The Somatic, Person Centred Method ^TM

For Counsellors, Therapists and Coaches who want to integrate Somatic Skills Safely and Relationally

"*Sarah's course has changed how I think about how my brain and body works, I now feel more in control**"( Holly, past course participant)*

What is the Somatic, Person Centred Method ^_TM:

A practical, integrated approach that blends:

✦ trauma-informed neuroscience

✦ somatic awareness

✦ relational and attachment-based depth

It helps therapists work with stuck, overwhelmed and trauma-affected clients using the body, the brain and the relationship together, not separately.

A New Way of Working With Trauma and the Nervous System

Instead of choosing between:

✦ talking therapy or

✦ trauma techniques

…this method shows you how to combine both safely and naturally.

This course has been amazing, it's been the missing piece I've been searching for, I'm looking forward to being able to help myself and my clients move forward by understanding somatic reactions- Laura (past participant)

Why This Method Works

Because it works with the whole system —
✦ the body
✦ the brain
✦ the relationship

Most clients don’t get stuck in their thoughts; they get stuck in nervous-system patterns.

When you combine somatic awareness with relational depth, you reach the places talking can’t access.

Who is it for?

It’s ideal for practitioners who...

◆ are person-centred, humanistic or integrative in approach
◆ value relational depth and want to add somatic skills ethically
◆ want to work with trauma safely without rigid protocols
◆ feel limited when clients intellectualise or minimise
◆ want a grounded, accessible way to bring the body into therapy
◆ prefer experiential learning rooted in compassion and safety

It’s also suitable if you’re…

◆ newly qualified and want a clear trauma-responsive foundation
◆ more experienced and looking to expand beyond talking-only work
◆ a supervisor or trainer wanting to enrich your own practice
◆ already using EMDR, sensorimotor or somatic tools and want a relational lens

**Who It’s Not For**

◆ practitioners looking for strict protocols or step-by-step scripts
◆ those wanting a purely cognitive or CBT-style trauma training
◆ clinicians wanting a physiotherapy/bodywork training (this is talking therapy integrated with the body, not physical manipulation)

What You'll Learn:

Week 1 — Foundations

Nervous-system basics + person-centred principles

How safety is created through the relationship

Intro to simple somatic noticing skills

Focus: Understanding the body–brain–relationship connection.

Week 2 — Tracking States in Real Time

Spotting activation and shutdown as they happen

“Story vs state” and how to respond

Co-regulation through attunement

Focus: Recognising what the nervous system is doing moment to moment.

Week 3 — Introducing Somatic Work Safely

Gentle, ethical ways to bring the body into therapy

Pacing, consent and titration

Core somatic invitations for grounding

Focus: Adding somatic tools without overwhelming clients.

Week 4 — Working With Overwhelm, Panic & Shutdown

Responding to hyperarousal and hypoarousal

Stabilisation skills rooted in polyvagal theory

Using the relationship during dysregulation

Focus: Helping clients return to connection.

Week 5 — Attachment & Early Wounds

How relational trauma shapes nervous-system patterns

Somatic signs of protest, withdrawal or appeasing

Repair and attunement in the therapeutic relationship

Focus: Using relational depth + somatic awareness together.

Week 6 — Emotional Integration

Supporting clients to access and process emotion

Identity, meaning-making and embodiment

Working with “edges” and new capacity

Focus: Helping clients integrate change in the body and the self.

Week 7 — Applying the Method in Your Modality

Adapting the approach to your therapeutic style

Case application and real client scenarios

Understanding your practitioner nervous system

Focus: Making the method your own with confidence.

Week 8 — Integration Day (Experiential Workshop)

Live demos and embodied practice

Triads with feedback

Final consolidation + closing circle

Focus: Bringing everything together in practice.

