The Int'l Institute for Bodymind Integration
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The third year Pelvic-Heart Integration Training : starts in Hongary on October 23rd 2019
This year is aimed at the therapy of relations as well as on group dynamics of Bodymind Integration. Deepening work Pelvic-Heart Integration. The modules are taught by ICPIT trainers and assistants and helpers. You acquire the most powerful tools and skills for combining holistic bodywork, bodymind drama, gestalt, triangle work, energy work and psychotherapy based on experience and transfer of knowledge.
YEAR 3
Part I: October 23rd-27th 2019
Part II: March 18th-22nd 2020
Part III: June 10th-14th 2020
Prices & Location : Prices are based on current costs and therefore subject to change without notice to account for changes in the cost of raw materials and other direct costs beyond our control. Location also is subject to change without notice to account for maximum comfort and best service for price.
"Core Strokes" Modular Training in France and other countries : start november 2020
Introductieductory workshops Core Strokes in Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, UK, France, Corsica, Hongary, Australia, South-Africa,... .
One Week Training modules in Southern France, and other locations in Europe.
In "Core Stokes 1", you will learn techniques and theoretical background (mostly coming from Core Energetics after John & Eva Pierrakos and Bodymind Integration modalities after Jack W. Painter) in working simultaneously with body (physical: superficial myofascia; energetic: eg. subtle therapeutic touch), emotions, thoughts, will and spirituality. By participating in the various training modules you can build up credits for the final certification in one or all of the Bodymind Integration modalities.
PLANNED MODULES IN 2020
Module CORE STROKES I : 9-15 November 2020 - Contact Margarita Prokunina - mprokunina@gmail.com
Contact us for places and dates for Introduction Workshops
Het tweede jaar Core Strokes in Zuid-Frankrijk en andere landen: 2021
In 2021 worden Core Strokes 1, 2 en 3 aangeboden. Je ontwikkelt verder je vaardigheden in het therapeutisch werken met diep lichaamswerk en psychotherapeutische technieken. Reichiaanse invloeden en invloeden uit de Core Energetica en Bodymind Integration worden verweven. Verder blijven de levendige humanistische filosofie en psychologie met Oosterse en Westerse inspiratiebronnen een belangrijke inspiratiebron. Je bouwt stapsgewijs verder aan je competenties via opeenvolgende opleidingsmodules (kunnen op verschillende plaatsen in Europa gevolgd worden)
2021
Core Strokes II : 10-16 Mei 2021 in Zuid Frankrijk - contacteer Margarita Prokunina
Core Strokes I (Herhaling): Na het deelnemen van een Herhaling Core Strokes 1 ontvang je het tussentijds certificaat "Core Strokes Level 1".
Module II: 13-19 September 2021 in Zuid Frankrijk (1 uur van Toulouse) - contacteer Margarita Prokunina - Deze module kan gevolgd worden door zij die succesvol Module I gevolgd hebben.
Module II of III: 8-14 November 2021 - Zuid Frankrijk - Contacteer Margarita Prokunina - Deze module kan gevolgd worden door zij die succesvol Module I of II gevolgd hebben.
Prijzen & Locatie : Prijzen zijn gebaseerd op huidige kosten en daarom onderhevig aan verandering zonder voorafgaande melding om de veranderingen in rekening te nemen aangaande de kost van ruwe materialen en andere directe kosten buiten onze controle. Locatie is onderhevig aan verandering zonder voorafgaande melding, afhankelijk van tevredenheid of negatieve evaluatie van deelnemers en staf.
Postural Integration Certification Training
This year continues with specialized work from Postural Integration and Body-oriented Psychotherapy. You now work as a Postural Integration Practitioner in training (i.t.) with training clients under supervision (u.s.)
Dates, location and prices to be determined.
2023 POSTURAL INTEGRATION CERTIFICATION and New CORE STROKES modules, introductory workshops and study workshops.
The program is put together in such a way that it leads to ICPIT Certification in Postural Integration®. Provided that additional modules and supervision are taken one can also work towards the diploma for Energetic Integration® Practitioner.
Energetic Integration® (EI) is one approach to bodymind which uses techniques that work directly with the inside and outside structures of bodymind, with expansion-contraction processes of the tissues, emotions and attitudes. It is a step by step interactive process between client and practitioner in which they work toward opening bands or rings of armor (around the eyes, mouth, throat, chest, diaphragm, belly, and pelvis) which block the flow of energy and feeling and shape our character structure. You find ways to equalize the energy between the layers of character armor you have created that prevent an open, loving sharing with those around us. We also explore the energetic cycle and how we can support the emergence of cognitive clarity from this energetic flow by sharing ourselves as practitioners.
