This is an introductory level Eco-Somatic training for all master's level mental health professionals, incorporating trauma-focused theory and therapy, somatics, and ecotherapy-supporting therapists in learning to embody connection to mind, body and Earth in sessions to support trauma-informed practice. This training is not a comprehensive training in trauma or eco-somatics.
Earth is the largest, most accessible and most forgotten of all coregulators. Earth holds us, supports us, nourishes us. Through cultivating an honest and reciprocol relationship with Earth, we can experience coregulation. Eco-Somatics invites us to ask ourselves: what if we viewed Earth as an extension of our bodies? In Ecotherapy circles and indigenous communities this is known as the Earth-Body or Ecological Self.
This training will provide therapists with information about an Eco-Somatic approach to in trauma-informed therapy, with focus on supporting the clients window of tolerance, dual awareness and overall healing. We will hone in on resourcing/stabilization, supporting you in advancing your ability to prepare clients for trauma reprocessing work.
This training incorporates an intersectional lens, bringing together ecopsychology, somatic psychology, decolonization, social justice, and EMDR. It is our view that we cannot create a reciprocol relationship with mind, body and Earth without the inclusion of this lens, and therefore it is an important part of the training.
OBJECTIVES:
Define the intersection of applied ecopsychology and somatic psychology (Eco-Somatics)
Gain an embodied understanding of the synthesis of Ecotherapy and Somatics
Describe how nature can act as a coregulator during sessions for clients AND for therapists
Describe how to interweave eco-somatics into your clinical work
Experientially practice at least 3 eco-somatic resourcing methods to begin using in your practice
CE Credits pending approval for counselors, social workers and EMDRIA Credits.
When:
SATURDAY JUNE 28 2025
1:00 - 4:30 PM
Where:
In person AND Virtual : at the UL Lafayette Student Union at 620 Mckinley Street, Lafayette, La
Registration Fees: $75
Presented by
Kathryn Dietzway, MSW, LCSW-BACS, ECO-SOMATIC EMDR © Founder
Kathryn Dietzway, LCSW-BACS, is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and EMDR Certified therapist. She is co-founder and owner of The Therapy Garden, a group psychotherapy and wellness practice in Lafayette, Louisiana. She is the founder of Eco-Somatic EMDR Training. Kathryn is passionate about a mind, body, and Earth-informed approach to EMDR and trauma therapy, not only in how she delivers therapy to clients but in how she herself shows up in the healing space. She works with adult clients with a range of complex trauma and dissociation presentations. She specializes in practicing EMDR through an intensive format incorporating nervous system practices, Earth-inspired methods, and movement. Kathryn has led trainings on Ecotherapy-Informed Practices since 2021 and recently presented at the EMDRIA national conference about Eco-Somatic EMDR. “Beneath our feet, outside our windows and within ourselves is the largest, most accessible and forgotten of coregulators--nature. Join me to learn how to bring nature into your therapy work.”
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