The Central Role of the Body in Hakomi Psychotherapy: When the client focuses on the body in the present moment, unconscious material can surface into awareness. Implicit memory doesn’t feel like memory—it is perceived in the present. There will be images, memories, phrases, affect, behavior, impulses, and states of consciousness, all related to a theme. Each is tied in with particular somatic markers. As Hakomi Founder Ron Kurtz says, “Finding the meanings [bodily sensations] embody is an important part of changing them” (2004, p. 63). Touch one aspect of the package—use mindful attention and stay with the experience—and the rest will emerge into awareness. Often it is experiencing the somatic marker that is the doorway opening to awareness and change. This is a difficult process for some who want to have meaning before experience. Tony Crisp says, “[People] want to know in advance what is going to emerge, so they can edit it, change it, or make it socially acceptable” (1987, p. 26).” The good news for psychotherapy is that memory and brain structure are much more plastic than previously thought (Fuchs, 2004). We are constantly storing, activating, and restoring memories. Lynn Nadel (1994), a researcher on the function of the hippocampus, found that when a memory trace is activated, it is vulnerable for a short time and can be changed before it is recoded. Further research is confirming this finding (McCrone, 2003). This would affirm the importance of working in the here and now. The hippocampus can make a new memory, based on a different experience, this time putting it in context and time sequence. Sleep and dreams, along with neural communication between the left and right cerebral hemispheres, are thought to help turn the new memory into a permanent one (Siegel, 2003). Excerpted From “The Central Role of the Body in Hakomi Psychotherapy", Marilyn Morgan, in Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy Learn more at HakomiInstitute.com #hakomi #therapy #somatics #somatic #mindfulness #psychotherapy #holistictherapy #somaticpsychotherapy #lovingpresence #professionaldevelopment #HakomiMethod #mentalhealth #trauma #traumarecovery #resilience #selfcare #selfhealing #attachment
Hakomi Institute
非盈利组织
Denver,CO 432 位关注者
Official Account of Hakomi Institute? a 501c3 Revolutionizing the practice & teaching of Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy.
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Official Account of Hakomi Institute? a 501c3 Revolutionizing the practice & teaching of Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy.
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https://www.hakomiinstitute.com
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- 非盈利组织
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- 51-200 人
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- Denver,CO
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The Hakomi method is a gentle yet powerful experiential psychotherapy that uses mindfulness and somatic interventions to support healing and growth. We are interested in how our clients organize their experiences in chronic and limiting ways. Through experiments and guided self-study, our therapists offer missing experiences to transform early imprints that block the fulfilment of our client's essential needs. If you'd like to know more about who we are, our methodology and the professional programs we offer, visit HakomiInstitute.com. #hakomi #therapy #somatics #somatic #mindfulness #psychotherapy #holistictherapy #somaticpsychotherapy #lovingpresence #professionaldevelopment #HakomiMethod #mentalhealth #trauma #traumarecovery #resilience #selfcare #selfhealing #attachment
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How We Teach: Whole-Person Learning The first concern of the Hakomi faculty is to encourage our students to understand, embrace, and adhere to the Hakomi Principles, which Ron Kurtz described as the “theoretical underpinnings of the work.” This task requires a heartfelt, long-term commitment to personal and professional growth for participants. Toward that end, the curriculum incorporates kinesthetic, visual, and auditory teaching modalities that engage the body and mind of our students to support whole-person learning. Both in-person and virtual programs are dynamic and interactive, combining lectures with experiential activities, demonstrations, practice sessions, and inner exploration of how to “be” a therapist. Hakomi is part art and part science. We have a theoretical framework for understanding transformation, informed by neuroscience and general systems theory. We also have a delineated methodology that one can learn conceptually through lectures and books. However, to master the art of Hakomi, you must see the work demonstrated by a skilled practitioner, practice regularly and receive ongoing feedback. For this reason, our professional programs are highly experiential. Visit HakomiInstitute.com to hop on our mailing list and learn about our therapeutic approach #hakomi #therapy #somatics #somatic #mindfulness #psychotherapy #holistictherapy #somaticpsychotherapy #lovingpresence #professionaldevelopment #HakomiMethod #mentalhealth #trauma #traumarecovery #resilience #selfcare #selfhealing #attachment
