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• Archive: Topic Areas:Couples Therapy | WorkshopCategory:Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2017Faculty:Janina Fisher, PhDDuration:1:56:31Format:Audio OnlyOriginal Program Date :Apr 02, 2017 Description CC17 Workshop 10 - Beyond Words: Somatic Interventions for Couples Treatment - Janina Fisher, PhD In traumatized couples, talking about 'what happened' often evokes more conflict than empathy and does not alter their habitual trauma-related animal defense survival responses of fight, flight, freeze, submission, or cry for help.
• By teaching couples to observe their somatic responses to each other and to use gesture instead of words, the language of blame is inhibited.
• In addition, somatic interventions regulate the body and nervous system, which reduces each partner's sense of threat.
• Without words, each partner can be taught the ability to simultaneously open and protect the heart--creating a sense of safety for self and other.
• Educational Objectives: ● Identify patterns that increase/decrease activation of animal defense survival responses ● Demonstrate understanding of increasing couples’ ability to observe their somatic communication ● Integrate somatic interventions into couples treatment Faculty Janina Fisher, PhD Related seminars and products: 11 Janina Fisher, PhD is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and Instructor at the Trauma Center, an outpatient clinic and research center founded by Bessel van der Kolk.