Upcoming Courses for Therapists Centering
Embodiment & Liberation
Somatics, Queer Theory, Liberation Psychotherapy
DCMHCA Sept 20 CE Event
10:00 am - DCMHCA Membership Meeting
10:30 am - 11:30 am - CE Presentation
Move From Soothing to Somatic Harnessing
Encountering Deep Emotional Content as Fuel in Self-Supervision
This workshop will explore self-supervision practices for therapists that go beyond common mindfulness tools—supporting us to stay present, resourced, and responsive in emotionally charged times.
Noticing a lot of “freeze” after sessions? Come learn ways to shift out of shutdown and into embodied action—harnessing what you feel rather than fighting it.
This experiential training introduces participants to the Gestalt framework of the three zones of awareness—inner, outer, and middle—and explores how each zone holds unique entry points for processing deep emotional content. Through a presentation on theory and somatic experiments, attendees will learn to experiment with emotional-embodied content between sessions and how this content can help identify our own needs and where to focus our attention and energy in meeting them outside of the therapy session.
Course Objectives:
Define “self-supervision” as an approach for self-support between sessions.
Define and differentiate the three Gestalt zones of awareness (inner, outer, and middle zones) and describe their relevance in self-supervision practice.
Explain how over-reliance on emotional soothing strategies may limit deeper therapeutic contact and transformation.
Apply a Gestalt-oriented, somatic framework to case material to promote increased emotional integration, vitality, and spontaneity.
DCMHCA is a NBCC Approved Continued Education Provider, ACEP No. 2072.
CEU At Sea
7-Night St. Kitts, San Juan & Puerto Plata Cruise
Round-trip Orlando (Port Canaveral), Florida
November 01 - 08, 2025
We’re Queer & We’ve Been Here!
Exploring Pre-Colonial Queer History & Adlerian Community Feelings
Where do our gender and sexuality norms originate, and how have they evolved over time? How do these norms shape our clients' identities, resilience, and self-support—especially in today’s sociopolitical climate? If these questions excite you, please join me for this presentation! Alfred Adler’s concept of “community feeling” points to the importance of feeling connected to the cosmic human community spanning time throughout both our past and future. This presentation will explore a variety of gender and sexuality cultural norms across the globe in pre-colonial societies, the influence of colonialism on these norms, and explore how oppression of the past influences power and social injustices of the present. We will conclude with actionable clinical strategies to help queer clients cultivate a strong sense of community feeling, empowering them to resist anti-queer propaganda and build community feeling as a source of resilience.
Objectives:
Learn about the historical context of current gender and sexuality norms.
Explore therapeutic approaches to decolonizing gender and sexuality within psychotherapy by cultivating an Adlerian sense of community.
Develop strategies to empower queer clients to build resilience and a sense of community feeling.
*This course is part of a CEU mini-cruise hosted by Comprehensive Addiction and Psychological Services. To register for the full CEU package and learn more, please click the button below. Course fee listed in the following link is for the entire conference but does not include booking the cruise. Cruise line payment details are separate and available at the link through the button.
Conference at sea hosted by Comprehensive Addiction and Psychological Services.