Active Pause

Dr. Johnson is the Director of the Institute for Embodiment Studies, a non-profit educational organization dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary scholarship in embodiment studies. She is the former Chair of the Somatic Psychology Department at the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, former Director of the Body Psychotherapy Program in the Somatic Counseling Psychology Department at Naropa University and the founding Coordinator of Student Crisis Response Programs at the University of Toronto. Her research and clinical interests include the somatic impact of oppression, embodied critical pedagogy, and feminist somatic research methods.

Laury Rappaport, Ph.D., REAT, ATR-BC, is the Founder/Director of the Focusing and Expressive Arts Institute, a Certifying Coordinator and Trainer with The Focusing Institute in NY.  Based on over thirty years of clinical application, Laury pioneered the development of the integration of Focusing with the expressive arts, known as Focusing-Oriented Arts Therapy (FOAT).  She is the author of Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy: Accessing the Body’s Wisdom and Creative Intelligence, and numerous articles.  Laury has been an Associate Professor at Notre Dame de Namur University, the Academic Coordinator of International Expressive Arts at Lesley University where she has been teaching for over 30 years, and conducts trainings internationally at the University of Hong Kong and in Japan.

January 2012. See: Printable PDF transcript.

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

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.

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.

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.

Stephen Porges explains the polyvagal theory.