A Somatic Approach to Grief Work – Free Training with Dr. Janina Fisher
Grief does not only live in the stories people tell about loss. It can also be felt through heaviness, collapse, numbness, tightness, and other responses in the body.
In “A Somatic Approach to Grief Work,” Dr. Janina Fisher explores how therapists can recognize the somatic signatures of grief and respond to what the body may be communicating when clients cannot easily find the words.
You’ll discover gentle, body-based practices for working with grief that feels frozen or overwhelming, along with ways to support clients without rushing them toward closure or pressuring them to “move on.”
This educational webinar offers a compassionate, attuned framework for accompanying clients through loss while bringing greater awareness to the body’s role in the grieving process.
Why Attend “A Somatic Approach to Grief Work”
Words do not always capture the full experience of loss. Grief may also appear through bodily responses such as heaviness, collapse, numbness, or tightness, creating important signals for therapists to notice alongside a client’s spoken experience.
Dr. Janina Fisher presents a somatic approach to recognizing these patterns and responding with gentle, body-based practices when grief feels frozen or overwhelming. The focus is on helping clients process loss without becoming flooded or shutting down.
You’ll also explore a more compassionate and attuned way of accompanying clients through grief, supporting their experience without rushing toward closure or placing pressure on them to move on.
Who Should Attend
This webinar is designed for therapists and clinicians who work with clients experiencing grief and want to better understand how loss can be expressed through the body as well as through words.
It may be especially valuable for professionals seeking practical ways to recognize somatic responses, work gently with overwhelming or frozen grief, and accompany clients with greater patience and attunement.
- Therapists supporting clients through grief and loss
- Clinicians who want to recognize bodily expressions of grief
- Professionals working with clients who struggle to put grief into words
- Therapists encountering grief that feels frozen or overwhelming
- Clinicians interested in gentle, body-based approaches to grief work
- Professionals seeking a more compassionate and attuned way to accompany grieving clients
What You’ll Learn
You’ll begin by exploring the somatic signatures of grief, including heaviness, collapse, numbness, and tightness, so you can become more attentive to what a client’s body may be communicating when words are difficult to access.
You’ll then learn about gentle, body-based practices for working with grief that feels frozen or overwhelming, with an emphasis on supporting processing without flooding or shutdown.
The webinar also explores how a compassionate, attuned therapeutic presence can help clients feel supported through grief without being hurried toward closure or pressured to move on.
- How to recognize somatic signatures of grief such as heaviness, collapse, numbness, and tightness
- How bodily responses can communicate aspects of grief that clients may struggle to express in words
- Gentle, body-based practices for working with grief that feels frozen or overwhelming
- Ways to support grief processing without contributing to flooding or shutdown
- How to bring greater compassion and attunement to grief work
- How to accompany clients without rushing them toward closure or pressuring them to move on
About Dr. Janina Fisher
Janina Fisher, Ph.D. is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and a Board member of the Trauma Research Foundation. She is also Assistant Director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, past president of the New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation, and a former Instructor at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Fisher is co-author with Pat Ogden of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Dissociation and author of Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation and Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma.
She is also the author of The Living Legacy Flip Chart: an In-Session Tool for Therapists and Clients.
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Join Dr. Janina Fisher to explore body-based ways of recognizing grief and supporting clients with compassion, patience, and attunement.
- Oct 27 2026
- Expired!
- 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Local Time
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: Oct 27 2026
- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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The Academy of Therapy Wisdom
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https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/somatic-grief-work
