Training Series
Somatic Psychotherapy Training
A training series for therapists, social workers, and psychologists who want practical, body-based tools to deepen their clinical work.
Much of contemporary therapy focuses on helping clients regulate and contain their emotions. Reichian work offers something different: the chance to feel the full range of emotion in a safe, supportive relationship, releasing tension the body has carried for years.
In this series, you will learn how to:
Take clients from “where do you feel that in your body?” to emotional catharsis
Soften dissociation and address flooding
Work directly with the body through breath, eyes, touch, and movement
Identify and work with each character structure, the Reichian map of how people armor against feeling
Tailor techniques to each client’s unique presentation, including clients who are aggressive, over-talkative, fixated on goals, afraid of the world, and those who don’t know what they want in therapy
Use transference to deepen the therapy
Year One Students
Somatic Psychotherapy Training Year I: Integrating Reichian and Neo-Reichian Interventions
- ✓Begins: Tuesday, October 6, 2026 • 7:00pm–9:30pm
- ✓Schedule: Every other week • 9 months
- ✓Hours: 45 contact hours
- ✓Continuing Education: Approved for CEs for Social Workers and LCPCs
- ✓Investment: $60/hour, + $10/hour extra for social workers seeking CEs
Year Two Students
Somatic Psychotherapy Training Year II: Contemporary Orgone (Reichian) Therapy: Body, Breath, and Character — A Relational and Phenomenological Approach
- ✓Begins: Tuesday, October 6, 2026 • 11:30am–2:00pm
- ✓Schedule: Every other week • 9 months
- ✓Hours: 45 contact hours
- ✓Continuing Education: Approved for CEs for Social Workers and LCPCs
- ✓Investment: $60/hour, + $10/hour extra for social workers seeking CEs
Looking for last year's class? Spring 2026 Therapist Education
Schneider Counseling • Somatic training for clinicians
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