Postural Integration® (PI) is a similar careful human undertaking which respects the nature of the self as a process. It applies its methods simultaneously to the whole person, and realizes that the practitioner is always part of the change taking place. Postural Integration emphasizes the release and organization of connective tissue in the body in a systematic way. The focus is on the „Posture” - embodied feelings, experiences, attitudes, ways of thinking, inner beliefs, expressions of developmental trauma and other ’holding’ compensations in the body.
ORIGINS
„Bodymind Integration” consisting of Postural Integration®, Energetic Integration® and Pelvic-Heart Integration®) (since 2007 also known as „PsychoCorporal Integration”) originated in the late 1960's with Dr. Jack W. Painter’s personal, scientific and professional research in the human potential.
Dr. Painter (1933-2010) -- who is well known as a pioneer of the human potential movement -- was a Ph.D. graduate of Emory University (Atlanta, Ga.) in Philosophy, Literature and Psychology and served as a professor at the University of Miami. Influenced by Reichian Therapy (Wilhelm Reich), Structural Integration (Rolfing) (Ida Rolf) and Gestalt (Fritz Perls) traditions he found in his own search for personal clarity and in work with his clients, that a body-anchored approach was needed to bring these traditions together in his own approach. He received Gestalt training from Marty Fromm (Miami, Florida), an early pioneer in Gestalt work with Fritz Perls, M.D., as well as workshops directly with Perls. He received a complete program of individual sessions from Dr. Ida Rolf and Dr. Bill Williams (the founder of Soma). But through constant experimentation found his own ways of touching the body. In combining touch with a Reichian approach, he studied and collaborated with Raffaele Estrada Villa,M.D., Director of the Instituto Wilhelm Reich in Mexico City. As well as sessions and sharing and colleague work with Dr. Peter Levine, author of Waking theTiger and a well-known Reichian therapist, founder of Somatic Experiencing®. From 1973 to the present, Dr. Painter has trained an extensive network of teachers (trainers) and practitioners in Postural Integration® (from 1990 onwards also in Energetic Integration® and Pelvic-Heart Integration®), not only in most of the EU countries (Belgium, Holland, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, England) but also in Switzerland, U.S., Canada, Mexico, Nicaragua, New Zealand and Australia. The group of "first generation trainers" practiced Postural Integration® essentially as a holistic deep bodywork method and as "somatics" (most of the time in 3-year/700 hour programs). This was before the umbrella term of "Body Psychotherapy" was used. Later on, the field of "Body Psychotherapy"organised itself and ICPIT became - keeping it's own identity a member of the umbrella organisation EABP (The European Association of Body Psychotherapy) - affiliated to the European Association of Psychotherapy (EAP). A 2010 survey of EABP showed that 10% of it's members had received Postural Integration® training. ICPIT (the International Council of PsychoCorporal (Bodymind) Integration Trainers) has received the full 3 golden stars for psychotherapeutic-competencies from EAP (The European Association for Psychotherapy) in 2011. Look here: http://www.psychotherapy-competency.eu/Participate/Participant_List.php (scroll down to octobre 2011). ICPIT (by which the IBI is accredited) is also an organizational member of WAPCEPC (the World Association of Person Centered, Experiential Psychotherapy and Counceling).
BODYMIND INTEGRATION - second and third generation professional trainings
With the rapid progress in the fields of medicine, psychology, philosophy, psychotherapy, not in the least coming from new insights in the neurosciences, Dr. Painter's research lead to a further conceptual and experiential integration of traditional Reichian work, neo-reichian work, trauma work, body psychotherapy, myofascial and other bodywork. By the time that his methods in Energetic Integration® and Pelvic Heart Integration® were developed in the early 1990, "a second generation of trainers" (as well as several of the "first generation trainers") were creating big training institutes (several of which now offer a 4-year training program in Bodymind Integration). Raffaele Cascone, a psychologist and psychotherapist from Naples has brought to the attention that Jack Painter himself had no interest in being recognized by the established professions, guilds, etc, which gave him the freedom not to need to conform to external limiting requirements and to fit into existing labels.
