Course Description

The statistics on sexual abuse are staggering.  They lead us to the conclusion that a significant number of people are suffering from the injuries and trauma that sexual abuse causes.  Therefore there is a strong likelihood that you will encounter survivors of sexual abuse in your bodywork practice.

This 34-hour class is for practicing bodywork professionals who are interested in how to work with survivors of sexual abuse. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, serious long-term illness, chronic mental, emotional, and/or physical pain are common results of sexual trauma.

In the class students receive pertinent information, tools and guided practice needed to effectively and confidently contribute to the healing of the original wounding from sexual abuse. Through hands-on exercises, the student learns to apply the principals and tools from the course to their existing practice.

This course is the first part of a three phase curriculum that leads to certification in Intentional Touch™ - Delivering Health Care to Survivors of Sexual Abuse.  Class includes theory, practice, case study, and supervised clinical application.

If you work with clients who suffer from:

• Sexual abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Serious long term illness
• Chronic mental, emotional, and/or physical pain
• Any combination of the above

Intentional Touch™ establishes a framework for you to tailor your approach to accommodate the special needs of these populations. Intentional Touch™ is an advanced modality that can significantly enhance your practice.

In Phase I training you acquire an understanding and working knowledge of:

• A survivor of sexual abuse as a client
• Creating safety in the therapeutic relationship
• Basic trauma lifting protocol - energy technique
• Energy treatment for chronic pain
• The intelligent partnership of alternative and conventional medicine
• Pre and post surgical care for survivors of sexual abuse
• Participatory Health Care - "Client Authority"
• Foundation building
• Designing a series of sessions to achieve cumulative successful results

Classes include theory, practice, case studies and a supervised clinical component. Phase I training is the first step of the certification program, however this 34 hour training is a class in itself.