Naomi Shragai
Alexander Technique and Psychotherapy
In this workshop we will be exploring the relationship of the Alexander Technique to psychotherapy. Taking clinical examples from my practice in teaching the Technique alongside psychotherapy, we will explore how the Technique enhances the experience in psychotherapy, as well as how psychotherapy can help people make sense of the psychological changes brought about through lessons.
More specifically, I will be discussing current themes in attachment theory and neuroscience in psychotherapy and the implications for the Alexander Technique. As well as how the Technique can alter psychological defenses and unconsciousness material in the body so that they may be thought about in psychotherapy. I will discuss ways in which the body expresses our emotional lives, is used as a container for our feelings, and is metaphor for our internal world. More specific techniques for how teachers might talk to their students about emotional and mental changes brought about with the Technique will be explored. Their will be opportunities for participants to discuss their own experiences, as well as their observations of their students.
Naomi Shragai is an Alexander Technique Teacher and Psychotherapist in private practice
Naomi Shragai has 25 years experience in occupational therapy, mental health, psychotherapy, family therapy, and the Alexander Technique
She has been running workshops for psychotherapists including the Institute of Family Therapy and Kensington Consultation Service. She has also run workshops for groups of psychotherapists as well as groups of Alexander Technique teachers (for STAT and for the Brighton school).