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In this conversation, Alice Ladas reflects on the drive and energy that has fueled her professional activities and her zest for life.

Alice K. Ladas, Ed. D., is a pioneer for body psychotherapy, educated childbirth, breastfeeding, and sexuality education.  The research she and her husband did (Women and Bioenergetic Analysis)  led to meeting her co-authors on the NY Times best seller The G Spot and Other Discoveries About Human Sexuality. Alice was chair of the research committee of the US Association for Body Psychotherapy (USABP) for many years. In 2008, the USABP honored Alice by naming its research award The Alice Kahn Ladas Research Award to honor her for her tireless efforts to further research in Somatic Psychotherapy. She is a licensed psychologist in New Mexico.

Published December 2011. See other conversation on this site with Alice Ladas and conversation with her about therapy.

In this conversation, Alice Ladas reflects on the drive and energy that has fueled her professional activities and her zest for life.

Alice K. Ladas, Ed. D., is a pioneer for body psychotherapy, educated childbirth, breastfeeding, and sexuality education.  The research she and her husband did (Women and Bioenergetic Analysis)  led to meeting her co-authors on the NY Times best seller The G Spot and Other Discoveries About Human Sexuality. Alice was chair of the research committee of the US Association for Body Psychotherapy (USABP) for many years. In 2008, the USABP honored Alice by naming its research award The Alice Kahn Ladas Research Award to honor her for her tireless efforts to further research in Somatic Psychotherapy. She is a licensed psychologist in New Mexico.

Published December 2011. See other conversation on this site with Alice Ladas and conversation with her about therapy.

In this conversation, Alice Ladas reflects on the drive and energy that has fueled her professional activities and her zest for life.

Alice K. Ladas, Ed. D., is a pioneer for body psychotherapy, educated childbirth, breastfeeding, and sexuality education.  The research she and her husband did (Women and Bioenergetic Analysis)  led to meeting her co-authors on the NY Times best seller The G Spot and Other Discoveries About Human Sexuality. Alice was chair of the research committee of the US Association for Body Psychotherapy (USABP) for many years. In 2008, the USABP honored Alice by naming its research award The Alice Kahn Ladas Research Award to honor her for her tireless efforts to further research in Somatic Psychotherapy. She is a licensed psychologist in New Mexico.

Published December 2011. See other conversation on this site with Alice Ladas and conversation with her about therapy.

Babette Rothschild, MSW, LCSW, is the author of five books, all published by WW Norton:

– The Body Remembers–The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment (2000) (bestseller)

– The Body Remembers CASEBOOK–Unifying Methods and Models in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD (2003)

– Help for the Helper–The Psychophysiology of Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma (2006)

– 8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery (2010)  (bestseller)

– Trauma Essentials: The Go-To Guide. (2011)

She has been a psychotherapist and body psychotherapist since 1976 and a teacher and trainer since 1992. After living and working for 9 years in Copenhagen, Denmark, she returned to her native Los Angeles. There she is writing her next books while she continues to lecture, train, and supervise psychotherapists, body psychotherapists, and psychologists worldwide. See: SomaticTraumaTherapy.com.

December 2011. See: Printable PDF transcript.

Anthony “Twig” Wheeler is a Cultural Animator and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner/Consultant from Washington state. His background includes extensive study in human ecology, social change theory and the healing arts. Twig has assisted extensively in the SE trainings helping graduate hundreds of SE practitioners. He offers sessions and consultations at all levels of the SE training.

Twig focuses on the translation and outreach of SE principles and guidelines worldwide. He has consulted in war affected communities in DR Congo, crisis clinics and violence prevention programs in the US and with helping professionals on four continents. In 2011 Twig produced an autobiographical “One-Man Show” titled Stories of Completion detailing his personal transformation out of PTSD with the aid of Somatic Experiencing. His website LiberationIsPossible.org showcases his various projects including his SE Reflections blog specifically designed for SE oriented practitioners. Twig is dedicated to wholeness and liberation: his, yours and others’.

Published November 2011.

In this conversation, Jonathan Foust talks about the moment of change.

Jonathan Foust, MA, CSA is a senior teacher with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington,  a founder of the Meditation Teacher Training Institute and former President of Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health.  He is a certified trainer in Focusing and incorporates the principles of Focusing and meditation with clients, students and classes.   Jonathan has been leading retreats and training teachers for over 25 years.  He is based in the Washington DC area. Website: http://www.jonathanfoust.com/

Published November 2011

In this conversation, Jonathan Foust talks about the moment of change.

 

Jonathan Foust, MA, CSA is a senior teacher with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington,  a founder of the Meditation Teacher Training Institute and former President of Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health.  He is a certified trainer in Focusing and incorporates the principles of Focusing and meditation with clients, students and classes.   Jonathan has been leading retreats and training teachers for over 25 years.  He is based in the Washington DC area. Website: http://www.jonathanfoust.com/

Published November 2011

Stephen W. Porges, PhD, is a professor of psychiatry and the director of the Brain-Body Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a former president of the Society for Psychological Research and also the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Sciences.  He is a former recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award.  He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers across several disciplines including anesthesiology, critical care medicine, ergonomics, exercise physiology, gerontology, neurology, obstetrics, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, space medicine, and substance abuse.   His research has been cited in several thousand peer-reviewed articles and has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1975. In 1994 he proposed the Polyvagal Theory, a theory that links the evolution of the vertebrate autonomic nervous system to the emergence of social behavior.  The Polyvagal Theory provides a theoretical perspective to study and to treat stress and trauma. See: StephenPorges.com.

November 2011. See: Printable PDF transcript. 

See other conversation with Stephen Porges about mindfulness & co-regulation.

Note: A reprint of this interview constitutes Chapter 7 of a recent book by Stephen Porges, The Pocket Guide to The Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe.

In this conversation, Judyth Weaver talks about how to be in the moment, in a practical, down-to-earth way.

Judyth O. Weaver was a modern dancer in NYC and SF when, in 1965, she went to Japan where she studied Kabuki and Noh and other forms of movement and then entered a Zen Buddhist monastery.  Upon her return to the U.S. in 1968 she studied T’ai Chi Ch’uan and Sensory Awareness, becoming certified to teach both.  She earned her Ph.D. in Reichian Therapy in 1979.

She is also certified as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, and in Prenatal and Birth Therapy. She is a Rosen Method practitioner and senior teacher.  Judyth was professor at the California Institute for Integral Studies for 25 years; is co-founder of Santa Barbara Graduate Institute and creator of its Somatic Psychology doctoral program; she has developed her own integrated manner of working which she calls ‘Somatic Reclaiming.’ She has a private practice in Seattle, Washington, and teaches internationally. See: JudythWeaver.com

Published October 2011

In this conversation, Judyth Weaver talks about how to be in the moment, in a practical, down-to-earth way.

Judyth O. Weaver was a modern dancer in NYC and SF when, in 1965, she went to Japan where she studied Kabuki and Noh and other forms of movement and then entered a Zen Buddhist monastery.  Upon her return to the U.S. in 1968 she studied T’ai Chi Ch’uan and Sensory Awareness, becoming certified to teach both.  She earned her Ph.D. in Reichian Therapy in 1979.

She is also certified as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, and in Prenatal and Birth Therapy. She is a Rosen Method practitioner and senior teacher.  Judyth was professor at the California Institute for Integral Studies for 25 years; is co-founder of Santa Barbara Graduate Institute and creator of its Somatic Psychology doctoral program; she has developed her own integrated manner of working which she calls ‘Somatic Reclaiming.’ She has a private practice in Seattle, Washington, and teaches internationally. See: JudythWeaver.com

Published October 2011