A Training in Somatic Psychotherapy
SomaTalk™
What does your body want to say?
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SomaTalk™ integrates parts work, breathwork and somatics. Trauma heals when the body speaks.
Parts Work
During the discovery process, clients identify the presenting story, protective patterns (shape), shadow, and adult parts of self.
Breathwork
Rhythmic breathing and breath-holds with music support the voice of the body to emerge and express.
Somatics
Clients engage in Qi gong, shaking, tapping, sounding, postural opening, and emotional releasing.
SomaTalk™
IFS & Mindfulness
Use guided meditation to access present moment awareness of protective and shadow parts.
Neuro-Linguistic-Programing
Include activating phrases to take clients deeper into processing.
Somatic Interventions
Teach tapping, qi-gong, shaking, sounding and emotional release practices.
Breathwork
Use rhythmic breathing and breath-holds to calm, elevate, and integrate emotions.
Polyvagel Theory
Discover the connection between protective somatic shapes and the nervous system.
Sensory Tracking
Use Gendlin’s Felt Sense protocol to deepen somatic self awareness.
MEET
Carolyn Kutsko, PhD
Dr. Kutsko created the SomaTalk™ from hundreds of her own client sessions. She found at the root of each presenting struggle is shadowed, unwanted (often younger) emotional parts of self. Once sensed, greeted compassionately and offered full expression, the shadow self awakens into dignity and protective patterns surrender.
She holds her PhD in Somatic Psychology with certificates in: EMDR, Relational Somatic Psychotherapy, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, BodyWay Emotional Eating Recovery, The Daring Way, Thai Massage, and Somatic Breathwork.
She wrote her dissertation on “Full Emotional Expression,” an exploration in relational support within catharsis, where she challenges theories cautioning expressive emoting and demonstrates through a phenomenological study the efficacy of relationally supported catharsis.
She describes SomaTalk™ as a powerful processing pathway out of the illusion of seperation; a returning home to ones spacious, wise and authentic self.
Dr. Kutsko’s training was both extremely informative and also engaging. She provided a mixture of interesting didactic education and experiential exercises demonstrating how to get clients into their body.
Nick L.
I am so excited about the SomaTalk™ Foundations course provided for my clients to help prepare them for the SomaTalk™ sessions. An incredible bonus to the training!
Jess Thomas
