Enlivened Embodied Experiential Practice — Anna Evans & Awombda Codd
ENLIVENED EMBODIED EXPERIENTIAL PRACTICE (EEEP)
These monthly practice sessions are designed to help therapists develop vitality and fluid responsiveness in their clinical practice.
Each session will build upon the previous ones, using experiential exercises, discussion, and reflection for participants to:
- Cultivate trust in their embodied presence as a guide for therapeutic interventions.
- Develop skills for meeting clients in an attuned and contactful way.
- Explore playful and authentic risk-taking through continuous micro-experiments.
- Enhance their ability to embrace uncertainty and respond fluidly to the unfolding therapeutic moment.
Each session will introduce a new embodied practice focus, drawing on principles from Gestalt therapy, Psychodrama, Open Floor, and Social Presencing Theatre.
Anna Evans is a psychologist and psychotherapist working in private practice and on the teaching faculty at GTA. Anna has a keen interest in embodiment and taught yoga for ten years. Her other practices include creative dance, Alexander technique and contact improvisation. Anna now follows an approach to yoga developed by Vanda Scaravelli and is fascinated by the idea that relationality can be explored through every joint in the body.
Awombda Codd is a gestalt psychotherapist and creative arts therapist working in private practice and community health, as well as on teaching faculty at GTA. She supports creative exploration and experiential body work in her clinical practice. Awombda has a background in theatre, film, performance art and performed with an improvisation collective for many years. Awombda was a sessional teacher at MIECAT (Melbourne Institute of Experiential Creative Arts Therapy) and values creating spaces in which curiosity can be manifested and explored.
Dates
Monthly from 23 March 2025
Sunday 23 March
Sunday 11 May
Sunday 1 June
Sunday 20 July
Sunday 31 August
Sunday 14 September
Day
Sundays
Time
4:30pm—6:30pm
Cost
$104 per session—General Admission
$88.40 per session—VAGP members
Capacity
12
Accessibility
Classes are located in Skylab and are only accessible via two flights of stairs.
These sessions are ideal for emerging and practising therapists interested in exploring the somatic dimensions of therapy. Come and stretch your growing edges, supported by group process. Be prepared to move and be moved!