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ISITTA Foundations
A six-module self-paced online introduction to the
Innate Somatic Intelligence Trauma Therapy Approach (ISITTA)
(This course was previously called Dharma of Trauma Level 1.)
Registration deadline: August 21, 2022
ISITTA Foundations is designed to help you become a self-regulated and sustaining somatic trauma therapist. In today’s world, trauma practitioners are immersed in the same sociopolitical and environmental stress as their clients. Given that they’re experiencing many of the same collective traumas as their clients, contemporary trauma practitioners need much more than savvy trauma-informed clinical skills; it’s also essential to learn core practices for tending to their somatic wellbeing.
ISITTA Foundations will help you build a fundamental somatic repertoire to support you to develop a sustainable practice when working with trauma clients. In ISITTA training, we begin by working on ourselves, developing our own nervous system resiliency and learning to become adaptive and fluid. This allows us to work with our clients without getting overwhelmed, burned out or vicariously traumatized.
Contemporary trauma practitioners face a multidimensional and increasingly complex treatment environment. The range of traumas we encounter are not only complex, but often intertwined, from developmental trauma, to chronic and complex traumatization, to eco-trauma and pandemic trauma to collective, historical, racial and social justice trauma. Without healthy somatic resilience, our work with trauma clients can become stagnant, be prone to bias, and can leave us feeling mired in compassion fatigue. In such an environment, learning to regulate your own nervous system and tend to your own somatic wellbeing becomes increasingly more urgent.
Building on 25+ years of clinical practice and teaching, Manuela Mischke-Reeds, the founder of ISITTA training, has developed a core set of somatic practices to help trauma practitioners gain a sense of ease and confidence when working in today’s increasingly complex trauma ecosystem. ISITTA Foundations presents these unique practices and tools in a rich online learning environment that includes videos, downloadable MP3 audio files, articles, and contemplative exercises. We welcome you to join ISITTA Foundations to build a repertoire of self-regulation tools grounded in the wisdom and nourishment of your innate somatic intelligence.
Video Introduction
Learn more from our brief introduction videos with Manuela Mischke-Reeds, founder of ISITTA and lead instructor for this training, and Joshua Sylvae, co-instructor for the training.
Meditation Example
Listen to a guided somatic practice by Manuela. This practice, called Pulse of Life, will connect you with the innate rhythm of your breath and body. Find a quiet space for this seven-minute practice, and allow a few minutes afterwards to listen quietly to your experience. This is a sample of the kinds of self-inquiry practices you’ll experience in the ISITTA Foundations course. Enjoy.
2022 Schedule
Registration Deadlines
Jul 29: Early enrollment deadline
Aug 21: Final registration deadline
Online Training Dates
You’ll receive access to our online training platform on August 22, 2022 and each Monday a new module will be published following the schedule below:
Aug 22: Inhabit Your Somatic Seat as a Trauma Practitioner
Aug 29: Polyvagal Theory and Implications for Trauma Therapy
Sep 5: Trauma-Informed Self-Regulation and Somatic Resourcing
Sep 12: Cultivate Somatic Intelligence
Sep 19: Transform Your Trauma Triggers
Sep 26: Develop a Sustainable Somatic Practice
Course material will remain available online through December 31, 2022.
Online Session Times
This is a self-paced course; you can study the online materials at any time through December 31, 2022.
For Whom
This training will benefit psychotherapists, counselors, interns, health practitioners, trauma coaches and others who want to learn precise techniques for healing trauma and maintaining their own sense of health and wellbeing when working with trauma.
Prerequisites
None
Location
Online self-paced learning on the Embodywise virtual training platform.
Faculty
Manuela Mischke-Reeds will be the principal trainer featured in the learning materials for this course.
Manuela Mischke-Reeds,
MA, LMFT
Certified Hakomi Therapist and Trainer
ISITTA Founder and Trainer
Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MA, LMFT
Embodywise Founder and Director
ISITTA Founder and Trainer
Hakomi California Co-Director
Hakomi Trainer
Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MA, LMFT, is a Certified Hakomi Therapist and Trainer, a licensed Somatic Psychotherapist, and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT 40823). She trains health professionals in the Hakomi Method in California, Australia and Europe. She recently developed a Hakomi based trauma and attachment training for clinicians in Germany. Manuela specializes in integrating somatic psychotherapy with somatic trauma therapy, attachment psychotherapy, infant mental health and movement therapy.