Raffaele Cascone (I), PhD Psychology- Systemic and family psychotherapist. Scientific director of the Institute for Systems Psychotherapy and Medicine. Scientific Coordinator at ICPIT. Professor at University of Palermo.
Cascone says: "When Jack gave demonstrations of his work to professionals from different bandwagons, he always made sure to use words and concepts which would prevent people to stick old names to the new concepts and the new experiences he was referring to and, since he had no interest in being recognized by the established professions, guilds, etc, he had no need to conform to external requirements and to fit into existing labels." (Private communication, 2016).
CENTRAL VISION
Central to Postural Integration®/Bodymind Integration, since its inception, is the view that
Defining Bodymind Integration
Bodymind Integration can be understood and defined from several angles:
©By Dirk Marivoet, Registered Psychotherapist (BVP-ABP, EABP, EAP, WAPCEPC) - Licensed Psychomotor Therapist and Physiotherapist in Mental Health (Catholic University of Leuven, VVPMT).
The laws regarding Therapy, Psychotherapy, Counseling, Practice, etc. are different depending on the relevant European country.
Depending on the law, someone may call themselves "therapist" "Psychotherapist" or something else. Registration with recognized professional associations or associations meets strict rules. Although body-focused approaches are on the rise throughout the world, it should be noted that in some countries or states, psychotherapists and counselors are not allowed to work with therapeutic touch.
Students should therefore be aware that certification by the International Institute for Bodymind Integration or the International Council of PsychoCorporal (Bodymind) Integration Trainers (ICPIT) does not automatically represent legal status in a country. Postural Integration®, Energetic Integration® and PelvicHeart Integration®) can be applied within their own qualifications and within the applicable rules and standards for those who are recognized as a Psychotherapist, Psychologist, Psychomotor therapist, Counselor, Social worker, physical therapist,….
IMPORTANT: The Outline of the Course and the Training Curriculum is not fixed. What is outlined below as themes, theory and practice is meant to give you, the future student, an idea of what is dealt with in the training. Any description of topic or content can be slightly changed, in order for the training to remain comprehensive. Any piece of content can be taught earlier or later in the training curriculum for the same reason. Sometimes the order of the program changes because of availability of teachers. Our aim is to cover all what we propose as an outline and as a content over the period of the complete training!
The practitioner of Bodymind Integration essentially provide a space free of judgment or ‘cure’, and respectfully allow ‘what is’ to be explored and experienced more completely. Furthermore, the therapist trusts the process of the client to guide and move through the work, relinquishing any agenda in regards to the direction of the personal work. The used methods and techniques may vary depending on the need of the client or the skills of the therapist.
The experience of the practitioner in relation to the client is present and available, which in turn becomes a rich resource in the healing process. This relational approach to therapy creates the way for an authentic and meaningful meeting between therapist and client, and a fertile ground from which to grow and explore (akin to Carl Roger’s idea of ‘healing through meeting’; in the Training, the ‘meeting and healing’ also happens at the level of the touch and the cognised tissue. The client is considered the ‘expert’ on themselves – rather than the therapist. Hence, the innate wisdom of the client is encouraged and brought to the foreground.
Qualities of the therapist
In order to support the transition from “estrangement” towards integration and wholeness, the therapist himself needs to possess a number of qualities:
1) An intuitive consciousness and insight in healthy human development.
2) Knowledge of different patterns of unsolved conflicts from childhood with their specific chronic splits in body and mind,
3) The capacity to make use of a consistent frame of reference and a differentiated sensibility regarding the interrelationship of
(a) Signals in the organism that indicate vegetative streaming, muscular hypertension or hypotension,
(b) The phenomena of psychodynamic processes of transference, countertransference, projection, defensive regression, creative regression and diverse forms of resistance.
Theoretical and Practical Foundation in Energetic Integration
◦ Practical work within the training group: ◦Participants exchange practical work in the training group and are supervised. Personal experiences of practical work to be detained in a training diary.
Process Group
Fundamentals, Theory and Methodology
Practical work outside the group:
Homework and reading assignments
Students before each module will receive a homework assignment, which they need to send to the trainer/teacher before the start of the following module. They are also expected to read assigned chapters of professional literature.
Personal Postural Integration and Energetic Integration sessions:
The students need to receive sessions of recognized Postural Integration and Energetic Integration practitioners. A minimum of 5 sessions and a report on this self-experience are required (10 hours)
An additional 50 hours of work consist of courses, chosen by the trainer and student in consultation (for example workshops in breathwork, bioenergetics, movement awareness, etc). A limited number of these hours may be fulfilled by work taken prior to a student beginning a training.
