Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy: An Experiential Introduction

Hakomi is a body-centered (somatic) approach. The body is viewed as a “map of the psyche” – a door that can be opened to reveal the entire unconscious belief system of the individual. The body’s habitual patterns can become a powerful access route to deeply held core material.

Current neuroscience research has confirmed the basis for many foundational aspects of the Hakomi Method, including the effectiveness of mindfulness, loving presence, empathic attunement, limbic resonance, and memory reconsolidation.

We develop exquisite sensitivity and attunement, using empathic skills to read and contact subtle, unconscious cues. When integrated into the session with unique Hakomi techniques, it creates a rapid, experiential access route to unconscious core beliefs and implicit memories that invisibly shape our lives and behavior. Once conscious and directly experienced, these are available for memory re- consolidation and transformation, including the healing of attachment issues.This experiential process evokes a powerful “felt sense” for the client, allowing them to take ownership of core patterns as they emerge, and to integrate new options.

This workshop provides an immersive introduction to the Method, this includes lectures from the faculty, experiential exercises, demonstrations, discussion, group process sessions, and Supervision.

Faculty: Gregory Gaiser, PC, Certified Hakomi Trainer

Target Audience:

This workshop is designed to provide experiential learning in the Hakomi Method and is also a prerequisite to the Hakomi Comprehensive Training.

Objectives

• Describe the qualities of mindfulness that Hakomi uses in therapeutic settings.
• Practice the Hakomi skills of Loving Presence and Contact to enhance the therapist’s self-regulation, embodiment, and therapeutic relationship.
• Name the 5 Hakomi principles, (unity, organicity, non-violence, mind-body holism, mindfulness) that form the foundation of the Hakomi Method
• Summarize the importance of the exploratory (experimental) attitude as a key component of the Hakomi Method.
• Provide examples of subtle somatic cues tracked by the therapist in Hakomi work.
• Describe the application of Hakomi skills and principles in the experiential process as a way to access unconscious core material.

Schedule:

Hours: Friday: 4:00pm-7:00pm

Break time: 5:15-5:30pm

Saturday: 10am-1:00pm, 2:30pm-5:30pm

Break times: 11:30-11:45am, 4:30-4:45pm

Lunch Break: 1:00-2:30pm

Sunday: 12pm- 4:30pm

Breaktime: 2:30-3:00pm

All times are in Mountain Standard Time (MST)

Cost: Early Registration $295.00 by January 7th, 2025, $335.00 thereafter. 

Additional Cost for CEs: $25.00

Last day to register & pay February 3rd, 2025

Scholarships: Partial scholarships may be available for anyone with membership within a community of color or other marginalized groups. Apply on the registration form.

CE Information: 12 NBCC CE’s: (ACEP #5476): Hakomi Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 5476.) Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Hakomi Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.