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Tina Stromsted, Ph.D., MFT, BC-DMT is a Jungian analyst, Somatic psychotherapist, and Board Certified Dance therapist. Past co-founder and faculty of the Authentic Movement Institute in Berkeley and a founding member of the Women’s Spirituality program at the California Institute of Integral Studies, she currently teaches at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, the Depth Psychology/ Somatics Doctoral program at Pacifica Graduate Institute, in Marion Woodman’s BodySoul Rhythms® Leadership Trainings, ZIST, and numerous universities and healing centers internationally. Founding director of the AuthenticMovement-BodySoul Center, her Soul’s Body approach integrates Jungian Depth Work, Somatics & Expressive Arts. Ongoing Dreamdancing® groups engage the healing power of working with dreams in the body. With roots in theater and dance and over 35 years of clinical experience, her publications explore the integration of body, brain, psyche, soul and nature in healing and transformation. Her private analytic/somatic practice and consultation are in San Francisco. See: AuthenticMovement-BodySoul.com.

Published November 2012. See: Printable PDF transcript.

Frances Sommer Anderson, PhD, is a psychoanalyst and licensed psychologist in private practice in New York City.  The body–disabled, disfigured, and in pain–has been the focus of her clinical work, beginning with a clinical psychology internship in physical rehabilitation medicine at Rusk Institute-NYU Langone Medical Center in 1974.  Specializing in treating pain and other mindbody disorders since 1979, she integrates relational psychoanalytic theory, research in the neuroscience of emotional and cognitive processing, and the neurobiology of attachment, trauma and pain.  She has been recognized internationally for her experiential teaching style and for leading edge publications regarding the body in psychoanalytic theory and practice: Relational Pespectives on the Body and Bodies in Treatment:  The Unspoken Dimension.  Her forthcoming book, Pathways to Pain Relief, is co-authored with Eric Sherman, PsyD. See website.

Published October 2012. See other conversation with Frances Sommer Anderson. 

Katy Swafford, PhD has worked in Eidetic Imagery for 20 Years. She has trained with the founder, Akhter Ahsen, PhD intensively and her practice is focused on developing applications for this comprehensive method. Dr. Swafford conducts training in Eidetic Imagery and is working to introduce this somatically based theory into academic environments as well. Eidetic Imagery is a comprehensive model of consciousness in which images of nature, development, and mythology come together in the body. The somatic or “S” factor of an Eidetic Image, (Image – Somatic Response- Meaning) makes Eidetic Imagery a Body Psychotherapy with the image as the sensory entry point. Through the Eidetic Image, universal qualities of mind become a thick, rich, physical experience – mythic mind and physical body are together. Akhter Ahsen (recipient of USABP’s Pioneer Award) is truly a Pioneer in the field of consciousness, never leaving the body in the universal fullness of mind. See: EideticInstitute.com.

Published October 2012. See: Printable PDF transcript. 

See also video on Eidetic Imagery:

Lynn Somerstein, PhD, NCPsyA, LP, RYT, licensed psychoanalyst in private practice, is Executive Director of the Institute for Expressive Analysis. Dr. Somerstein is on the editorial board of the Psychoanalytic Review and the author of numerous articles about yoga, anxiety, attachment issues and psychotherapy.

Dr. Somerstein is also an international speaker, and has presented her work in India, Turkey, China, and in the United States. She uses the wisdom she has gained as a yoga teacher, psychologist and student of Ayurveda, or Indian life knowledge, to help people reach their innermost goals. See: LynnSomerstein.com.

September 2012. See: Printable PDF transcript.

Cedar Barstow, M.Ed., Certified Hakomi Therapist and International Trainer is the author of “Right Use of Power: The Heart of Ethics.” The ideas and examples in this talk are taken from this book and Cedar’s training programs in right use of power. The goal of right use of power, as the largest container for ethics, is for people to increase their skill, sensitivity, and effectiveness in the use of both their personal and their professional power. The program has four aspects: Be Informed, Be Compassionate, Be Connected, Be Skillful. By focusing on learning ethics from the inside out rather than from the rule side in, the program engages people in studying and refining their impact and on cultivating right relationship and repairing harm. She lives in Boulder Colorado. See: RightUseOfPower.com.

August 2012. See: Printable PDF transcript.

Cedar Barstow, M.Ed., Certified Hakomi Therapist and International Trainer is the author of “Right Use of Power: The Heart of Ethics.” The ideas and examples in this talk are taken from this book and Cedar’s training programs in right use of power. The goal of right use of power, as the largest container for ethics, is for people to increase their skill, sensitivity, and effectiveness in the use of both their personal and their professional power. The program has four aspects: Be Informed, Be Compassionate, Be Connected, Be Skillful. By focusing on learning ethics from the inside out rather than from the rule side in, the program engages people in studying and refining their impact and on cultivating right relationship and repairing harm. She lives in Boulder Colorado. See: RightUseOfPower.com.

August 2012. See: Printable PDF transcript.

