The beginning year of the 3 year London SE training will be taught by Ariel Giarretto, MS, LMFT, SEP, CMT, CSB is an internationally known body-oriented psychotherapist, SE trainer, and Somatic Sex Educator.

After completing her post-graduate education in psychology, and licensed as a marriage and family therapist, she studied a wide variety of somatic therapies, and is primarily informed by Somatic Experiencing (SE),

She was introduced to SE in 1999 had has been active in assisting Peter and other early teachers for many years. She became full-time teaching faculty in 2005. and trains and mentors practitioners all over the globe.

Throughout the 90’s she was on staff at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA as an active member of the community, a workshop and group leader, a private therapist and part of the bodywork and massage crew.

In 2015, to integrate sexuality and the pelvis into the SE material, she certified as a Somatic Sex Educator, and now specializes in sexual and gender-based violence, as well as all sexual challenges.

She is the co-developer of “The Full Embodiment Model” which offers gentle, transformative workshops for people wanting to heal from the effects of sexuality/gender trauma, sexual abuse and disembodiment.

She has extensive training in prenatal and birth therapy with Ray Castellino, as well as attachment and early developmental trauma, and has been a home birth “doula”, a dancer, a drummer, an athlete, a professional cook and baker, a world traveler and adventurer, a juggler and street performer, and is particularly fond of her doodle Freya, her Green Cheek Conures, Tulip and Oscar, and of course her partner Jeffrey.

Originally from the US, they are all currently based in Delft, Netherlands

.For more info: www.fullembodiment.org 

Find out more: Pre-requisites : Curriculum : Certification : Fees & Payments : Teaching Team

SOSI is delighted to be bringing the foundation training in NeuroAffective Touch® to the UK with Dr Aline LaPierre

NeuroAffective Touch® is a professional somatic training that introduces psychotherapists and bodyworkers to the use of touch as a vital bridge to body-mind integration. By highlighting the primary role of the body and emphasizing its equal importance to the mind, NeuroAffective Touch® (NATouch™) addresses emotional, relational, and developmental deficits that cannot be reached by verbal means alone.

A polyvagal-informed psychobiological approach, NeuroAffective Touch® integrates the key elements of somatic psychotherapy, attachment and developmental theory, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and affective and interpersonal neurobiology.

The training is designed to progressively build psychotherapists’ skill and confidence in integrating body-centered interventions into their psychological clinical practice. It also supports bodyworkers in developing the verbal and psychological skills necessary to assist their clients in connecting their neurobiological states to a conscious narrative.

The Foundation Training in the UK is offered as two 6-day modules that will open up new possibilities for your clients and your career as you learn to… 

• Offer your clients the missing pieces in their early development

• Provide tools that create real embodied hope for those who are anxious, depressed, or collapsed due to a history of misattunement, neglect, or abuse

• Resolve emotional and relational trauma 

• And nurture post-trauma growth and resilience as you guide your clients to deepen their relationship with their body’s intelligence

Dr. Aline LaPierre

Dr. Aline LaPierre, the creator of NeuroAffective Touch®, is a clinician, author, artist, consultant, speaker, and teacher, and was past faculty in the somatic doctoral program at Santa Barbara Graduate Institute (2000-2010). She is currently President of the United States Association of Body Psychotherapy and Editor-in-Chief of the International Body Psychotherapy Journal.

Dr. LaPierre co-authored the bestselling book Healing Developmental Trauma: How Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship, available in 14 languages.

In the field of psychotherapy, she is a graduate of Pacifica Graduate Institute and The New Center for Psychoanalysis.

In the field of somatics, she has studied Somatic Experiencing®, Postural Integration, Cranio-Sacral Therapy, Reichian Therapies, Bodynamics Analysis, Continuum, BodyMind Centering, and EMDR.

NeuroAffective Touch® is a professional somatic training that introduces psychotherapists and bodyworkers to the use of touch as a vital bridge to body-mind integration. By highlighting the primary role of the body and emphasizing its equal importance to the mind, NeuroAffective Touch® (NATouch™) addresses emotional, relational, and developmental deficits that cannot be reached by verbal means alone.

A polyvagal-informed psychobiological approach, NeuroAffective Touch® integrates the key elements of somatic psychotherapy, attachment and developmental theory, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and affective and interpersonal neurobiology.

The training is designed to progressively build psychotherapists’ skill and confidence in integrating body-centered interventions into their psychological clinical practice. It also supports bodyworkers in developing the verbal and psychological skills necessary to assist their clients in connecting their neurobiological states to a conscious narrative.

To find out more about the second module of this training click here

Dr. Aline LaPierre

Dr. Aline LaPierre, the creator of NeuroAffective Touch®, is a clinician, author, artist, consultant, speaker, and teacher, and was past faculty in the somatic doctoral program at Santa Barbara Graduate Institute (2000-2010). She is currently President of the United States Association of Body Psychotherapy and Editor-in-Chief of the International Body Psychotherapy Journal.

Dr. LaPierre co-authored the bestselling book Healing Developmental Trauma: How Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship, available in 14 languages.

In the field of psychotherapy, she is a graduate of Pacifica Graduate Institute and The New Center for Psychoanalysis.

In the field of somatics, she has studied Somatic Experiencing®, Postural Integration, Cranio-Sacral Therapy, Reichian Therapies, Bodynamics Analysis, Continuum, BodyMind Centering, and EMDR.

The beginning year of the 3 year London SE training will be taught by Ariel Giarretto, LMFT, SEP, CMT, CSB is an internationally known body-oriented psychotherapist, trauma specialist, and Somatic Sex Educator. Her passion is to support people of all cultures and ages in how to find ease and pleasure in their bodies, increase intimacy, and find freedom from the grip of trauma.

