Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychology
An Experiential Introduction (Apr 2023)
Are you curious about ways you can integrate mindfulness into the moment-to-moment fabric of your therapy sessions with clients, rather than just using it as an add-on? Do you want more tools for including the body in therapy? Have you heard about Hakomi but haven’t had a chance to try it out?
Mindfulness, experiential exercises, and the body-mind connection offer direct access routes to clients’ deeply held patterns and beliefs. Instead of just talking about things, clients experience them directly and therefore gain deeper insight as well as tools for change. This type of work creates aliveness and creativity for therapist and client alike.
This workshop is an opportunity to learn the basic skills of Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychology, a method that has been utilizing mindfulness and the body for over 40 years.
About Hakomi
Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychology offers an elegant, comprehensive and highly effective approach to human change. Hakomi combines mindfulness, unique and powerful somatic techniques, and a focus on present experience to access and transform deeply held, life-limiting core beliefs. Hakomi is a pioneer in integrating the use of mindfulness in the human change process. It’s backed by thousands of hours of clinical applications and research into the neurological underpinnings of mindfulness. Psychotherapists can successfully use Hakomi in a wide range of applications including individual, couples and family therapy and group work. The Hakomi Method also offers cutting-edge skills for coaches, health professionals and others who work to support human change and growth.
Registration Deadlines
Mar 10: Early enrollment endsÂ
Mar 29: Final registration date
Online Session Date
April 1, 2023
Advance Prep Online Materials
will be made available Mar 15
Zoom Training Session
Sat, Apr 1: 10:00-4:30
(Pacific time)
This workshop is open and relevant to both clinicians and the general public and can serve as an introduction to Hakomi Institute of California Professional Training.
None
Online via Zoom and self-paced learning on our online Hakomi training platform
In this workshop, you will learn:
- The five basic principles of Hakomi and how they apply to psychological healing and growth
- How to shift into loving presence, a little known state that allows your work with clients to go safer and deeper
- Hakomi’s unique approach to using mindfulness and the body to transform core wounding
- Useful ways to increase your ability to track verbal and nonverbal behaviors
This course consists of two online learning segments:
- 1.5 hours of self-paced learning (brief video talks, Hakomi demo session, articles and handouts) that you’ll complete at your own pace in the two-and-a-half weeks prior to our live Zoom classÂ
- 4.5 hours of online instructor-led classroom training via Zoom, with plenty of opportunities for experiential learning, including breakout groups where you can practice new skills in a gentle and safe environment and receive immediate guidance and feedback from your instructor
Below is the schedule for the Zoom session.
(All times are Pacific.)
Saturday, April 1
10:00-11:15 Learning activities
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-12:30 Learning activities
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:15 Learning activities
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30-4:30 Learning activities
Schedule subject to change. All teaching is experiential and includes time for practice and feedback.Â


Faculty
This workshop will be taught by Susan San Tara.

Susan San Tara, MA, LMFT
Certified Hakomi Therapist
and Trainer
Susan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT 43157) and Certified Hakomi Therapist and Trainer. She has been in private practice seeing couples and individuals since 2000. In 2007, Susan co-founded Anam Cara Therapy Center, in Berkeley, CA. Susan teaches Hakomi to clinical professionals and the general public, and also has served as adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies and John F. Kennedy University, where she received a master’s degree in Transpersonal Counseling. In addition to body-centered and mindfulness-focused psychotherapy, Susan has studied eco-psychology, Amazonian shamanism, energy systems and earth-based healing approaches for over 30 years. Weaving wisdom from the natural world, the poetry embedded in the body, a love of the divine mystery, and a profound respect for the human creature are the cornerstones of her work. Essential to Susan’s therapeutic and teaching work is her warm, nurturing, and friendly style, which sets the tone for a dynamic growth environment.Â
Early Registration: $160 if enrolled by March 10, 2023
Regular Tuition: $195 if enrolled by March 29, 2023 (final registration date)
VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American Express accepted.
Cancellations received by email or phone by March 15 will receive a full refund minus a $30 administrative fee. No refunds will be granted for non-attendance or cancellations received after the cancellation deadline.
Innate Somatic Intelligence Institute is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and/or LCSWs. Innate Somatic Intelligence Institute maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. This course meets the requirements for 6 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. CE approval agency: CAMFT. Provider number: 82187. We will email CE certificates by May 1. If you live outside of California, please check with your local licensing board to ensure that they’ll accept this course for CE credit. As an approved continuing education provider, Innate Somatic Intelligence Institute is required to award CE credit for instructional time only; no CE credit will be granted for lunches and breaks. To receive CE credit for this course, you must attend the entire day, sign in and out, and submit a signed class evaluation form.


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