Somatic Studies Subject Area Streams
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Leadership
- Ideal for: students in entrepreneurial or organizational settings wanting to develop tools for change that incorporate body and soul.
- Coursework includes: Embodied Depth Group Work, Relational Embodiment.
- Possible fieldwork projects: Embodied Leadership Training.
- Possible dissertation research: cultivating embodied agency through equine-assisted learning.
Health & Wellness
- Ideal for: students working in integrative healthcare and wellness practices who wish to expand their professional skills to include a somatic depth perspective.
- Coursework includes: Indigenous Healing Practices, Trauma and Reslience, Neuroscience and Somatic Depth Psychology.
- Possible fieldwork projects: Embodied Healthcare Training.
- Possible dissertation research: authentic movement in treating multiple sclerosis.
Counseling & Psychotherapy
- Ideal for: students practicing as licensed counselors or psychotherapists wanting to specialize in somatic depth psychotherapy.
- Coursework includes: Embodied Depth Group Work, Marion Woodman and the Jungian Tradition, Embodied Alchemy.
- Possible fieldwork projects: specialized training in embodied depth psychotherapy, authentic movement.
- Possible dissertation research: soul recovery in addiction treatment.
Education
- Ideal for: students working in educational settings who want to incorporate depth and somatic psychoeducational strategies into their teaching.
- Coursework includes: Relational Embodiment, Embodied Depth Group Work, The Body in Literature.
- Possible fieldwork projects: Embodied Peacemaking with Children.
- Possible dissertation research: embodied depth experiences of immigrant college students.
Community Development
- Ideal for: students working in non-profit or community settings wanting to incorporate somatic depth perspectives into social justice work or other community programming.
- Coursework includes: Body, Soul and Social Justice, Ecopsychology: The Body on the Earth, Trauma and Reslience.
- Possible fieldwork projects: Embodied Social Justice Training.
- Possible dissertation research: embodied trauma in homeless youth.
Somatic Movement (ISMETA)
- Ideal for: students wishing to pursue registration as a somatic movement therapist or educator through the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA).
- Coursework includes: inquire about current list of pre-approved courses that qualify toward independent track application.
- Possible fieldwork projects: ISMETA modality training and supervision.
- Possible dissertation research: Body Mind Centering and the embodied unconscious.
Expressive & Performing Arts
- Ideal for: students working as artists, actors, dancers, poets, musicians, etc. who want to incorporate a somatic depth perspective into their creative work.
- Coursework includes: Body and Soul in the Expressive Arts, Somatic Dreamwork, Relational Embodiment.
- Possible fieldwork projects: Somatic Training for the Performer, International Expressive Arts (IEATA) training.
- Possible dissertation research: archetypal self-portraiture.
Individualized
- Ideal for: students pursuing a specific line of academic inquiry and professional development that is not captured through the other streams.
- Coursework includes: dependent on the individual project or subject area interest.
- Possible fieldwork projects: dependent on the individual project or subject area interest.
- Possible dissertation research: embodied interspecies embodiment with rescue elephants.