

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Embodiment: Exploring the somatic underpinnings of reaching and grasping
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 pm (+10:00)
- **Event Description**: Join this enlivened embodied experiential practice (EEEP) series for therapists exploring somatic experience in the therapeutic dyad.About this EventKey detailsDates | Thursday 23 April, 6:30pm-8:30pmWhere | Elie, 27 Royal Parade, ParkvilleFacilitators | Anna Evans and Awombda CoddCost | VAGP members: $45; VAGP non-members: $55About this sessionThis is the second of a series of three workshops offered under the EEEP banner. These sessions are designed for emerging and practising therapists interested in emerging somatic experience as a resource for the therapeutic dyad.Ruella Frank’s six fundamental movements—yield, push, reach, pull, grasp, and release—describe the relational actions that underpin movement through the contact cycle. Developing a precise felt sense of these movements deepens a therapist’s capacity to recognise what is being co-created moment by moment within the therapeutic dyad.In 2026, we turn our attention to reach and grasp, examining how these movements organise contact, support, and desire in the therapy room.Reach involves asking for something from the environment or another. How much do we reach before we lose ourselves? What happens when reaching is inhibited and contact becomes limited or cautious?Grasp brings reach into form—how we take in, hold, or attempt to secure what we need. Both movements offer rich information at the contact boundary and reveal essential aspects of attachment, agency, and support.Participants will explore how reach and grasp show up somatically, relationally, and clinically, and how attending to these movements can guide therapeutic interventions with greater precision and care.What will participants learn?Experiential exercises, discussion, and reflection will develop participants’ abilities to:track embodied awareness with greater accuracymeet attachment wounds through presence rather than techniqueengage the vitality of the here-and-nowcultivate emergent curiosity instead of certaintydevelop confidence in slowing down and investigating the significance of micro-moments.Explore the other sessions in this seriesAccessing the creativity of the right brainEmbodied field studyAbout your facilitatorsAnna Evans and Awombda Codd  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/bca00b60-de84-11f0-9ecf-37c8af779cb5-rimg-w1110-h740-dc32442e-gmir.jpg Anna Evans is a psychologist and psychotherapist working in private practice and on the teaching faculty at GTA. Anna has a keen interest in embodiment and her practices have included creative dance, Alexander technique and contact improvisation. Anna taught yoga for ten years and now follows an approach to yoga developed by Vanda Scaravelli. Anna can be contacted at anna@annaevanspsychology.com.au.  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/bdd8d980-de84-11f0-91ba-d3d0a513804e-rimg-w1110-h740-dc131617-gmir.jpg Awombda Codd is a gestalt psychotherapist and creative arts therapist working in private practice and community health, as well as on teaching faculty at GTA. She supports creative exploration and experiential body work in her clinical practice. Awombda has a background in theatre, film, performance art and performed with an improvisation collective for many years. Awombda was a sessional teacher at MIECAT (Melbourne Institute of Experiential Creative Arts Therapy) and values creating spaces in which curiosity can be manifested and explored. Awombda can be contacted at awombda@gmail.com.About the Gestalt CentreThe Gestalt Centre is the heart of Melbourne’s Gestalt community. We offer a four-year psychotherapy training program through Gestalt Therapy Australia, staying true to the experiential roots of Gestalt while embracing cutting-edge developments in contemporary Gestalt thinking and practice worldwide.We also operate ConnectGround, a community-based counselling and psychotherapy clinic. ConnectGround serves as both a training facility for psychotherapists and a provider of low-cost individual and group therapy for clients. The clinic emphasises the therapeutic relationship between client and therapist as a key support for building awareness and adaptability. Psychotherapy interns and volunteers gain valuable hands-on experience, enhancing their skills and professionalism through client work.Refund policyRefunds are available up to 7 days before the event.Please note:In the unlikely event that this workshop is cancelled or postponed, registration fees will be fully refunded. Please note that the organisers are not responsible for any travel, accommodation, or other costs incurred by participants.
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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 45, max: 55, currency: AUD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Parkville
- **state**: VI
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Elie - 27 Royal Parade Parkville (Gestalt Centre Training Campus)
- **lat**: -37.796215
- **long**: 144.9575053
- **full address**: Elie - 27 Royal Parade Parkville (Gestalt Centre Training Campus), 27 Royal Parade, Parkville, Australia

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: VAGP -Vic Association of Gestalt Practitioners (https://allevents.in/org/vagp-vic-association-of-gestalt-practitioners/19378912)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm (+10:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Elie - 27 Royal Parade Parkville (Gestalt Centre Training Campus), 27 Royal Parade, Parkville, Australia
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
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- **Q**: What type of event is this?
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