Regulate Release Reconnect: A Somatic Approach to Client Transformation
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Regulate Release Reconnect: A Somatic Approach to Client Transformation

Sat, Oct 18th, 2025
11:00am – 2:15pm US Eastern Time
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About the Event

As trauma, stress, and emotional overwhelm are increasingly recognized as body-based experiences, therapists are called to expand beyond traditional talk therapy to include somatic approaches that engage the wisdom of the body. This 3-hour introductory training offers mental health professionals a foundational understanding of somatic therapy and dance/movement therapy (DMT) as powerful tools for client transformation.

Participants will explore how the body holds trauma, emotion, and resilience—and how integrating body-based practices into the therapeutic process enhances regulation, deepens emotional access, and supports lasting change. Through experiential exercises, movement exploration, and guided reflection, attendees will gain practical strategies to apply immediately in their work with clients.

Key concepts such as interoception, proprioception, exteroception, and the autonomic nervous system will be covered, alongside simple movement interventions that support grounding, containment, and expression. Emphasis will be placed on cultivating the therapist’s own embodied awareness as a pathway to co-regulation and presence in the therapeutic relationship.

Whether new to somatic work or looking to expand current practice, this training invites therapists to regulate, release, and reconnect—within themselves and with those they serve.

Live Event
This live online event will be held as a Zoom Webinar. Attendees will have the option to interact through features such as the Chat and Q&A, but cameras and microphones will not be enabled.

Live Event Instructor

Francisca Mix

Francisca Mix

Francisca F. Mix, MA, LPC, ACS, BC-DMT is a seasoned clinician, educator, and consultant with over 20 years of experience guiding mental health professionals in the areas of embodied healing, clinical supervision, and leadership development. She is a Board-Certified Dance/Movement Therapist (BC-DMT), Licensed Professional Counselor, and Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), known for her integrative and relational approach to professional growth.

Blending somatic wisdom with clinical rigor, Francisca has helped shape the professional development of clinicians throughout Colorado. Among the first trainers to offer the Approved Clinical Supervisor program in the state, she played a key role in raising supervision standards and advancing ethical, embodied leadership in clinical practice.

Francisca continues to influence the next generation of mental health leaders through her consulting work, innovative training programs, and unwavering dedication to building a more confident, connected, and sustainable counseling profession.

Target Audience

This live interactive webinar is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFT's and Addiction Professionals.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Define the core principles of somatic and dance/movement therapy within the context of clinical mental health practice.
  2. 2 Demonstrate two or more body-based interventions that support client emotional regulation and nervous system stabilization.
  3. 3 Describe how embodied therapeutic presence enhances co-regulation and client outcomes.

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Caldwell, C. (1996). Getting our bodies back: Recovery, healing, and transformation through body-centered psychotherapy. Shambhala Publications.

Dunphy, K., Lebrun, D., & Sherr, J. (2020). How dance therapy supports trauma recovery through the language of movement. Creative Arts Therapies Source.Retrieved from https://creativeartstherapysource.com/how-dance-therapy-supports-trauma-recovery-through-the-language-of-movement/

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Healthline Editors. (2023). Dance/movement therapy (DMT): Benefits and barriers. Healthline. Retrieved from https://www.healthline.com/health/dance-movement-therapy-dmt-benefits-and-barriers

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Payne, P., Levine, P. A., & Crane-Godreau, M. A. (2015). Somatic experiencing: using interoception and proprioception as core elements of trauma therapy. Frontiers in psychology, 6, 124489. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00093

Rothberg, R. L. (2014). Application of somatic interventions in clinical practice.

Scaer, R. (2014). The body bears the burden: Trauma, dissociation, and disease. Routledge.

Sweeney, E. (2024). 7 easy somatic exercises for a healthier mind and body. Verywell Health. Retrieved from https://www.verywellhealth.com/somatic-exercises-8749929

Van de Kamp, M. M., Scheffers, M., Hatzmann, J., Emck, C., Cuijpers, P., & Beek, P. J. (2019). Body‐and movement‐oriented interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of traumatic stress, 32(6), 967-976. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22465

Van der Kolk, B. (2014). The body keeps the score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma. New York, 3, 14-211.

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Event Agenda

Agenda times are listed in US Eastern Time. That is 3 hours later than US Pacific Time. The event starts at 8:00am US Pacific Time.

11:00 - 11:05 am: Introductions

11:05 - 11:35 am: Going Beyond Traditional Talk Therapy

11:35 - 12:30 pm: How the Body Holds Trauma

12:30 - 12:45 pm: BREAK

12:45 - 1:30 pm: Integrating Body-Based Practices

1:30 - 2:00 pm: Co-Regulation in the Therapeutic Relationship

2:00 - 2:15 pm: Closing + Q&A

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