Please join us to train in the original relational somatic psychotherapy—Bioenergetic Analysis, a modality grounded in a century of work beginning with Wilhelm Reich and Alexander Lowen. This programme will give you a rich, deep, satisfying four-year Bioenergetic training that will set you up for a lifetime of profound body + mind therapy work. It will include your own personal bioenergetic journey, along with a deep understanding of psychological healing and a rich experiential kete of tools for working with your clients. It will support you to work with both the mind and body at the deepest and most rigorous levels. Once certified, you will be qualified to register as a psychotherapist in Aotearoa New Zealand and able to take your place in an international community of Bioenergetic Therapists, with ongoing professional development opportunities available around the world.
Format: Three 5-day workshops and three weekend-workshops per year.
Participants are required to be doing personal bioenergetic therapy as a client while training.
Timings : February 2025 - 2029
Cost : Approx $5000 - $5500 per year (Costs will depend on training group size)
Please contact Kate Dent Rennie at [email protected] to apply or for further information.
Bioenergetic Analysis, founded by Alexander Lowen, M.D. in New York in 1956, is the largest school of somatic psychotherapy in the world. The International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis (IIBA) is a world-wide organisation made up of individual local societies. Please refer to the IIBA website : www.bioenergetic-therapy.com for further information.
The Aotearoa New Zealand Society for Bioenergetic Analysis Inc. (ANZSBA) is affiliated to the IIBA. The Aotearoa New Zealand Society is also registered with the Charities Commission of New Zealand to which it reports annually and is an incorporated society.
The Aotearoa New Zealand Society has a website www.bioenergetics.org.nz which may be accessed for further information about the training course.
