Introductory workshop:

Working creatively with the body

A Two-day in person CPD Workshop.

Dates: Saturday 30th November & Sunday 1st December 2024

Delivered by: Dr David Tune

Fees: SPTI students & graduate members £192, Non-members £212

Venue: Nottingham

About this training:

In this workshop we will explore in greater depth some of the theory underpinning the Bodywork approach to Psychotherapy.  Body Psychotherapy is a holistic approach that integrates thinking, feeling and the body’s reactions to the environment into the therapeutic relationship, and sees the mind and body as a unified whole, and as such is fully compatible with current advances in neuropsychology and trauma work. The workshop will touch on such concepts as body armouring, energetic flow, psycho-somatic blocks, trauma, and character formation, as well as some of the techniques of Bioenergetic and Biodynamic Psychotherapy. This will involve working experientially in the group from an embodied approach and participants will be expected to be involved in the process and to be willing to engage in the exercises and relate the model to themselves and their practice. At times the workshops will allow for processing of the content among the group. 

This workshop is suitable for qualified counsellors and psychotherapists, and students at Level 5 and above of their training, and participants will have the opportunity to practice some of their learning working in pairs with each other.

Please note: the workshop is a confidential space and all participants must agree to this boundary. Please bring along a cushion or pillow and wear comfortable clothing.

Certificate in Body Psychotherapy

About this training:

This course will look at the theory of Body Psychotherapy, starting with its origins in Psychoanalysis and transition to Humanistic Psychotherapy. The Course will focus on four models of body psychotherapy: Adjustment, trauma discharge, Process and Relational. Students will have an opportunity to practice body psychotherapy skills in small groups, and to apply their learning to their own clinical practice in group discussion, and to their own process. The content will include teaching theory, exercises in small groups to illustrate aspects of theory, application to client work through discussion, and developing a reflective body-orientated approach through process work. Students will be expected to be graduates or final year students, who are practising psychotherapists. The course is designed to be integrated into the student’s existing practice models.

This training is suitable for qualified counsellors and psychotherapists, and students at Level 5 and above of their training, and participants will have the opportunity to practice some of their learning working in groups with each other.

Please note: the workshop is a confidential space and all participants must agree to this boundary. Please bring along a cushion or pillow and wear comfortable clothing.

How is the course delivered?

This experiential training is offered as 6 workshops leading to the SPTI Certificate in Body Psychotherapy. In order to qualify for the SPTI Certificate, participants must:

• have 100% attendance.
• complete a group presentation and write-up.
• keep a self-reflective journal throughout the training.
• pass a competency profile comprised of self, peer, and tutor assessments.

More information about this training is available at: https://www.spti.net/courses/cibp/

About the trainer:

Dr David Tune

Chiron Association of Body Psychotherapy practitioner PhD. UKCP. C.Psychol. Af.BPS.

David is a Body Psychotherapist, Supervisor, Trainer, and author, who has studied and worked in the fields of Body Psychotherapy in Europe and the USA since the late nineteen eighties. David currently lives in York and runs workshops nationally. David is a tutor at the Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute in Nottingham on our MSc Integrative Psychotherapy and BSc (Hons) Counselling & Psychotherapy programmes.

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