This summer you will have the opportunity to participate in a playshop with dr. Amber Elizabeth Gray, creator of Restorative Movement Psychotherapy and Polyvagal- informed Somatic and Dance/Movement psychotherapies.

This training is exclusive in Belgium and has been specially developed for body orientated psycho-therapists, dance/ movement therapists, somatic coaches, medical doctors, creative arts therapists, people who work with trauma, human rights, mental health conditions, teachers, psychotherapists, bodyworkers, etc.

Over our three days together, the workshop will explore how body-based psychotherapeutic interventions serve as sources of communication, creative expression and create pathways to social engagement, especially with those who have survived trauma.

Polyvagal-informed Somatic & Dance/Movement Therapy is innovated by Dr. Amber Gray through her 25 years immersion in Polyvagal Theory and work with refugees and survivors of human rights abuses, oppression and Historical trauma.

Participants will explore this somatic and movement-based approach to treatment and will learn practical strategies to use in clinical intervention that will build awareness of physiological state shifts through music, movement, breath, rhythm, dance and play.

• Gain a better understanding of Polyvagal theory and its application in somatic psychotherapies
• Learn basic tenets of Polyvagal-informed Somatic & Dance/Movement Therapy, such as Reciprocal Alliance, Core Rhythmicity and State-shifting
• Explore non-verbal expression and somatic approaches to understand, reflect and expand how this promotes socialization and communication
• Gain insight into the neurophysiology of relative safety
• Learn the Primary Portals to the Body
• Understand the connection between compassion,
• relative safety and Reciprocal Alliance
• Integrate this work into mental health and psychosocial approaches with our refugee communities
• And more…..