On-Demand Learning from Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
Wisdom of the Body
Wisdom of the Body
Available for a limited time only!
The body carries experience in ways words do not always reach.
The body carries experience in ways words do not always reach.
Even when clients have insight, something essential may remain held in the body—in patterns of tension, movement, posture, and nervous system activation.
These are not secondary to experience; they are central to it.
Wisdom of the Body introduces the foundational principles of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, offering a framework for understanding how memory, trauma, and attachment are expressed somatically and how working with the body can support meaningful change.
This offering invites a shift: from working only with narrative to including the lived, moment-to-moment experience of the body
These are not secondary to experience; they are central to it.
Wisdom of the Body introduces the foundational principles of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, offering a framework for understanding how memory, trauma, and attachment are expressed somatically and how working with the body can support meaningful change.
This offering invites a shift: from working only with narrative to including the lived, moment-to-moment experience of the body
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Wisdom of the Body
Wisdom of the Body
led by Dr. Pat Ogden, SP Founder
On-Demand, Self-Paced Learning
2.5 hours | Immediate 90-Day Access
2.5 hours | Immediate 90-Day Access
Who is this for?
Who is this for?
This session is designed for clinicians who want to integrate the body more fully into their work.
Whether you are new to somatic approaches or looking to deepen an existing practice, this session offers a clear, applicable framework for working with trauma, attachment, and embodied experience.
Whether you are new to somatic approaches or looking to deepen an existing practice, this session offers a clear, applicable framework for working with trauma, attachment, and embodied experience.
This on-demand learning is intended for mental health practitioners who are interested in deepening their work through an embodied, relational approach.
Limited time only!
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A powerful indication of the body’s wisdom is that its movement, posture, and physiology adapt—without conscious intent—to ensure survival and maximize available resources. These physical patterns, once essential, can become enduring habits that shape how we experience ourselves and others.
Pat Ogden
PhD, Founder
PhD, Founder
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What You’ll Learn
What You’ll Learn
Across nine modules, you’ll be guided through core elements of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, including:
- Explore how implicit memory is organized within the body, and why insight alone is often insufficient to resolve the effects of trauma
- Learn to recognize and engage the body’s unfolding somatic narrative as it emerges in the present moment
- Discover how trauma and attachment patterns are expressed through the nervous system, shaping perception, emotion, and action
- Develop the capacity to track verbal experience alongside somatic experience, allowing both to guide the therapeutic process
- Learn to support regulation through the integration of body-based resources, expanding capacity for stability, resilience, and choice
A Different Orientation to Change
A Different Orientation to Change
Rather than applying techniques to fix symptoms, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy offers a principle-driven approach grounded in:
- The intelligence and adaptability of the nervous system
- Integration of bottom-up and top-down processing
- Moment-to-moment, phenomenological awareness
- The therapeutic relationship as an embodied, relational process
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Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Why Sensorimotor Psychotherapy?
Why Sensorimotor Psychotherapy?
Trauma leaves its mark on the body. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy helps clients access the body’s own resources, supporting deeper healing and engagement in life and relationships.
What is included in registration?
What is included in registration?
90-day access to the full session and downloadable course materials.
How long is the on-demand session?
How long is the on-demand session?
2.5 hours, self-paced.
Will completing this course certify me in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy?
No. This is an introductory course. Certification requires completion of all three levels of SP Training through SPI.
Are Continuing Education credits offered?
Are Continuing Education credits offered?
No CEs are provided for this course at this time.
What is the Refund Policy?
What is the Refund Policy?
SPI’s On-demand Learning sessions are not eligible for a refund.
What Becomes Possible
with Sensorimotor Psychotherapy?
What Becomes Possible
with Sensorimotor Psychotherapy?
with Sensorimotor Psychotherapy?
When we include the body in our clinical work, new pathways open.
Clients can access previously unavailable awareness, shift long-standing patterns, and experience change that emerges through present-moment engagement.