Dr. Jack Lee Rosenberg is internationally recognized as a pioneer for his innovative approach to body psychotherapy, human sexuality, and couples counseling, teaching his approach throughout the United States, Europe and Canada He is founder and Clinical Director of the IBP Central and International Institutes. He has doctorates in dentistry and psychology. His master’s thesis focused on group dynamics and industrial psychology, his doctorate on clinical psychology. As Director of Counseling at the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, he did research on somatic medicine and taught dental psychology. He trained therapists at the Gestalt Institute in San Francisco and at the Center for the Healing Art, Los Angeles. He has conducted workshops at the Esalen Institute for more than twenty-eight years. He is in private practice in Los Angeles. He is the author of Total Orgasm, Body, Self and Soul: Sustaining Integration and co-author of The Intimate Couple.

Dr. Beverly Kitaen Morse is the Executive Director of the Rosenberg-Kitaen IBP Central Institute. She is co-developer of IBP theory and practice. Dr. Morse is in charge of the international IBP Professional Training Program, which provides personal and professional development and certification for mental health and allied professionals. She entered her professional career in mid-life. While raising her four children she gained leadership training through extensive community service. She launched her study of psychology when opening her home to foster children whose needs exceeded parenting skills. She has been affiliated with IBP since 1979 and was the first trained teacher and a key member of the IBP Advisory and Development Board. She is the co-author of The Intimate Couple. Dr. Morse is currently in private practice in Santa Monica, California. She leads groups, teaches, and lectures at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, and throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.

See: Printable PDF transcript.

Dr. Jack Lee Rosenberg is internationally recognized as a pioneer for his innovative approach to body psychotherapy, human sexuality, and couples counseling, teaching his approach throughout the United States, Europe and Canada He is founder and Clinical Director of the IBP Central and International Institutes. He has doctorates in dentistry and psychology. His master’s thesis focused on group dynamics and industrial psychology, his doctorate on clinical psychology. As Director of Counseling at the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, he did research on somatic medicine and taught dental psychology. He trained therapists at the Gestalt Institute in San Francisco and at the Center for the Healing Art, Los Angeles. He has conducted workshops at the Esalen Institute for more than twenty-eight years. He is in private practice in Los Angeles. He is the author of Total Orgasm, Body, Self and Soul: Sustaining Integration and co-author of The Intimate Couple.

Dr. Beverly Kitaen Morse is the Executive Director of the Rosenberg-Kitaen IBP Central Institute. She is co-developer of IBP theory and practice. Dr. Morse is in charge of the international IBP Professional Training Program, which provides personal and professional development and certification for mental health and allied professionals. She entered her professional career in mid-life. While raising her four children she gained leadership training through extensive community service. She launched her study of psychology when opening her home to foster children whose needs exceeded parenting skills. She has been affiliated with IBP since 1979 and was the first trained teacher and key member of the IBP Advisory and Development Board. She is the co-author of The Intimate Couple. Dr. Morse is currently in private practice in Santa Monica, California. She leads groups, teaches and lectures at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, and throughout the United Stats, Canada, and Europe.

July 2012. See: Printable PDF transcript.

See: IBPonline.org. See also “Sustaining Constancy” PDF that is mentioned toward the end of the conversation.

The interplay of acting, playwriting, directing and drama therapy has allowed Leclanché Durand a unique and privileged window into each of these forms of exploration and expression. She often feels like a pioneer of the human psyche in these several worlds, which call upon individual revelation.

Leclanché Durand is an actress, a playwright, and a drama therapist. Her 40-year acting career includes Broadway credits, national tours, and leading roles in many of the nation’s regional theatres. Her 13 film performances include AWAKENINGS, SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, and CHAPTER 27.

On stage she has enjoyed the pleasure of working with Joanne Woodward, Geraldine Page, Blythe Danner, Tom Conti, Victor Garber, Zelko Ivanek, Dina Merrill, Keene Curtis, Peter Marshal, Judith Ivey, and Jean Marsh.

Her three plays for young people published by Dramatic Publishing Company have been produced and toured by Lincoln Center Institute.

Published June 2012

The interplay of acting, playwriting, directing and drama therapy has allowed Leclanché Durand a unique and privileged window into each of these forms of exploration and expression. She often feels like a pioneer of the human psyche in these several worlds, which call upon individual revelation.

Leclanché Durand is an actress, a playwright, and a drama therapist. Her 40-year acting career includes Broadway credits, national tours, and leading roles in many of the nation’s regional theatres. Her 13 film performances include AWAKENINGS, SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, and CHAPTER 27.

On stage she has enjoyed the pleasure of working with Joanne Woodward, Geraldine Page, Blythe Danner, Tom Conti, Victor Garber, Zelko Ivanek, Dina Merrill, Keene Curtis, Peter Marshal, Judith Ivey, and Jean Marsh.

Her three plays for young people published by Dramatic Publishing Company have been produced and toured by Lincoln Center Institute.

Published June 2012