Whole-body trauma healing comes from the holistic psychotherapy framework which holds that a person's consciousness is not housed in any one part of the person, but is instead an integration of the mind, body, and spirit. Practitioners of holistic psychotherapy look at the body as one entity to help people heal and thrive on a much deeper level. This workshop will provide a comprehensive understanding of how trauma is held in the body, the process of somatic IFS, and the relationship and importance in utilizing psychotherapy and holistic treatments to heal the whole person. 

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Somatic Internal Family Systems (IFS)- IFS is a theory that believes that the person as a whole being is made up of many parts working in concert with one another. Somatic IFS differs from tradition IFS in that the focus on the body is more comprehensively involved in every step of the process. The client may hear or see the part, or experience the emotions of a part, and is asked where the part resides in the body. During the unburdening process the client is directed to find where the burden is held in or around the body. The unity of body and mind becomes more than a concept and instead a lived experience.