SOS Internationale
SE™ Master Class
Therapeutic Presence, Rhythm, and Connection w/ Peter A Levine, PhD
September 4th - 5th
Amnesty International, London, UK
In-Person
This Somatic Experiencing® Master Class explores the vital practice of holding space for your clients. In each session, one guides a client through multiple phases of activation, pendulation, titration, release, orientation, and settling. During these phases:
What does it mean to be present with a client?
How does one connect?
How can one know when a cycle has completed?
How does one know when to rest, when to move deeper, and when to return to orientation to review the session together?
How can one gracefully recover from mis-attunement or a wrong turn?
Finally, how can one be vulnerable while authentically establishing oneself as a committed partner in healing?
These questions will animate this uniquely engaging Master Class, in which you will dive deeper into your SE practice by exploring the intrinsic rhythms of an SE session.
This class will be led by Dr. Levine, who will illustrate various ways to facilitate presence, rhythm, and connection with clients. Theoretical lectures, demo video review, live demos, and practice exercises will be interwoven throughout this 2-day program designed to deepen your SE skills. Please join us in this wonderful opportunity to dive deeper into the understanding of Somatic Experiencing from the developer himself.
Learning Objectives:
Develop and refine perceptual skills and practical tools to create more presence, rhythm, and connection
Demonstrate how feedback, and support for interrupted defensive responses, can assist in creating empowered, patient-focused intervention strategies
Practice how to track autonomic nervous system shifts more precisely while incorporating specialized containment and engagement tools
Schedule: Daily 10:30am – 5:30pm with 90 min lunch break
Demonstration Cases
Students and Assistants are invited to submit their case to work with Dr. Levine during this in-person course. Demos are an integral way to learn. All demos must follow-up with their personal practitioner after their demo. Please email info@somaticexperiencing.com for the demo form.
Daily Schedule
Day One
10:30am – 11:15am Lecture
11:15am – 11:30am Q & A
11:30am – 11:45am 15-min Tea Break
11:45am – 1:00pm Demonstration Session
1:00pm – 2:30pm 90-min Lunch
2:30pm – 2:45pm Q & A
2:45pm – 3:00pm Practice Overview
3:00pm – 4:15pm Breakout Practice Groups with SE Assistants
4:15pm – 4:30pm 15-min Tea Break
4:30pm – 4:45pm Q & A
4:45pm – 5:30pm Demo Montage Review
Day Two
10:30am – 10:45am Q & A
10:45am – 11:15am Demo Montage Review
11:15am – 11:45am Q & A
11:30am – 11:45am 15-min Tea Break
11:45am – 1:00pm Demonstration Session
1:00pm – 2:30pm 90-min Lunch
2:30pm – 2:45pm Q & A
2:45pm – 3:00pm Practice Overview
3:00pm – 4:15pm Breakout Practice Groups
4:15pm – 4:30pm 15-min Tea Break
4:30pm – 4:45pm Q & A
4:45pm – 5:15pm Lecture
5:15pm – 5:30pm Q & A