Georgian-American SE™ Trauma Institute announces its first intake for the first 6-day training module of the Somatic Experiencing® training program, Beginning level.
Working language: English (with Georgian translation).
The all-day trainings of the first 6-day training module will take place online via Zoom on the following dates (the zoom link will be sent to the registered participants via email):
October 11, 12, 13 2024 – online, 3 days
January 31, February 1 & 2 2025 - online, 3 days
The topics of the first 6-day training module of the SE training program, Beginning level:
The topics of Beginning I -October 11, 12, 13 2024:
• Training ground rules and orientation
• overview of requirements
• Role of assistants and introductions
• Definitions and Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) vocabulary—trauma, activation, self-regulation, range of resilience
• What makes Somatic Experiencing®(SE™) unique
• How do you know when you’re activated—examples
• Ways to self-regulation
• What is perceived as traumatic
• Importance of asking proper questions to elicit curiosity inside
• Overview of invitational language
• Overview of Autonomic Nervous System(ANS)
• Working with sensation
• Overview of Somatic Experiencing®(SE™) principles
• Initial conditions, titration, resources, SIBAM
The topics of Beginning II – January 31, February 1 & 2, 2025:
• Continuing Somatic Experiencing®(SE™) principles
• Pendulation, SIBAM, stabilizing counter vortex, stream of life, incomplete response
• Beginning Threat Response Cycle
• Startle, Arrest, Orienting
• Boundaries and Boundary Rupture
Trainer: Ariel Giarretto
The practical part of the training will be led by assistants - the internationally accredited American and/or European psychologist-psychotherapists and other professionals from different countries.
The fee of the first 6-day training module of the SE training program, Beginning level, is $850 equivalent in Gel (payment can be divided in two installments:
Early Bird price - $720 – in case of registration and full payment until September 1, 2024.
Registration is now open! To join the first 6-day training module of the SE training program, Beginning level, please register below and fill in the application form:
https://forms.gle/wYqCQFPMGPkQMiN59
The registration fee for the first 6-day training module of the SE training program, Beginning level, is $120 (Registration fee is non-refundable)
Registration ends at the end of February!
If you are interested to join the training program, in addition to filling the application form, please, send us your CV/Resume to the institute email:
Registered candidates will be invited to the online information meeting and interviews and this will be followed by selection of candidates and the official registration of their admission to the program and signing contacts. Information about the training program
The program is created by the support of the SEI (SE™ International) and the training is organized by Georgian-American SE™ Trauma Institute.
The program aims at providing the participants with the opportunity to acquire the deep knowledge of the SE approach to working with trauma, and to explore the ways of its practical application (within their scope of practice).
The Somatic Experiencing® (“SE™”) Professional Training curriculum is delivered through a combination of lecture, demonstration, and guided practice sessions with other students. In Georgia the course material is taught in 6 training modules spaced out over 3 years. Two 6 day modules are taught each year. Training modules must be taken in sequence: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced.
In addition, in order to become a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), a trainee has to complete 12 individual SE therapy sessions and 18 group consultation hours.
The training program is open to psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, social workers, teachers, special education teachers, any specialist whose work consists of being in contact with people.
The number of participants is limited and the candidates are selected and shortlisted during the interviewing process.
The successful graduates receive the certificate confirming their qualification and will have an opportunity to apply for the certification process of the SEI (SE™ International) and become a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), certified by SEI.