March 2009
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Dear Colleague,
I'm writing this issue as I fly to Asia for a
month of teaching the treatment of trauma and
pain with Somatic Experiencing� and Energy
Psychology. During the month of March, I'm
launching a new format for training in the
form of an ecourse: How to Create Lasting
Change in Body Experience: 3 Integrative
Strategies. We also invite you to save
the date for an April 8 Teleseminar with
Peter Levine on Somatic Experiencing� and
Depression. News from the Pain Front
features an update on Pain and Depression.
Please be well and stay well,
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New Ecourse: How to Create Lasting Change in Body Experience: 3 Integrative Strategies |
Ecourse
with Teleseminar April 1, 2009 8 - 9 am Pacific Time
with Maggie Phillips
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In the last few months, I've received several
requests for training events that could be
priced somewhat lower than our monthly
teleseminars. In thinking about this need as
our world economy remains in turmoil and the
need for rapid healing accelerates, I've
decided to create an ecourse designed to
address one of the most frequently asked
questions I receive: How do you create
lasting changes in body experience?
Many of us can facilitate positive somatic
changes in ourselves and with our clients.
The challenge is, how can we sustain these
changes over time?
This e-course will deliver three mini-modules
aimed at sharing with you the three most
important strategies I've found to promote
somatic integration. When you sign up for the
ecourse package, you will receive weekly
presentations for 3 weeks and during the
fourth week, there will be an hour-long
teleseminar designed to focus on your
questions and answers about applying the
strategies with yourselves and clients.
And,
if you enroll by 11:59 pm Pacific time on
Friday, March 13, you will also receive
as a bonus the audio download of a past
popular teleseminar with Peter Levine,
Solving the Puzzle of Pain. This
training package is available now for the low
price of $29.95! Please sign
up now at www.maggiephillipsphd.com/ecourse_spring.html.
The first mini-module is entitled "How to
Open Strategic Pathways that Maximize
Self-Regulation of Body Experience" and will
be available the week of March 9 as a
download from my website. The second module,
"Expanding Windows of Somatic Tolerance and
Possibility" follows the week of March 16.
The third and last module, available the week
of March 23, is "Strengthening Ongoing
Mastery of Body Experience." All of these
strategies are designed to produce lasting
change with pain, emotional distress, anxiety
and panic, immune imbalance, and symptoms of
traumatic stress and chronic health problems.
The teleseminar for this ecourse will follow on
Wednesday, April 1st from 8-9 am
Pacific time. It can be accessed by
either phone or webcast and is included in
the total cost of only $29.95.
Remember that if you have a schedule conflict
with the teleseminar time, you will receive
unlimited audio replay afterwards. All of the
written materials and the audio replay of the
teleseminar will remain available through
April 30th to give you ample time to work
with the material. So don't hesitate--go now
to www.maggiephillipsphd.com/ecourse_spring.html
and sign up for this content-rich ecourse.
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Upcoming Teleseminar |
Teleseminar
April 8, 2009 10 - 11:30 am Pacific Time
with Peter Levine & Maggie Phillips
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Please mark your calendar for the
Wednesday, April 8 teleseminar with
Peter Levine on Somatic
Experiencing� and Depression, to be held
from 10 am -11:30 am Pacific time.
This is the third teleseminar with Peter and
me and promises to be unique in its emphasis
on how to use SE with symptoms of depression.
As usual, your $50 fee will include a study
guide to organize your learning,
participation in a live 90 minute interactive
telephone seminar/webinar and an opportunity
to ask questions most important to you in
advance as well as in the live Q&A segment
during the last 30 minutes of the seminar. To
make sure you don't forget to take advantage
of this opportunity, go here now and sign up
early at http://www.maggiephillipsphd.com/courses_teleseminars_pl.html.
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Other Events |
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My online class Advances in Energy
Psychology is beginning on May 3 -
June 28. This 8 week class will provide
you with all the tools you need to add Energy
Psychology to your toolbox for personal
healing as well as in work with others.
Sponsored by NICABM (the National Institute
of Clinical and Behavioral Medicine), the
course offers 24 CEUs and an outstanding
learning experience. For more information and
to enroll, visit www.nicabm.com.
