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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
An analysis of how both the human body and body images are shaped not only by biological and psychological factors, but also by forms peculiar to a given culture: its ideal bodies, child-bearing and child-rearing practices, metapolitical and religious practices, and so on. This course looks at how these cultural factors can provide the basis for either oppression or for healing. Emphasis is on the major cultures that shape the California population: European, Hispanic, African, Native American, and Asian.
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3.00 Credits
A study of how individual bodies, as well as individual experiences of the body, are shaped from infancy by major social institutions (education, medicine, religion, science, the media, etc.), and how that shaping process anchors the power of those institutions in our perceptions and emotional responses to authority. Focuses on how people are coaxed to neglect the sources of wisdom and decision making within the social body, and to give authority to publicly designated experts and authorities. Particular attention is given to the question "What does it mean to be a somatic therapist or educator in a world characterized by widespread abuse of both the personal and political body "
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course teaches practical, experiential approaches to work with couples. It gives concrete examples and provides the theoretical background for somatically based interventions in couples therapy.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the multiple ways adolescence is developmentally different from infancy, and early, middle, and late childhood. It explores the embodied social and moral challenges of this developmental time, and develops clinical skills for working with this population.
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3.00 Credits
This is the second of a series of three courses that focus on various theories and techniques in psychotherapy. This course deals with a variety of approaches, such as Hakomi, Lomi, and other techniques. It teaches careful understanding of transference, countertransference, and attunement in the application of somatic and other experiential exercises in the practice of psychotherapy. Prerequisite: MCPS 5610.
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3.00 Credits
Following Therapeutic Communication and Theories and Techniques of Somatic Psychotherapy, this is the third in a series of three courses focusing on various approaches to psychotherapy from a somatic perspective. This course deals with energetic and character analytic approaches in psychotherapy. It introduces the work of Wilhelm Reich and derivative therapies that have been influenced by his work. The course also discusses the energetic care of the human being before birth, through the birthing process, and into adulthood. Students study and work experientially with observation, breath, movement, and sound in psychotherapy and in personal growth. Prerequisites: MCPS 5610 and SOM 6638.
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3.00 Credits
This course will be an introduction to, and exploration of, the field of somatic psychotherapy. It provides an opportunity for students outside of the somatic psychotherapy program to experience and learn beginning somatic approaches and tools. We will consider the history of the field; various styles, forms, and techniques of the work that have evolved; and major topics and issues involved in doing somatic psychotherapy, as well as deepen our own experience of embodied presence. Class will consist of readings; research; demonstrations; individual, dyad, and group exercises; class discussions; and journal or log writing/drawing.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course examines the ways queer identities, confusions, and enactments have been (dis)articulated and (mis)handled in various psychotherapy practices. Concrete alternatives to these approaches are offered. The embodiment of gender is explored through experiential exercises; and academic theories of gender and sexual development, with a focus on postmodern, somatic, and feminist theories, are employed.
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3.00 Credits
This course is the final class that students take in the program. The course emphasizes the integration of somatic and other clinical approaches. Theoretical understandings of clinical applications are focused upon, and skills such as observation, diagnosis, treatment planning, and intervention are underscored and further developed. Students write a final paper and do a presentation on the theme "Toward a Theory and Practice of Somatic Psychotherapy."
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Coursework that extends a student's field of inquiry beyond current CIIS courses. Requires a syllabus and contract signed by the student and faculty member, and approved by the program chair.
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