Focusing: A Body-Based Approach

Course Description: This course offers a unique body-based approach to Focusing, designed to help participants develop a deeper connection with their physical experiences. Through guided exercises, mindful awareness, and somatic techniques, you will learn how to regulate your nervous system, ground yourself in the present moment, and learn to build resilience to stress. The course provides practical tools to enhance body awareness, learn the basic principles of focusing, and achieve a sense of inner balance.

This 1.5 CE online event is offered by the LCAT Advocacy Coalition as a fundraiser for ongoing legislative advocacy in New York State to increase access to the creative arts therapists and to protect the rights of current clients who depend on insurance to access these therapies.

Learning Objectives:

• Practice one approach to helping clients tune into their body’s inner sensations and develop awareness of the “felt sense,” a crucial step in deepening self-understanding and emotional processing
•  Learn 2-3 grounding techniques that help stabilize emotions and create a sense of safety, allowing for a more present and embodied experience in the focusing process.

Presenter: Anna Kuyumcuoglu

Anna began her career working in school-based clinics and worked in orphanages in India and Armenia and developed afterschool programs for Chinese communities in New York. She currently works at Wall Street Therapy in New York with a particular interest in body-based somatic therapies that provide grounded and solid measurable change. Previous work included agencies around NYC such as Bronx Children’s Psychiatric Center, Harlem Hospital Center, Bellevue Hospital Center, Hudson Guild, Housing Works, Strokes of Genius (program for children on the Spectrum) The Harriet and Robert Heilbrun School at the Jewish Guild For the Blind and the Institute for Community Living

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CEs are available for NYS LCSW, LMSW, LMFT, LCAT, LMHC, and Licensed Psychologists. New York Creative Arts Therapists, PLLC, SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board as a provider for licensed social workers #0275, licensed creative arts therapists #CAT-0026, licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0065. LMFT and Licensed Psychologists.