Entelia Institute of Creative Bodywork - Deep Bodywork 1 Year certification phase

Deep Bodywork 2-year Certification Phase as:
Deep Bodywork Bodypsychotherapist, and as:
Postural Integration Bodypsychotherapist

Upon successful completion of the Psychotherapy stream of the 2-year Deep Bodywork Advanced Training – Specialisation in Postural Integration, for those interested in becoming practitioners of Deep Bodywork it is possible to continue with a 2-year certification phase towards working in independent practice as a bodypsychotherapist.

This 2-year phase combines intensive supervision of the participant’s work with training clients and 36 days of professional support and supervision in long weekend workshops over the two years. The purpose of this phase is to help the participants in making the transition from training context to professional practice.

Curriculum for the 2-Year Certification Phase:

Work with training clients under supervision (at least 260 hours of practice)
Refining body-psychotherapeutic skills
Exploring psychotherapeutic issues in the light of practice experience (eg transference & counter-transference in ongoing bodypsychotherapeutic relationships)
Working in independent practice as a body-psychotherapist
Professional cooperation
Special topics, eg. working with trauma in the body, the psychosomatic patterning, body-psychotherapy & families, bodypsychotherapy & group processes
Supervision & professional support

All students / practitioners are expected to adhere to professional ethics and standards.

Psychopathology Module

A separate module of Psychopathology, taken independently and paid for separately, needs to be successfully completed before certification as Bodypsychotherapist becomes possible.

Certification

After successful completion of the Deep Bodywork training courses including Foundation year, the two year Advanced Training and the 2-year Certification Phase as well as the completion of a Psychopathology Module , a Diploma as Deep Bodywork Bodypsychotherapist, issued by Entelia Institute, may be obtained by graduates.

Graduates may also independently apply for and obtain a Diploma as Postural Integration Bodypsychotherapist issued by the International Council of PsychoCorporal (Bodymind) Integration Trainer (ICPIT).