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Courses For Therapists

Sunflower Mind and The DNA of Change are part of the curriculum of the Integrative Focusing Therapy training program, but you are welcome to take them on their own.

No prior knowledge of Focusing is required to take these courses. For more info about Focusing, see UNfocusing: Introduction to Focusing as Your Inner GPS.
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The DNA Of Change: An experiential process group for therapists

This process group fosters experiential integration of what you know about yourself and what you know about therapy. It trains you to help clients discover their way forward through an embodied experiential process that flows naturally.

The DNA of Change: Introduction and Q & A

7 video clips (total 37 minutes) about what makes experiential therapy work

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What happens when we therapists get triggered by a client?

how we therapists can grow personally and professionally when we embrace the process of dealing with being triggered

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Are you embodying the polyvagal theory, or just applying it?

what it is to embody, not just apply, the Polyvagal Theory.

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What makes the talking cure work?

what makes the talking cure work (it’s not the talking itself)

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What is the DNA of change?

what is the DNA of change in therapy

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A very simple way to deepen what happens in a therapy session

a simple way to deepen a therapy session.

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Sunflower Mind: The embodied & relational edge of Focusing-oriented therapy

Focusing is based on our ability to experience and process a bodily felt sense. This course describes what makes this possible, how it relates to fostering therapeutic change, and how to apply it effectively in therapy. 

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