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Active Presence, Flexible Connection

In this training, your full presence—body and mind—is essential during classes, groups, supervisions, and training therapies. While you participate from your own space, the instructor and the other students may be in another. Through Zoom, you can see and hear each other clearly—an approach that has proven to work exceptionally well.

Requirement

Enrollment in the Advanced PME Somatic Training requires successful completion of the Basic PME Somatic Training. This program is designed for dedicated and well-balanced individuals who demonstrate strong time management skills and a solid understanding and practice of PME

Aims

+ developing a professional personality of being an educator, coach & therapist in the method PME
+ developing a safe & responsible professional practice in teaching, coaching & therapy in the method PME
+ reflect, talk & write about the method PME
+ developing an ethical & sustainable business of teaching, coaching & therapy in the method PME

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Our Learning Journey

Learning with us is a whole-self experience:

  • Through the body – by practicing, repeating, and deepening awareness in movement and sensation.

  • Through the mind – by reflecting, writing, and envisioning new possibilities.

  • Through creativity – by expressing, shaping, and crafting, where body and mind come together in discovery.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the program, students will demonstrate the following:

Knowledge and Understanding

  • A broader and deeper somatic and cognitive understanding of the PME method.

  • Theoretical and practical knowledge of PME, Idiolectics, Body Psychotherapy, Trauma Studies, Health, and Salutogenesis.

  • An understanding of how continuous personal practice forms the foundation for all professional applications of the PME method.

  • Awareness of the scope and limitations of their own knowledge and skills, and the ways in which these influence professional practice.

  • The ability to contextualize the theory and practice of PME within related and wider disciplinary fields.

Practical and Professional Skills

  • The ability to design, establish, and sustain a personal daily somatic practice.

  • Competence in self-regulation, maintaining balance, and fostering the development of body and mind in supportive and restorative ways, as a basis for professional work with others.

  • Proficiency in the professional use of language within teaching, coaching, and therapeutic contexts.

  • Skills in designing, facilitating, and critically reflecting on somatic movement education and anatomical embodiment.

  • The ability to conduct professional coaching and therapeutic sessions in the PME method.

  • Practical business skills relevant to education, coaching, and therapy.

  • The integration of somatic movement therapy and education into both professional practice and personal life.

Ethics and Professional Standards

  • An understanding of, and ability to apply, ethical principles and the professional standards of ISMETA and USABP.

Personal and Professional Development

  • The ability to further their knowledge, skills, and practice through self-guided learning, critical reflection, and ongoing professional development.

ACCREDITION

THE SOMATIC TRAINING is internationally recognised and accredited

This program comprises 250 hours of professional training (500 hours combined with THE BASIC PME SOMATIC TRAINING), designed to qualify participants as Somatic Movement Therapists and/or Somatic Movement Educators. Upon successful completion, graduates are eligible for immediate registration with the United States Association for Body-Psychotherapy (USABP). In addition, they may apply for membership with the International Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist Association (ISMETA) through the Independent Track.

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Instructor

Director of THE SOMATIC TRAINING Dieter Rehberg

Dieter Rehberg, MA, BA, MSMT/E, is Performance Artist, Psychological Counselor (LSB), Master of Somatic Movement Therapy and Education (ISMETA), Somatic Practitioner (USABP), Somatic Dance Educator and Massage Therapist. He is Trager-Practitioner and certified in Idiolektics and has extensive experience and knowledge in Release Technique, Contact Improvisation, Creative Dance, Alexander Technique and Body-Mind Centering. He developed his method PME integrating these different dance, bodywork and counseling techniques from his 35 years of professional experience as somatic therapist and performance artist and combined it with his insights into buddhist theory and practice. He is the director of the "Institut und Akademie für Physio-Mentale Entwicklung" and founder of THE SOMATIC TRAINING. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the European Dance Development Center / NL, the Trauma Certificate from Laurier University / CAN and a Master of Arts in Somatic Studies from Middlesex University / UK. For 30 years he worked in his private practice in Vienna / Austria and teaches nationally, internationally and online. His main concern in his workshops and seminars is a clear and coherent communication of the content in a mindful atmosphere and to never leave any questions open .

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