When: Friday, September 20 - 12:00 PM

Duration: 1 hours

Location: Zoom

Event Details:

*By registering for the first session, you will automatically be registered for the second

Join us for a two-part offering with Jennifer Axinn-Weiss, MFA, MA, SEP to learn how Somatic Experiencing (SE), a body-oriented therapeutic model that helps heal trauma and other stress experiences, can become part of your self-care tool kit and support you in your work. 

Engaging in self-care allows mental health providers to handle stress, regulate emotions, and minimize burnout and compassion fatigue. This webinar can help providers understand the relationship between somatic regulation, their professional practice and general well being.

Developed by Peter Levine, Ph.D., SE is the result of the multidisciplinary study of stress physiology, psychology, ethology, biology, neuroscience, indigenous healing practices, and medical biophysics, with many years of successful clinical application.

This workshop will provide opportunities to learn about the fundamentals and experience the benefits of somatic experiencing (SE) first hand. Part 1 will begin with understanding somatic regulation along with developing somatic awareness. Part 2 will focus on applying somatic-based awareness for self-care to incorporate before, during and after sessions. By participating in both offerings you will receive practical tools, learn better boundary awareness, review session structure, and apply exercises to benefit both you and the youth you work with.

After attending this 2-part offering, participants will be able to:

• Define and experience somatic awareness 
• Practice somatic presence before, during and between sessions
• Share simple somatic practices with clients

About the Presenter:

Jennifer Axinn-Weiss, MFA, MA , SEP is an expressive arts and Dynamic Play specialist, Educator and is a Certified Pediatric Hypnosis Practitioner. Since 2007 she has had a private integral practice and offers sessions, workshops and certifications across populations. Jennifer worked as a behavioral strategist in the California school system and brought healing arts programming to Vassar Brothers Medical Center pediatrics for over seven years. She has an MA in Transpersonal Psychology and is a Somatic Experiencing practitioner (SEP) who enjoys offering somatic-based practices for care providers. Jennifer lives in the Hudson Valley and has a private practice, and connects to flow through laughter yoga, journey dancing, and being in nature.