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The Body Places Us in the Here and Now Where Change Happens When the client focuses on the body in the present moment, unconscious material can surface into awareness. Implicit memory doesn’t feel like memory—it is perceived in the present. There will be images, memories, phrases, affect, behavior, impulses, and states of consciousness, all related to a theme. Each is tied in with particular somatic markers. As Kurtz says, “Finding the meanings [bodily sensations] embody is an important part of changing them” (2004, p. 63). Touch one aspect of the package—use mindful attention and stay with the experience—and the rest will emerge into awareness. Often it is experiencing the somatic marker that is the doorway opening to awareness and change. The good news for psychotherapy is that memory and brain structure are much more plastic than previously thought (Fuchs, 2004). We are constantly storing, activating, and restoring memories. Lynn Nadel (1994), a researcher on the function of the hippocampus, found that when a memory trace is activated, it is vulnerable for a short time and can be changed before it is recoded. Further research is confirming this finding (McCrone, 2003). This would affirm the importance of working in the here and now. The hippocampus can make a new memory, based on a different experience, this time putting it in context and time sequence. Sleep and dreams, along with neural communication between the left and right cerebral hemispheres, are thought to help turn the new memory into a permanent one (Siegel, 2003).” Excerpted From “The Central Role of the Body in Hakomi Psychotherapy", Marilyn Morgan, in Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy Learn more at HakomiInstitute.com #hakomi #therapy #somatics #somatic #mindfulness #psychotherapy #holistictherapy #somaticpsychotherapy #lovingpresence #professionaldevelopment #HakomiMethod #mentalhealth #trauma #traumarecovery #resilience #selfcare #selfhealing #attachment
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In essence, the therapist’s task is to model compassion and understanding as we guide a client through their internal landscapes, learning how they were adaptive for life, no matter how much distress they may have also produced. We must recognize that all these landscapes—no matter how dangerous, strange, frightening, or sad—are always part of our common human geography, places we all find ourselves at one time or another. To long for intimacy, to pull away from people, to get needs met in self-destructive ways, to cover our hearts—these are the human experiences we all share. And for exploring these wilder shores of the self, we could take no more promising journey of discovery than in the vessel of our own mindful bodily awareness. That we as therapists have the opportunity to guide our clients on these journeys is a great and honorable privilege. Excerpted from: “In Search of a Lost Self: Reclaiming our Missing Experience” by Shai Lavie, M.F.T., Hakomi Trainer To read the full article, visit https://lnkd.in/e7HXQKhm Access Hakomi’s guide to Grounding Our Work In Loving Presence by signing up for our newsletter! #hakomi?#therapy?#somatics?#somatic?#mindfulness?#psychotherapy?#holistictherapy?#somaticpsychotherapy?#lovingpresence?#professionaldevelopment?#HakomiMethod?#mentalhealth?#trauma?#traumarecovery?#resilience?#selfcare?#selfhealing?#attachment
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In Hakomi training, students learn to develop an exquisite sensitivity and attunement to others, and to convey this understanding. This empathy and responsiveness helps to create a deep sense of safety and connection, and facilitates the effectiveness of the therapy. The self-development of the therapist coupled with Hakomi’s highly innovative techniques together form the core of the training. Using the Buddhist principles of mindfulness and gentle curiosity, the Hakomi therapist creates an atmosphere of safety for deep processing that helps the client’s defences to be willingly yielded and examined, rather than confronted or overpowered. The relief and empowerment of increased self-awareness and freedom provides the client with a sense of personal empowerment and a richer appreciation for life. Hakomi Comprehensive Training, Level 1 and 2 January 2025 – 2027 In Person Faculty: Pamela Thompson, Magi Cooper, and Dennis Brown Learn more at hakomiinstitute.com #hakomi #therapy #somatics #somatic #mindfulness #psychotherapy #holistictherapy #somaticpsychotherapy #lovingpresence #professionaldevelopment #HakomiMethod #mentalhealth #trauma #traumarecovery #resilience #selfcare #selfhealing #attachment
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Level One offers a thorough grounding in the theories and techniques of Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy. Level One includes in-depth coverage of the Hakomi principles, Hakomi theories, maps and models as well as specific techniques. Training weekends include a mix of didactic material, experiential exercises, discussion, movement/embodiment exercises, group maintenance time and supervised practice times. This training is for professional therapists, clinical social workers, and counselors, students and interns of clinical social work, counseling, and psychotherapy, licensed healing arts practitioners, and people transitioning into the field of somatic psychotherapy who want to learn the method in its entirety. The goals of the Training are to provide students with: first, a deep understanding of the principles