The Wisdom of the Body: Befriending Sensation, Supporting Healing

Raymond Rodriguez, Rev., MSW, LCSW

What you'll learn

Learn how to bring the body into therapy as a source of truth, regulation, and innate healing—starting with your own somatic awareness as a therapist
Explore somatic interventions that help clients reconnect with present-moment experience, gently approach discomfort, and integrate positive sensations
Discover how orientation, curiosity, and co-created safety support clients in developing a more compassionate relationship with their bodies

About the speakers

Raymond Rodriguez, Rev., MSW, LCSW

Raymond Rodriguez, Rev., MSW, LCSW, is an Afro-Latino clinical social worker with over twenty years of experience in community-based programs and private practice. He earned his degree from the Columbia University School of Social Work and is a family therapist with clinical interests in immigration, diversity, LGBTQAI+ empowerment, spirituality, and supporting marginalized communities. Over the past decade, he has specialized in trauma therapy, working with clients facing complex trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and dissociative disorders. Raymond is certified in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), with extensive training in Internal Family Systems (IFS), family systems therapy, and psychodynamic psychotherapy. He has held faculty positions at the Columbia School of Social Work, Smith College School of Social Work, Hostos Community College (City University of New York), the Trauma Studies Center of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, and the Integrative Trauma Studies Program at the National Institute for Psychotherapy. He currently teaches at the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute. He has served on the boards of the National Association of Puertorrican and Hispanic Social Workers and the No More Fear Foundation. He lives in Westchester, NY, with his partner, son, and dogs.