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: Deah Baird, ND, LPC, 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.

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. 

ASWB: Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy: An Experiential Introduction, Course #6027, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by Hakomi Institute as an individual course. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 11/17/2024 – 11/17/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1 General Social Work Practice, 7 Clinical, 1 Social and Cultural Competence & 3 Ethics continuing education credits.