Resourcing Through Somatic Movement and Creative Expressive Arts

• Brief Overview Learning Objectives: Demonstrate at least two somatic movement and image-making interventions that support self-regulation, creative insight, and embodied therapeutic attunement. Analyze kinesthetic sensations of the body and nonverbal behavior to identify how the integration of creative arts and somatic expression can help identify emotional states and increase self-awareness Give an example of how the creative arts and somatic expression can be helpful when addressing psychosomatic symptoms Give an example of how expressing bodily perceptions through the image-making process can help individuals identify and differentiate feeling states Give an example of how integrating experiential and reflective practices in the context of psychotherapy can help individuals identify feeling states