What's Included:

When you join the Somatic, Person-Centred Method Practitioner Training, you receive:

Live Training & Experiential Learning

✔ 7 live Friday sessions (12pm–2pm)
✔ Full-day experiential workshop (10am–3pm)
✔ Live demonstrations, embodied practice and group reflection
✔ Q&A time each week for clarity and support

Professional Development & Support

✔ 1-hour 1:1 supervision session with Sarah
✔ Guidance on applying the method within your modality
✔ Support with your short written case study
✔ Ethical, trauma-informed best practice woven throughout

Certification & CPD

✔ Certificate as a Somatic, Person-Centred Method Practitioner
✔ CPD-approved (accrediation pending) training hours
✔ Evidence suitable for accreditation, supervision and insurance

What's Required to Complete This Course:

✅ Exisitng qualification in counselling, psychotherapy or other relevant helping professional qualification

✅ Attendance of the live sessions or evidence of watching the recordings

✅ 1 completed case study

✅ 1 supervision session with Sarah (included in the cost)

Meet Your Trainer

Hi, I’m Sarah- therapist, EMDR practitioner, somatic specialist, counselling educator, and creator of The Somatic, Person-Centred Method™.

For over a decade, I’ve supported clients and professionals in understanding trauma through the nervous system, the body, and the therapeutic relationship. I’ve taught these skills in therapy rooms, CPD trainings, supervision, and counselling education, helping practitioners move beyond talking-only approaches into deeper, safer, embodied work.

This training brings together everything I’ve developed over years of working with trauma, attachment wounds and nervous-system dysregulation, now shaped into one integrated, relational, somatic framework.

I created this method because therapists deserve to feel confident, grounded and equipped when working with trauma…

The Somatic, Person-Centred Method is the culmination of that belief- a compassionate, practical way to work with the whole person: brain, body and relationship.

***"This course* *has improved my confidence and I'm now able to use these techniques and psychoeducation with a range of presenting issues"*** (Steph, past participant)

Next Dates- Starting Friday 30th January 2026 at 12pm

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Until December 22nd - £497

(£997 thereafter)

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This training can also be used in conjunction with Advanced EMDR training for a discounted price. Please contact me for more information about this route of training here.

"Sarah's knowledge shone throughout the training, her warmth

*and compassion gave the training an extra depth you don't normally have at these things**."(Jenny, past training participant)*

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The Somatic, Person Centred Method TM

For Counsellors, Therapists and Coaches who want to integrate Somatic Skills Safely and Relationally

"Sarah's course has changed how I think about how my brain and body works, I now feel more in control"( Holly, past course participant)

What is the Somatic, Person Centred Method TM:

A practical, integrated approach that blends:

✦ trauma-informed neuroscience

✦ somatic awareness

✦ relational and attachment-based depth

It helps therapists work with stuck, overwhelmed and trauma-affected clients using the body, the brain and the relationship together, not separately.

A New Way of Working With Trauma and the Nervous System

Instead of choosing between:

✦ talking therapy or

✦ trauma techniques

…this method shows you how to combine both safely and naturally.

This course has been amazing, it's been the missing piece I've been searching for, I'm looking forward to being able to help myself and my clients move forward by understanding somatic reactions- Laura (past participant)

Why This Method Works

Because it works with the whole system —✦ the body✦ the brain✦ the relationship

Most clients don’t get stuck in their thoughts; they get stuck in nervous-system patterns.

When you combine somatic awareness with relational depth, you reach the places talking can’t access.

It’s ideal for practitioners who...

It’s also suitable if you’re…

◆ newly qualified and want a clear trauma-responsive foundation◆ more experienced and looking to expand beyond talking-only work◆ a supervisor or trainer wanting to enrich your own practice◆ already using EMDR, sensorimotor or somatic tools and want a relational lens

Who It’s Not For

◆ practitioners looking for strict protocols or step-by-step scripts◆ those wanting a purely cognitive or CBT-style trauma training◆ clinicians wanting a physiotherapy/bodywork training (this is talking therapy integrated with the body, not physical manipulation)

What You'll Learn:

Week 1 — Foundations

Nervous-system basics + person-centred principles

How safety is created through the relationship

Intro to simple somatic noticing skills

Focus: Understanding the body–brain–relationship connection.

Week 2 — Tracking States in Real Time

Spotting activation and shutdown as they happen

“Story vs state” and how to respond

Co-regulation through attunement

Focus: Recognising what the nervous system is doing moment to moment.