She serves as a faculty member at John F. Kennedy University and Sofia University (formerly the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology). She holds an MA in Somatic Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies, and a BA in Dance Therapy from the Naropa University.
In addition, she has trained in various methods of working with trauma and counseled survivors of political oppression, torture and trauma. She is a practitioner of Somatic Experiencing, a trauma resolution method developed by Peter Levine. She is a graduate Fellow at the Napa Infant Mental Health Fellowship Program, led by Dr. Ed Tronick. She is a recent graduate of the Child Trauma Institute of San Francisco and has expanded her practice in working with children and parents suffering the effects of trauma.
Manuela has extensive training in the field of movement therapies, and is an authorized Continuum Movement teacher. She has also been a student of Buddhist meditation practice for many years and has authored two books: 8 Keys to Practicing Mindfulness: Practical Strategies for Emotional Health and Well Being and Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox: 125 Worksheets and Exercises to Treat Trauma & Stress.
Joshua Sylvae, PhD, LMFT
Psychotherapist
Somatic Experiencing Faculty
Joshua Sylvae, PhD, LMFT
Psychotherapist
Somatic Experiencing Faculty
Joshua Sylvae has been involved in the field of somatics for over two decades, also incorporating inquiry into many disparate fields including ecology, philosophy, and neurobiology. He holds an MA in clinical psychology (with an emphasis in somatic psychology) and a PhD in Higher Learning and Social Change, and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Joshua’s clinical practice is grounded in somatics, and he also integrates psychodynamic perspectives, mindfulness approaches, a systemic orientation, and a good deal of humor into his work. He is a faculty member at Somatic Experiencing International, leading the SE Professional Training in locations around the world, and is also Legacy Faculty for Peter Levine’s Ergos Institute for Somatic Education. Joshua’s background includes participation in social change efforts, movements for social equality and ecological defense, and he maintains a passion for encouraging and assisting communities working toward the creation of a just and healthful society. In 2019, Joshua launched The (r)evolve Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to educating the general public about human origins; he currently serves as the organization’s director. He envisions somatics becoming an integral part of healing and transforming our world.
Manuela really teaches you how to work somatically with trauma to transmute from the inside out. This is unique and rare and not offered in most other trainings.
Manuela's trauma training not only gave me the essential tools of how to intervene when there is dysregulation in the [client's] field, it equally empowered me with an awareness of what it means to sit -- unflappable -- in the therapist's seat.
Manuela's trauma training has been essential in my understanding of trauma and my capacity to be at ease with my clients' trauma responses and offer thoughtful somatic interventions.
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Tuition
Early Enrollment: $295 if enrolled by July 29, 2022
Regular Tuition: $350 if enrolled by August 21, 2022 (final registration date)
Repeating Participants: If you’ve attended this course before (or its predecessor Dharma of Trauma Level 1), you can repeat for $175 (a 50% discount off full tuition). On or before July 29, please enter discount code IFEREPEAT; after July 29, please enter IFRREPEAT.
VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American Express accepted.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations accepted via email or phone. Cancellations received by email or phone in advance of the start date of this course will receive a full refund minus a $30 administrative fee. There will be no refunds for non-attendance or cancellations received after the cancellation deadline.
Continuing Education
This program is sponsored by Innate Somatic Intelligence Institute. 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 qualifications for 12 hours of continuing education credit (2 hours per learning module) for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. CE approval agency: CAMFT. Provider number: 82187. You will need to sign our CE sign-in sheet and submit a signed class evaluation form to receive CE credit for this course. The course officially ends on November 30, 2022. We will email CE certificates by December 30, 2022. If you live outside of California, please check with your local licensing board to ensure that they’ll accept this course for CE credit.
For More Information
For further details, including accommodation for special needs and information about our grievance process, please contact our administrator at 415-839-6788 or info@embodywise.com.
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