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Body psychotherapy is a mental-bodily-energetic therapy method. The relationship to the couple and the family is holistic and looks at the different layers of us: patterns of thought and behavior, bodily structure and body image, breathing pattern, movement and posture, bodily and emotional expression, couple and family resonance, body-mind relationships, psychosomatic problems, intimacy, sexuality, belief system, personal and couples potential and more.

Each session from the 12 classes will be with a major issue from the relationship world, and we will learn, explore and practise this topic in depth.

Each session is taught and practiced individually, in pairs, and in group. The course draws on unique ways of working with couples from the world of body psychotherapy – through therapeutic discourse, movement, mind and body awareness, sculpting from the world of Virginia Satir, modeling, geshtalt and more. Through a process of personal learning and development, we will observe and explore different situations in couples and family therapy. Over the process of learning, we will broaden our therapeutic capacities – from working with individuals, to working with couples – presenting case studies from therapy and using discussions and training. Once the course ends, we will progress to a group support and supervision structure and training.

This course is designed for psychotherapists with expertise in various fields, interested in working with couples, and going deeper into the theme of the couple relationship in the therapy room. using therapeutic tools from the world of Body-Psychotherapy, such as mindfulness techniques, communication methods, movement, touch, and breathing   

It is a CPD course – Continuing Professional Development. Course graduates will receive a Diploma and CPD certification.

The learning process will provide the individual therapist with tools for working with couples, together with personal empowerment and broadening the therapeutic capacity. On our journey of experiential and theoretical learning, we will learn about the complexity of couples therapy, which requires us to contain “the four entities” present in the therapy room: each of the two partners, their relationship, and the therapist, as well as the relational ties between them all.

This is the seventh course that Gabriel conducts and he has already trained dozens of talented and experienced therapists to work in Body Psychotherapy with couples.

Gabriel Shiraz is a trainer, lecturer, supervisor, and body psychotherapist for individuals, couples, therapists and groups. He has worked for over 25 years . He founded and was a director of the Body Psychotherapy program at Reidman College, from 2001 to 2008. Gabriel is currently a senior trainer at the University of Haifa, Shilov Center for Psychotherapy, Reidman College, and teaches Couple Therapy and Body Psychotherapy at other institutes in Israel and Europe, including the London School for Biodynamic Psychotherapy (LSBP). He is a qualified member of the European Association for Body Psychotherapy (EABP). Gabriel studied Biodynamic psychotherapy with the late Gerda Boysen in the nineties. He works with trained psychotherapists who want to develop and expand their skillsets in couple therapy and body psychotherapy. He believes that every experienced body psychotherapist can advance to working with couples as well. He also runs workshops for couples with a focus on improving their communication and relationships

•   08 February 2024 – The first meeting; the setting for couple therapy

•   22 February 2024 – Needs, versus, desires, conflicts, and mediation methods.

•   14 March 2024  – Working with the narratives of the individual and of the couple.

•   28 March 2024 – Tension, stress, crisis situations and routine in a couple’s relationship.

•   11 April 2024 – Communication styles, individual and couple patterns.

•   25 April 2024 – The Primary Couple Personality and Couple Armour.

•   09 May 2024 – Therapeutic work with couples on questions of intimacy and sexuality.

•   23 May 2024  – Explosive issues – struggles for control, money, aggression and others.

•   13 June 2024 – Aspects of the spiritual and beliefs in a relationship and their impact on the couple

•   27 June 2024 – Different dynamics in relationship on all levels with couple body psychotherapy.

•   11 July 2024 – The therapeutic space, and the processes of summing-up, closure, and separating

•   25 July 2024 – The unique way of each one of the group – presentation and receiving diplomas.