relational and interpersonal psychoanalytic psychotherapy, trauma studies, affect regulation, interpersonal neurobiology, and deepening connections to the sentient world. Our workshops present diverse and complex clinical material using a variety of learning modes including: interactive lecture, discussion, clinical vignettes, live and video demonstrations, small group exercises, and embodiment practices.

Trainings

BBP trainings explore the theoretical and conceptual understandings of diverse interdisciplinary knowledges and weave an embodied, relational understanding for clinical practice through a variety of learning modes including: interactive lecture, discussion, clinical vignettes, live and video demonstrations, small group exercises, and embodiment practices. Additionally, BBP trainings include daily practice sessions where participants will have the opportunity to embody the material through practice sessions in a supportive learning environment with experienced SAP therapists. BBP trainings are rigorous both academically and experientially, with a strong focus on the evolution and sophistication of clinical practice.

Frequently Asked Questions

What credentials do I need for the workshops and trainings?

We require a graduate degree in a clinical mental health discipline.

Can you tell me about the financial commitment for the two-year training?

Each clinic of the six clinics cost $1100, plus gst- totalling $6930, while people commit to the entire training, they pay per clinic as we go. Payment plans are available without fees, $315 for 22 months.

Are the clinics available à la carte?

The clinics are not available individually as the training runs on a cohort model for the entirety of the program.

How long has BBP been teaching psychotherapists?
We started training therapists with workshops in 2006 and in 2016 we launched the first cohort of the 2 year Somatic Attachment Psychotherapy (SAP) Training. We are now registering for our fourteenth (March 2026) SAP cohort.

The two-year SAP training was a profoundly transformative experience, both personally and professionally. As a relational and somatic therapist, I felt deeply held in a learning container that honoured the body, embraced complexity, and invited deep self-inquiry. Lisa creates a space where clinical depth and nuanced understanding of the nervous system, trauma and attachment are not only taught but embodied. Her integrity, presence, and wisdom expanded my clinical capacity to meet clients with greater attunement, a steadier presence, and an integrated trust in the healing intelligence of the body and the relational field.

Maggie Thomspon, MCP, RCC

This training not only changed my therapy practice, but the way I live my life. I have found the information on attachment theory, the acknowledgement of the body as a powerful therapist’s tool, and the recognition of the value of nature in trauma counselling to have made fundamental shifts in the way I approach this work. Lisa is a talented therapist, and her live demonstrations offer inspiring examples of integrating the course content into relationship.

E.L, MA, RCC

Lisa is an exceptional trainer and practitioner. She models the material she teaches with great skill. She creates a safe enough container for learning and exploring the material related attachment and trauma. The balance of experiential and theory was perfect. As a psychotherapist who already works relationally and somatically in my practice, Lisa’s training supported me to expand and deepen my practice with clients in terms of working in the body, with movement, in the imaginal realm, and explicitly with the therapeutic relationship.

Joss Hurtig-Mitchell MA, RCC

I so enjoyed Stacy’s Chronic Shame Workshop- his online presence is very warm, congenial & approachable. I also found the material to be well-presented, organized & thoughtful. The way Stacy weaves together the vast amount of reading on chronic shame with clinical knowledge & expertise proves very useful for enriching clinical practice.

Bev R. RCC, RMFT