• Theoretical and Practical Foundation in Postural Integration
◦ The four pillars of Postural Integration - Tensegrity as Body Balance (Influence from Structural Integration School) - Vibrational Integrity as balanced freedom (Influence from Reichian School) - The importance of Fine Tuning in both Tensegrity and Vibrational Integrety - Therapeutic Touch - Gestalt view of reality - 5-Elements - The Process of Release and Integration - Phases in the Therapeutic Process
Energetic Integration work in the context of Postural Integration - Selective experiencing of the soma with separate focusses on Body Reading & Tracking - Gestalt process work - Reichian and Bio-Energetic Bodywork - Awareness through Movement - 5 elements/acupressure points - soft energy - Character Analysis & Characterological Transformation - Verbal and non-verbal techniques and guidance - Transference and Countertransference
Practical work outside the group:
An additional 50 hours of work consist of courses, chosen by the trainer and student in consultation (for example workshops in breathwork, bioenergetics, movement awareness, etc). A limited number of these hours may be fulfilled by work taken prior to a student beginning a training.
Practical work outside the group:
Homework and reading assignments
Students before each module will receive a homework assignment, which they need to send to the trainer/teacher before the start of the following module. They are also expected to read assigned chapters of professional literature.
Personal Postural Integration and Energetic Integration sessions:
During the training, each student is required to obtain 5 sessions from a recognized PI/EI practitioner. These Sessions treat personal energy topics (personal self-discovery process) which are important for the students. In those sessions, also hopes and difficulties connected with the role of a student-practitioner in Postural Integration and Energetic Integration, can be processed. Likewise topics related to other students, practice-clients, trainers or assistants can be important.
The notes after each session shall be added to the final dossier.
Practice with training-clients outside the group.
During this stage, students, when having fulfilled the requirements and agreed upon by the trainer, are allowed to work with practice-clients under supervision.
Fundamentals, Theory and Methodology
Group- and individual supervision guide the work with training clients.
Further substantiation of Postural Integration and Energetic Integration : Revision of work with deep layers of fascia (Paradigm Sessions 4,5,6,7) - Revision of Integration Paradigm sessions 8,9,10,11,12 -
Practical work outside the group:
Homework and reading assignments
Students before each module will receive a homework assignment, which they need to send to the trainer/teacher before the start of the following module. They are also expected to read assigned chapters of professional literature.
Personal Postural Integration and Energetic Integration sessions:
During this year, each student is required to obtain 5 sessions from a recognized PI/EI practitioner. These Sessions treat personal energy topics (personal self-discovery process) which are important for the students. In those sessions, also hopes and difficulties connected with the role of a student-practitioner in Postural Integration and Energetic Integration, can be processed. Likewise topics related to other students, practice-clients, trainers or assistants can be important.
The notes after each session shall be added to the final dossier.
Practice with training-clients outside the group.
During this stage, students work, in addition to the other requirements, under supervision with at least 3 practice-clients (of both sexes), necessary for certification.
At the end of this year students may be ready with their work under supervision with practice-clients.
When the written report is finished, and all requirements fulfilled at this time. Certification in Postural Integration is awarded.
The 5th year is an extra year. Fulfilling the requirements of that year, leads to Certification in Energetic Integration
Group Supervision - Level and form of psychopathology - Evidence of psychopathology emerging in the group process - Individual Processes, Social Processes and Psychopathology - The psychopathology of hate - Psychopathology of school going children - Group responses to psychopathology - Ethnicity, immigration and psychopathology - Stigma as a risk factor for mental health - High risk behaviours and the group - Pathological gambling and the group - Happiness and emotional well-being scores in groups - Terrorism as a psychodynamic factor - The post-terrorism situation - Children of Holocaust survivors and other war children - Emotion regulation strategies in groups - Working with the body in groups of adolescents and young adults - Working with the home-less - The role of the peer group - Verbal and non-verbal techniques and guidance - Transference and Countertransference
Practical work outside the group:
The students are now working under supervision with practice-clients and groups.
When the written report is finished, and all requirements fulfilled at this time. Certification in Energetic Integration is awarded.
The 5th year is an extra year. Fulfilling the requirements of that year, leads to Full Certification in Energetic Integration
Submitting your Enrollment application
Entry Interview