Week 3 — Introducing Somatic Work Safely

Gentle, ethical ways to bring the body into therapy

Pacing, consent and titration

Core somatic invitations for grounding

Focus: Adding somatic tools without overwhelming clients.

Week 4 — Working With Overwhelm, Panic & Shutdown

Responding to hyperarousal and hypoarousal

Stabilisation skills rooted in polyvagal theory

Using the relationship during dysregulation

Focus: Helping clients return to connection.

Week 5 — Attachment & Early Wounds

How relational trauma shapes nervous-system patterns

Somatic signs of protest, withdrawal or appeasing

Repair and attunement in the therapeutic relationship

Focus: Using relational depth + somatic awareness together.

Week 6 — Emotional Integration

Supporting clients to access and process emotion

Identity, meaning-making and embodiment

Working with “edges” and new capacity

Focus: Helping clients integrate change in the body and the self.

Week 7 — Applying the Method in Your Modality

Adapting the approach to your therapeutic style

Case application and real client scenarios

Understanding your practitioner nervous system

Focus: Making the method your own with confidence.

Week 8 — Integration Day (Experiential Workshop)

Live demos and embodied practice

Triads with feedback

Final consolidation + closing circle

Focus: Bringing everything together in practice.

When you join the Somatic, Person-Centred Method Practitioner Training, you receive:

Live Training & Experiential Learning

✔ 7 live Friday sessions (12pm–2pm)✔ Full-day experiential workshop (10am–3pm)✔ Live demonstrations, embodied practice and group reflection✔ Q&A time each week for clarity and support

Professional Development & Support

✔ 1-hour 1:1 supervision session with Sarah✔ Guidance on applying the method within your modality✔ Support with your short written case study✔ Ethical, trauma-informed best practice woven throughout

Certification & CPD

✔ Certificate as a Somatic, Person-Centred Method Practitioner✔ CPD-approved (accrediation pending) training hours✔ Evidence suitable for accreditation, supervision and insurance

What's Required to Complete This Course:

✅ Exisitng qualification in counselling, psychotherapy or other relevant helping professional qualification

✅ Attendance of the live sessions or evidence of watching the recordings

✅ 1 completed case study

✅ 1 supervision session with Sarah (included in the cost)

Meet Your Trainer

Hi, I’m Sarah- therapist, EMDR practitioner, somatic specialist, counselling educator, and creator of The Somatic, Person-Centred Method™.

This training brings together everything I’ve developed over years of working with trauma, attachment wounds and nervous-system dysregulation, now shaped into one integrated, relational, somatic framework.

The Somatic, Person Centred Method ^TM

"*Sarah's course has changed how I think about how my brain and body works, I now feel more in control**"( Holly, past course participant)*

What is the Somatic, Person Centred Method ^_TM:

Because it works with the whole system —
✦ the body
✦ the brain
✦ the relationship

◆ newly qualified and want a clear trauma-responsive foundation
◆ more experienced and looking to expand beyond talking-only work
◆ a supervisor or trainer wanting to enrich your own practice
◆ already using EMDR, sensorimotor or somatic tools and want a relational lens

**Who It’s Not For**

◆ practitioners looking for strict protocols or step-by-step scripts
◆ those wanting a purely cognitive or CBT-style trauma training
◆ clinicians wanting a physiotherapy/bodywork training (this is talking therapy integrated with the body, not physical manipulation)

✔ 7 live Friday sessions (12pm–2pm)
✔ Full-day experiential workshop (10am–3pm)
✔ Live demonstrations, embodied practice and group reflection
✔ Q&A time each week for clarity and support

✔ 1-hour 1:1 supervision session with Sarah
✔ Guidance on applying the method within your modality
✔ Support with your short written case study
✔ Ethical, trauma-informed best practice woven throughout

✔ Certificate as a Somatic, Person-Centred Method Practitioner
✔ CPD-approved (accrediation pending) training hours
✔ Evidence suitable for accreditation, supervision and insurance

***"This course* *has improved my confidence and I'm now able to use these techniques and psychoeducation with a range of presenting issues"*** (Steph, past participant)

*and compassion gave the training an extra depth you don't normally have at these things**."(Jenny, past training participant)*