One Day Training – Thursday 30 April, 2026 | Sydney
9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Bringing the Body Home. Harnessing the bio-intelligence of regulation and relationship.
By understanding and working with physiological and emotional regulation we can co-create a pathway to healing, belonging and our clients’ achieving their goals. Bringing the Body Home will demystify regulation and help you to create safe and effective partnerships with your clients. Learn with two highly experienced and engaging teachers.
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What you will learn:
- Apply Polyvagal Theory to enhance communication and promote reciprocity in the therapeutic relationship
- Cultivate somatic curiosity: learn to listen to your own body, to better understand your client
- Regulation: working with movement and stillness as counterpoints to chaos and shutdown
- Refine your capacity for co-regulation to support your client’s wellbeing
- Bring somatic wisdom to managing involvement and boundaries
In this workshop we will share knowledge, and engage you in experiential processes and opportunities for reflection. You will benefit from having two highly experienced and engaging teachers.
Who is this workshop for?
- Counsellors, therapists and mental health practitioners who have sufficient professional experience to enable reflection on process and outcomes
- An introductory or greater knowledge of Polyvagal Theory would be helpful.
Location:
The Salon
Abbotsford Convent
1 St Heliers St,
Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia
Cost:
Early Bird Price – $A285.00 plus GST Total $313.50 (on or before March 29, 2026)
Standard Price – $A340.00 plus GST Total $374.00 (after March 29, 2026)
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Who is Amber Gray
Dr. Amber Elizabeth Lynn Gray is an award-winning dance movement therapist, human rights psychotherapist, author, yoga instructor and Continuum teacher. She has worked for 28 years with survivors of human rights abuses, war, torture, oppression, collective and historical trauma globally. Equally artist, advocate, author, educator, mystic and therapist, she, her clients and mentor co-created Survivor- & Spirit-centered, Polyvagal-informed approaches to Somatic & Dance/Movement Therapy for trauma that are holistic and emergent. A lover of all things wild, Amber regularly facilitates eco-somatic-dance retreats for survivors and caregivers. She consults to organizations world-wide on staff care programming, and is a fierce advocate for self-care, self-compassion and self-respect.
Who is Conrad Aikin?
Conrad has more than three decades of experience as a psychologist and counsellor. Conrad’s work is founded on basic principles of human rights and social justice. He worked at the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture for 18 years, initially as a counsellor advocate assisting survivors of torture and trauma, and subsequently in roles focused on case supervision and professional development. As the Principal Practice Leader at Sacred Heart Mission, Conrad was responsible for the support and development of people in all supervisory and management roles within Client Services.
Conrad has a consultancy practice in Melbourne focusing on supporting professionals who respond to people who have experienced psychological trauma. His professional development of people who work with survivors of severe and complex trauma supports them to understand and manage the emotional effects of that work. Conrad is highly skilled in the design and delivery of professional development programs, facilitation, leading reflective practice, Psychological First Aid, debriefing, supervision, and leadership coaching.
