In this workshop, I will develop on some of the therapeutic themes and techniques that are introduced in the levels 1-3 of Metaphors of Movement (MoM).

In the delivery of MoM during a client session, there is an element of theatre and “artistry” in addition to the techniques and processes that comprise the model. In my work as a therapist, I am very aware that how I deliver the therapeutic work is as important as the actual structure of the work itself.

In addition to the theory and practice, I’ll also be doing demonstration driven presentations where I will be working with demonstration clients and explaining what I am doing as I go.  There will be some exercises and new material presented to the group.

Some of the content I aim to cover:

• The different taxonomical biases and their manifestions
• structuring a client session around multiple metaphor elicitations
• correlating clients metaphoric taxonomies across different metaphors
• working with coherent and incoherent metaphors
• the relationship between specific metaphoric taxonomies. One easy example of this is how “container” metaphor experience primarily protects from “hurts” metaphor experience
  the meanings and differences between internal metaphor (i.e. the burdens) and external metaphors (i.e. the landscape)
• PTSD and the living death metaphor
• Rule structure and how NLP’s ‘Modal Operators’ appear and function in metaphor