Our Journey Here 2023-2024

Prenatal and Birth Experience

and Lifelong Influences

An Experiential Training for Practitioners

Our Journey Here is a postgraduate training for practitioners wishing to extend their therapeutic practice or deepen their understanding of pre- and perinatal psychology and therapy approaches. The training will cover important developmental concepts including early pre- and perinatal memory, learning and intelligence, significant embryological events and their psychological correlates, and essential skills in identifying, being present with and resolving primal trauma.

The course is highly experiential, with somatic explorations grounded in relational, heart-centred, mindfulness and inspired by the work of pre- and perinatal pioneers Ray Castellino and William Emerson, as well as somatic practices like Body-Mind Centering (BMC) and Continuum. Participants are encouraged to investigate their own early life experience.

A major intention is to practice recognizing early trauma and being able to orient to the original potential the trauma may have occluded, both in oneself and in one’s clientele. This training is open to accredited psychotherapists, craniosacral therapists and other complementary and orthodox health professionals. The curriculum is covered in six three-day seminars offered online via Zoom.

A major premise for the curriculum is that we are most able to be present with our clients’ early material when we have worked through our own. This training is designed to enhance awareness of and ability to be with pre- and perinatal issues and to support yourself and your clients in bringing mindful presence to your experience.

The Course Includes:

• 6 live interactive 3-day seminars online via Zoom

• Lifetime access to the video recordings of presentations and demonstrations from each class

• Guided experiential explorations in triads supported by an assistant within Zoom break-out rooms

• Somatic movement explorations within the group

• PDFs of PowerPoint presentations from each class that you can print or download

• Handouts, videos and readings between each seminar

• Recommended reading and reference list for further study and exploration

• Specific assignments between seminars including a final essay on a relevant topic of your choice to be reviewed with feedback from Cherionna

• Certificate of completion

Dates:

Seminar 1: May 14th – 16th, 2023

Seminar 2: July 9th – 11th, 2023

Seminar 3: October 15th – 17th, 2023

Seminar 4: January 14th – 16th, 2024

Seminar 5: April 7th – 9th, 2024

Seminar 6: June 30th – July 2nd, 2024

Program Schedule

The course has been adapted to an online format of six three-day seminars, Friday – Sunday, starting in May 2021.

We will meet 9:45 a.m. – 6:15 p.m. UK time each day with a 2-hour lunch break and shorter breaks as needed.

Between each seminar you will have assignments to complete as a way to further explore and integrate the material.

Please note that some materials are available before the course begins. More may be added after you have registered. Please check back to this page to view any additional preparation materials you may have missed. It can be helpful to practice the meditations provided before the course begins. Once the course starts, more materials will be added to each module.