The Recovery Room: Somatic Therapeutics for Addiction and Mental Health Professionals

Freud was right! When you do a little R&R (relaxing and reclining), you are more likely to say what’s on your mind, identify obstacles, and challenge yourself with new behaviors for mind-body health. Learn tools to transform your skills as a health-care professional in this YOGAFUN™ intensive led by innovative author and psychotherapist Kathryn C. Shafer.

Utilizing the ancient practices of yoga, breathwork, meditation, and mental imagery, you learn how to

• Integrate these tools into clinical practice and daily self-care and use them to complement other medical and psychotherapeutic protocols
• Employ stress-reduction practices to calm the emotions
• Practice age-appropriate body awareness and somatic relaxation
• Create yogic practices to remain in the moment and calm addictive/reactive mind chatter
• Design a self-care practice that addresses compassion fatigue.

Revolutionize your approach to healing as you discover ways to impart these unique mind-body skills to others.

Recommended reading Thérèse Jacobs-Stewart, Mindfulness and the 12 Steps (Hazelden), Kathryn C. Shafer, “The Disease Concept and SFT: Difference in Action” Journal of Family Psychotherapy: The Official Journal of the International Family Therapy Association, 16 (1–2), 75–78.

Note Wear comfortable clothing.

• 23.5 credits for Social Workers (SW), $20 additional charge
• 23.5 credits for Psychologists (PSY), $20 additional charge
• 23.5 credits for Certified Counselors (NBCC), $20 additional charge