If you've been waiting for the right
opportunity to break into the energy field,
or you want to expand your skills, please
join me!
Here's what one of the fall, 2008
participants wrote: "The Energy Psychology
class was informative, organized, thorough,
integrated hands-on learning applications and
very well taught. Thank you to Maggie and all
the staff that made the training possible."
-- Kathryn Petterson, PhD, Suwannee, GA
To complement this course is the outstanding
Energy Psychology Conference that will
be held in Orlando, Florida from May
28-30. I'll be teaching a pre-conference
workshop on May 27 and the other speakers and
presentations are outstanding. I can't think
of a better way to find out why the emerging
field of Energy Psychology is the leading
frontier in mindbody healing. Come and learn
what all the excitement is about! Register
now at www.energypsych.org.
Some of you have been asking about my weekend
intensives. For the past year or so, I have
been offering an intensive consultation model
for people who want to travel to work
privately with me. The intensive is based on
a 10 hour model usually beginning on Friday
evening for a 2 hour session, intensive work
for six hours on Saturday, culminating on
Monday for the final two hours. I have found
that this is an excellent way to work
in-depth on issues that have not resolved in
the usual course of treatment. I offer an
array of methods that can be tailored to each
individual's situation. The fee includes
before and after consultation with therapists
or other treating professionals. To learn
more, visit www.maggiephillipsphd.com/consult.html.
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News from the Pain Front |
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Depression has become one of the most common
ailments of our times. Data provided from the
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
conclude that antidepressant medications are
the most frequently prescribed drugs in all
categories.
With pain patients, it has become routine
practice to prescribe antidepressants as part
of chronic pain treatment. Primarily, this is
because the neurobiology of pain indicates
depletion of serotonin levels, and the most
popular class of antidepressants, SSRIs
address this issue. And, from a clinical
standpoint, even if patients are not
depressed prior to the onset of chronic pain,
the twin syndromes of anxiety and depression
commonly surface in that progression into
ongoing pain.
There are several issues related to
depression that are important to consider
with pain patients. Dr. Michael Yapko, expert
on depression who will be joining me for a
teleseminar in June, has emphasized the
merits of teaching skills over taking
pills.
In determining the efficacy of drug therapy
for depression, we must first determine the
causes of depression. All of the following
have been linked to depression:
- Genetics
- Biochemical brain imbalance
- Psychosocial stressors like loss
- Negative cognitive beliefs
- Lack of rewards in our social
environments
- Cultural and family influences
- Diet and nutrition
- Lack of exercises
Any of the factors listed above and
additional ones as well may be implicated in
a depressive condition for a given
individual. They simply vary in degree of
impact. Although biology is commonly
implicated in the form of serotonin
depletion, we must also remember that
psychotherapy, as well as common everyday
experiences such as exercise and positive
relational interaction also change brain
chemistry in similar ways.
The patient's role in depression is a passive
one as is that of taking medication. It's
important that we don't send the wrong
message when antidepressant medication is
prescribed for pain -- "you don't have to
develop new skills or take charge of your
pain; you just need to take your medication
on time." Although medication is important
for some patients, it must be accompanied by
encouragement to take an active role in their
treatment by completing homework and practice
exercises designed to shift their depressive
symptoms.
We must also be concerned about the
overprescription and underprescription of
drugs for depression. Side effects from
antidepressants that are not prescribed at
the correct dosage, can include nausea,
sedation, headache, dizziness, sleep
disturbance and sexual disruption, and can
make it difficult for
patients to participate in therapy and in
their everyday life. And available research
on these drugs published by the New England
Journal of Medicine indicates that the SSRI's
drugs, as a class, have minimal benefit
beyond placebo.
The healing strategies presented in the April
8 teleseminar with Peter Levine and the June
3 teleseminar with Michael Yapko (save these
dates) will present strategies that emphasize
the active role of the patient in dealing
with depressive symptoms that often accompany
pain. Please join us!
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Maggie Phillips, Ph.D.
2768 Darnby Dr.
Oakland, CA 94611
USA
510-655-3843
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