ADVANCED PRACTICES
Working with Motor Vehicle Incidents
with Lisa Mortimore, PhD
About the Offering
Motor vehicle incidents can deeply injure the body and psyche, often altering one’s way of being in the world and disrupt and divert the trajectory of one’s path. Years later the self, the psyche and body, are often still grappling with, and compensating for, the impact of the motor vehicle incident, and the sequelae of the incident and ensuing interactions and complications. As relational somatic therapists, we also need to make space in our clinical minds to deeply understand how motor vehicle incidents can deeply continue to be alive and yet silent in the bodyself, woven into the everyday limitations, pain and identity.
This Advanced Practices offering is an opportunity for advanced somatic therapists to deepen their understanding and nuance their skill at working with motor vehicle incidents. We will learn through sequential video demonstration of Lisa working with two different people over multiple sessions. From these video demonstrations, we will elicit gleanings from the work to deepen our conceptual understanding and sophisticate our skills. There will be some lecture but the majority of the learning will be through video demonstration, dialogue and debrief.
In order to apply, applicants require a graduate degree in a clinical mental health discipline and have completed at minimum 120 hours of a therapist training in somatic psychotherapy–prior learning assessments are necessary and entry will be determined by The Savoy Clinic, Ltd.
Fees & Dates
6 evenings, 6 pm to 9 pm PT
$ 845.00 includes gst
- Space is limited and open to those who have completed at minimum 150 hours of training in somatic, attachment and psychodynamic integrated practice –prior learning assessments are necessary.
- This will be an online program
Somatic Therapy Trainings FAQ
What is somatic therapy?
Somatic therapy attends to body and both right and left hemispheres to attend to injuries of the body and mind. It has various applications, is profoundly potent in treating trauma - relational, incident, and complex.
How does this orientation differ from Somatic Experiencing (SE)?
The heart of Somatic Attachment Psychotherapy (SAP) is the reparation of attachment injuries. SAP uniquely weaves somatic psychotherapy with attachment theory and application to practice through a psychodynamic, relational lens. In this way, the SAP orientation is distinct from Somatic Experiencing (SE) and other body-based modalities.
Who are these courses intended for?
These courses are intended for psychotherapists seeking to advance and deepen their clinical practice. Participants need a graduate degree in a clinical mental health discipline.
How is this orientation grounded in evidence-based practice?
Somatic Attachment Psychotherapy draws upon diverse research in neuroscience, attachment theory and research, trauma studies, Polyvagal Theory, and Interpersonal Neurobiology. It also draws on the rich psychoanalytic lineage arcing over the past century. Our curriculums integrate these frameworks into clinical application.
What’s the difference between somatic therapy and traditional talk therapy?
Talk therapy primarily engages cognitive and left-hemisphere processes whereas somatic attachment psychotherapy, integrates both right and left hemispheric processes, working directly with the autonomic nervous system, attachment patterning and relational dynamics, affect regulation, mentalization, and embodiment for the reparation of trauma, specifically relational/attachment trauma.
Can I become a somatic therapist through your offerings?
No. Our offerings are for clinicians who have a graduate degree in a clinical mental health discipline. They provide sophisticated and nuanced theoretical, conceptual and application to practice in the areas of somatic practice, attachment repair, and relational practice. Our work is uniquely embodied and relational.