Sensorimotor
Psychotherapy
Australia
Join the world’s leading trauma therapists and learn somatic approaches for healing trauma.
Welcome to Sensorimotor
Psychotherapy Australia
Advancing Trauma Healing Through Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Australia (SPA) is the officially recognised organiser and provider of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy® training in Australia. In collaboration with the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute (SPI) in the USA, we deliver internationally accredited professional development to licensed mental health practitioners in Australia seeking deepen their skills in Somatic Psychotherapy and trauma informed care and practice.
Designed for licensed mental health professionals including: Psychotherapists, counsellors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Psychiatrists our professional training programs integrate neuroscience, mindfulness, and somatic awareness to enhance clinical practice and the treatment of trauma.
Through experiential learning, professionals gain the skills to facilitate deeper healing, promote nervous system regulation, and support clients in processing trauma beyond traditional talk therapy.
SP is designed to help practitioners work with implicit memories, autonomic nervous system responses, and body-based trauma symptoms, providing a comprehensive framework for healing. By integrating somatic techniques and a mindfulness-based approach, SP allows professionals to better support clients with PTSD, dissociation, developmental trauma, and attachment wounds.
Secure your place in our upcoming professional trainings and start integrating body-based trauma healing into your practice.
Curious to Learn More About Starting Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Training?
We’re excited to share this exclusive behind the scenes welcome video featuring Dr. Pat Ogden, the founder of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. Normally reserved for enrolled students, this short video introduces key concepts you’ll learn in the Level I Training, including how to work effectively with trauma stored in the body and integrate somatic interventions into your practice.
Take a first look at how this transformative training can deepen your therapeutic skills and support your clients’ healing journeys.
Level 1 Trauma Training
SP Level 1 treatment of trauma training presents body oriented interventions for tracking, naming, and safely exploring trauma-related, somatic activation, creating new competencies and restoring a somatic sense of self. Students learn effective and accessible interventions for identifying and working with limiting somatic patterns, disturbed cognitive and emotional processing.
Level 2 Trauma Training
SP Level II trauma training for developmental and relational Injury integrates bottom-up and top-down processing to address somatic, emotional, and cognitive adaptations for various relational challenges from early childhood adversity and attachment disruption to oppression, sociocultural, and transgenerational factors.
Level 3 Trauma Training
SP level III trauma training is SP’s offical Certification training that provides the opportunity for students to hone their SP trauma skills, maps, and techniques, and become certified in the method. It is open to graduates of the Level II training. Upon successful completion students are able to use the term Sensorimotor Psychotherapist
Secure your place in our upcoming professional trainings and start integrating body-based trauma healing into your practice.
Why Choose Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Training?
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy provides a scientifically grounded, body-centered approach for working with trauma. Rooted in neuroscience, attachment theory, and somatic awareness, it offers mental health professionals an effective framework for helping clients process trauma beyond traditional cognitive approaches.
Key Benefits:
Globally Recognized Training: Developed by the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute (SPI), this approach is internationally respected in the field of trauma therapy.
Expert Led Instruction: Training are delivered by SPI-approved trainers, ensuring high-quality education and clinical relevance.
A Pathway to Mastery: Structured learning pathways allow professionals to advance from introductory training to full certification.
Designed for Mental Health Professionals: Tailored for licensed mental health professionals including psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors, and social workers looking to deepen their expertise in trauma-informed, somatic therapy.
By training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, professionals gain practical, evidence-based tools that enhance clinical skills in working with clients who experience PTSD, dissociation, developmental trauma, and attachment-related issues.
Discover Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: A Body-Based Approach to Trauma Healing
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (SP) is an evidence-based, body-centered approach that integrates somatic awareness, neuroscience, and attachment theory to address the effects of trauma. Unlike traditional talk therapy, SP works with the body’s physiological responses, recognizing that trauma is stored not only in the mind but also in the nervous system.
This approach allows practitioners to support clients in accessing implicit memories, processing unresolved trauma, and fostering resilience through body-based techniques. By emphasizing mindfulness, movement, and attunement to bodily sensations, SP provides a powerful framework for healing developmental trauma, PTSD, dissociation, and attachment wounds.
Mental health professionals trained in SP develop advanced skills in nervous system regulation, relational attunement, and somatic interventions, allowing them to work more effectively with trauma survivors in clinical settings.
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