Psychotherapeutic Touch Workshop

The Psychotherapeutic Touch Workshop is a four-hour introductory course for Integrative Psychedelic Professionals. The course explores the impact of touch culture and history on clients and offers comprehensive training on the ethics and skills of psychotherapeutic touch.

  • 50 Enrolled
  • Professional
  • Last updated Aug '24
  • English
Visit Course
Fluence Icon
Fluence
Course Description

The Psychotherapeutic Touch Workshop is a four-hour introductory course for Integrative Psychedelic Professionals. The course explores the impact of touch culture and history on clients and offers comprehensive training on the ethics and skills of psychotherapeutic touch.

Participants will learn about fundamental practices such as communication and consent, rupture and repair, and the special considerations of working with clients in Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness. The training is both didactic and experiential, focusing on building community and heart-centred practices.

At the end of the course, participants will be able to identify ethical guidelines on the use of touch in psychotherapy, discuss the clinical arguments for and against touch in therapy, and demonstrate self-awareness practices to understand their own touch history. They will also be able to describe key considerations in clinical assessments, demonstrate clear communication skills related to providing psychotherapeutic touch, and explain the importance of consent for both the clinician and the client.

You will learn:

  • What is Bwiti?
  • Roles in Bwiti initiation/treatment
  • Instruments in Bwiti: ngombe, mogongo
  • What is an Nganga
    • Maboundi/Yombo
    • Maboundi/Yombo
  • Sustainability/reciprocity

You will learn:

  • History of the Fang tradition
  • Dissumba vs. Dissumba Fang
  • Ombwiri/Mbumbayano Fang
  • The kambo
  • State of Fang Bwiti in Gabon
  • Impact of Westerners coming to work with the sacred wood

You will learn:

  • History of the Missoko tradition
  • Various branches of Missoko initiation:
    • Miobe/Mioba
    • Ngonde Na Dipuma
    • Sengedia
  • The impact of logging on the tradition
  • What the future of Bwiti could look like in Gabon

You will learn:

  • History of Dissumba
  • Various branches of Dissumba initiation:
    • Abanji/Mabanji
    • Ilombo
    • Ombwiri
    • Ombudi
    • Loro
  • The ngombe (sacred harp)
  • Healing rituals involved in her tradition
  • Training to serve the wood
    • What does it involve?
    • How long does it take?

instructor-image

Tatayo

Instructor

About Instructor

Tatayo (“Fruit of the Wind”) first arrived in Gabon in 1971 at the age of 21 and became a Gabonese citizen. In 1979, he became the first white person to be initiated into the Bwiti Fang tradition in Gabon. In 1994, he was initiated into the Misokko tradition. As a guide for numerous expeditions and missions, including those of National Geographic, the BBC, and others, Tatayo is considered to have “opened the door” to westerners in Gabon.

Frequently Asked Questions

Please see below for start and finish dates/times. This course is currently being offered live and dates/times will change throughout the year.

$225

Enroll

This course includes

  • Modules 2
  • Duration 2 Weeks
  • Skills Professional
  • Language English
  • Availability Past
  • Certificate CE

Course Tags

Psychotherapeutic Touch Workshop Course Image