She is the co-developer of “The Full Embodiment Model” which offers gentle, transformative workshops for people wanting to heal from the effects of sexuality/gender trauma, sexual abuse and disembodiment. Trained in a wide variety of somatic therapies, she is primarily informed by Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing (SE), the beautiful, heart-centered work that treats the physiological effects of the trauma, as well as connects people to their deepest, core self.

For 17 years she has been full-time SE teaching faculty, training and mentoring practitioners all over the globe. Throughout the 90’s she was on staff at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, as an active member of the community, a workshop and group leader, a private therapist and part of the bodywork and massage crew.

She has extensive training in prenatal and birth therapy with Ray Castellino, as well as attachment and early developmental trauma, and has been a home birth “doula”, a dancer, a drummer, an athlete, a cook, a world traveler and adventurer, a juggler and performer at the Renaissance Faires and is particularly fond of her doodle puppy Freya, her Green Cheek Conures, Tulip and Oscar, and of course her partner Jeffrey. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. For more info: www.fullembodiment.org 

Find out more: Pre-requisites : Curriculum : Certification : Fees & Payments : Teaching Team

The Intermediate year of the 3 year London SE training will be taught by Kavi Gemin, an SE faculty member from Italy.. 

Kavi is a teacher and co-director of the International Institute for Craniosacral Balancing® and a member of the Somatic Experiencing® faculty. Kavi practices and teaches Craniosacral Biodynamics since 1995.

Graduated through the Canadian College of Osteopathy, he has extensive training in various psychosomatic disciplines, including traditional massage, deep tissues work and Ayurvedic massage. 

His further studies include NLP, work with the inner child, co-dependency and developmental psychology. He completed the training on prenatal and birth work with Ray Castellino and is educated in the principles of System Centered Teachings®, developed by Yvonne Agazarian, for working with Group dynamics and human systems.

Kavi has a certificate in andragogy, as a teacher and educator for adults certified SVEB in Switzerland and teaches full-time.

Fascinated by Somatic Experiencing®, he studied with Peter Levine and is SEP certified since 2001. Since then he has assisted and supervised students in many Somatic Experiencing® trainings, deepening and integrating his understanding of the method.

As approved trainer and faculty member of Somatic Experiencing®, Kavi brings his passion and his love for anatomy, physiology and neurobiology in his lessons with clarity and creativity.

Find out more: Pre-requisites : Curriculum : Certification : Fees & Payments : Teaching Team

The Intermediate year of the 3 year London SE training will be taught by Kavi Gemin, an SE faculty member from Italy.. 

Kavi is a teacher and co-director of the International Institute for Craniosacral Balancing® and a member of the Somatic Experiencing® faculty. Kavi practices and teaches Craniosacral Biodynamics since 1995.

Graduated through the Canadian College of Osteopathy, he has extensive training in various psychosomatic disciplines, including traditional massage, deep tissues work and Ayurvedic massage. 

His further studies include NLP, work with the inner child, co-dependency and developmental psychology. He completed the training on prenatal and birth work with Ray Castellino and is educated in the principles of System Centered Teachings®, developed by Yvonne Agazarian, for working with Group dynamics and human systems.

Kavi has a certificate in andragogy, as a teacher and educator for adults certified SVEB in Switzerland and teaches full-time.

Fascinated by Somatic Experiencing®, he studied with Peter Levine and is SEP certified since 2001. Since then he has assisted and supervised students in many Somatic Experiencing® trainings, deepening and integrating his understanding of the method.

As approved trainer and faculty member of Somatic Experiencing®, Kavi brings his passion and his love for anatomy, physiology and neurobiology in his lessons with clarity and creativity.

Find out more: Pre-requisites : Curriculum : Certification : Fees & Payments : Teaching Team

The Advanced Year of the 3 year London SE training will be taught by Abi Blakeslee, SEP, CMT, MFT, Ph.D, an SE trainer and faculty member of The Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute and Foundation for Human Enrichment. 

Abi integrates Somatic Experiencing with clinical research, the psychobiological principals of attachment, psychodynamic therapy, and somatic bodywork in her practice and teaching. She has conducted original research on the role of implicit memory in Somatic Experiencing with a committee that included Dr. Daniel Siegel.

Dr. Blakeslee holds a Masters of Arts in Counseling and Depth Psychology, and a Ph.D. in Clinical and Somatic Psychology. She is interested in the intersection between neuroscience, current trauma research, and the psychobiological principals of Somatic Experiencing.

She works with individuals, couples, children, and families and treats a broad base of issues.

Dr. Blakeslee currently resides in Bozeman, MT with her husband, two young boys and young daughter. She focuses on providing faculty-level individual and group consultations to all levels of Somatic Experiencing students, teaching SE trainings and somatic workshops, and presenting at professional conferences.

The Advanced Year of the 3 year London SE training will be taught by Abi Blakeslee, SEP, CMT, MFT, Ph.D, an SE trainer and faculty member of The Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute and Foundation for Human Enrichment. 

Abi integrates Somatic Experiencing with clinical research, the psychobiological principals of attachment, psychodynamic therapy, and somatic bodywork in her practice and teaching. She has conducted original research on the role of implicit memory in Somatic Experiencing with a committee that included Dr. Daniel Siegel.

Dr. Blakeslee holds a Masters of Arts in Counseling and Depth Psychology, and a Ph.D. in Clinical and Somatic Psychology. She is interested in the intersection between neuroscience, current trauma research, and the psychobiological principals of Somatic Experiencing.

She works with individuals, couples, children, and families and treats a broad base of issues.

Dr. Blakeslee currently resides in Bozeman, MT with her husband, two young boys and young daughter. She focuses on providing faculty-level individual and group consultations to all levels of Somatic Experiencing students, teaching SE trainings and somatic workshops, and presenting at professional conferences.