Virtual Training

1 CE Hour

Somatic Interventions: Helping Clients Arrive in the Present

Jenna Kaufman, LPC-MHSP, SEP

This one-hour experiential workshop introduces clinicians to foundational somatic interventions for helping clients arrive more fully in the present moment through the body. Participants will explore the basic principles of somatic therapy, the relationship between top-down and bottom-up processing, and the types of information that can be included in a body-oriented therapeutic conversation. Through guided practice, demonstration, and reflection, clinicians will learn simple somatic inquiry questions and a resource-based exercise that can be integrated into their existing clinical approach. Participants will leave with practical tools they can begin using immediately.

Objectives:

• Describe the role of present-moment bodily awareness in somatic therapy.
• Differentiate between top-down and bottom-up processing.
• Identify key categories of somatic information, including sensations, emotions, images, movement impulses, thoughts, and meaning.
• Use foundational somatic inquiry questions to help clients notice their internal experience and arrive more fully in the present moment.

About the Speaker(s)

Jenna Kaufman, LPC-MHSP, SEP

Jenna Kaufman, LPC-MHSP, SEP, is a licensed professional counselor and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in private practice in Memphis, Tennessee. She specializes in helping adults work with anxiety, trauma, relationship patterns, and nervous system dysregulation through an integrative, body-based approach.

Jenna incorporates Somatic Experiencing, mindfulness, breathwork, and nervous system education alongside traditional psychotherapy. She is especially interested in helping clinicians translate somatic concepts into practical interventions they can use. In addition to her clinical work, Jenna facilitates experiential workshops and professional trainings focused on somatic therapy, embodiment, and nervous system regulation.

TLPCA Contact

If you any questions, please contact Christina Burns.