of the Hakomi Method and the ability to work within them in an attitude of loving presence. Second, an understanding of the techniques of the Hakomi therapeutic process and the ability to use these precisely and appropriately. Third, an understanding of the organization of personality and character into patterns that reveal developmental and cultural wounding, and the ability to use this understanding discriminatingly. Fourth, an understanding of one’s own inner organization and the process of using self as an instrument for therapy. Hakomi Comprehensive Training, Level 1 January 2025 – 2026 Hybrid: Online and In-Person (North Carolina) Faculty: Hiromi Willingham, MSW, LCSW Julia Corley, MA, LCHMCA Lorena Monda, MS, DOM, LPCC Learn more at hakomiinstitute.com #hakomi #therapy #somatics #somatic #mindfulness #psychotherapy #holistictherapy #somaticpsychotherapy #lovingpresence #professionaldevelopment #HakomiMethod #mentalhealth #trauma #traumarecovery #resilience #selfcare #selfhealing #attachment
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Level One offers a thorough grounding in the theories and techniques of Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy. Level One includes in-depth coverage of the Hakomi principles, Hakomi theories, maps and models as well as specific techniques. Training weekends include a mix of didactic material, experiential exercises, discussion, movement/embodiment exercises, group maintenance time and supervised practice times. This training is for professional therapists, clinical social workers, and counselors, students and interns of clinical social work, counseling, and psychotherapy, licensed healing arts practitioners, and people transitioning into the field of somatic psychotherapy who want to learn the method in its entirety. The goals of the Training are to provide students with: first, a deep understanding of the principles of the Hakomi Method and the ability to work within them in an attitude of loving presence. Second, an understanding of the techniques of the Hakomi therapeutic process and the ability to use these precisely and appropriately. Third, an understanding of the organization of personality and character into patterns that reveal developmental and cultural wounding, and the ability to use this understanding discriminatingly. Fourth, an understanding of one’s own inner organization and the process of using self as an instrument for therapy. Hakomi Comprehensive Training, Level 1 January 2025 – 2026 Hybrid: Online and In-Person (North Carolina) Faculty: Hiromi Willingham, MSW, LCSW Julia Corley, MA, LCHMCA Lorena Monda, MS, DOM, LPCC Learn more at hakomiinstitute.com #hakomi #therapy #somatics #somatic #mindfulness #psychotherapy #holistictherapy #somaticpsychotherapy #lovingpresence #professionaldevelopment #HakomiMethod #mentalhealth #trauma #traumarecovery #resilience #selfcare #selfhealing #attachment
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In Hakomi training, students learn to develop an exquisite sensitivity and attunement to others, and to convey this understanding. This empathy and responsiveness helps to create a deep sense of safety and connection, and facilitates the effectiveness of the therapy. The self-development of the therapist coupled with Hakomi’s highly innovative techniques together form the core of the training. Using the Buddhist principles of mindfulness and gentle curiosity, the Hakomi therapist creates an atmosphere of safety for deep processing that helps the client’s defences to be willingly yielded and examined, rather than confronted or overpowered. The relief and empowerment of increased self-awareness and freedom provides the client with a sense of personal empowerment and a richer appreciation for life. Hakomi Comprehensive Training, Level 1 and 2 January 2025 – 2027 In Person Faculty: Pamela Thompson, Magi Cooper, and Dennis Brown Learn more at hakomiinstitute.com #hakomi #therapy #somatics #somatic #mindfulness #psychotherapy #holistictherapy #somaticpsychotherapy #lovingpresence #professionaldevelopment #HakomiMethod #mentalhealth #trauma #traumarecovery #resilience #selfcare #selfhealing #attachment
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Hakomi is a subtle and sophisticated therapy that is an excellent base for any therapeutic modality. Therapists and practitioners of all levels of experience find a new range of skills and strategies which increase rapport, depth, and effectiveness in their work with clients. Many experience the Hakomi Training as the next step in their professional and personal development. Participants in psychotherapy, counseling, and social work and those in allied fields, such as depth-oriented group leadership, depth-oriented coaching, or seasoned bodyworkers, clergy, health practitioners, educators, and those transitioning into the mental health field, benefit from our trainings. We support students in finding their unique application of the work. Experience Hakomi by taking one of our introductory workshops. Any “Introduction to Hakomi” workshop will give you a sense of the method’s core principles, concepts, and spirit. Visit HakomiInstitute.com to learn more & sign up #hakomi #therapy #somatics #somatic #mindfulness #psychotherapy #holistictherapy #somaticpsychotherapy #lovingpresence #professionaldevelopment #HakomiMethod #mentalhealth #trauma #traumarecovery #resilience #selfcare #selfhealing #attachment