Ethics of Integrating Somatic Therapy into Intuitive Eating for Relational Nourishment
5hr Ethics CE Approved by the LPCA of Georgia
Ethics of Integrating Somatic Therapy into Intuitive Eating for Relational Nourishment
9:00am - 3:30pm on Friday, May 1, 2026
In-Person at Harbor of Dreams Art in Stone Mountain, GA
5hrs Ethics CE Approved by LPCA of Georgia
Fee = $155
(*Refunds available before April 24, 2026 minus $5.00 service fee)
Current understanding of the vagus nerve, trauma patterning and attachment theory offers evidence-based support for somatic practices as relational nourishment.
Somatic therapists Dee Wagner, LPC, BC-DMT, MSME/T and Caroline Gebhardt, LPC, RYT, RSME/T offer a deeper understanding of the vagus nerve and how it affects co-regulation and digestive functioning in their new peer-reviewed article “Chi for Two® developmental relational practices: A lens for examining how somatic therapy might resolve infant reflexes,” in Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy.
Wagner and Gebhardt offer relational practices providing an ethical approach to integrating somatic therapy into Intuitive Eating.
Objectives:
Identify and describe the ethical guidelines that are followed when somatic practices are invitational and relational.
Increase ethical competency by gaining scientific understanding of deprivation/restriction as dorsal vagal Shutdown and invitational and relational somatic practices as the pathway to the biological functioning called our Social Engagement system.
Ethically offer clients somatic practices that are invitational and developmental, creating consciousness of multi-generational trauma patterns that have caused harm, and providing the co-regulation that supports the digestive functioning that heals systemic harm.
Workshop Presenters
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Caroline Gebhardt, LPC, RYT, RSME/T, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Chi for Two® Embodiment Coach & Co-developer
Caroline Gebhardt, is a licensed professional counselor, certified Chi for Two® embodiment coach/trainer, registered yoga teacher, somatic movement therapist and educator, and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor.
Caroline’s trauma training, decades of experience as a movement educator & expertise in eating disorders and early eating/feeding rhythms from an attachment-based lens contributed to her co-developing Chi for Two, a mindful embodiment method.
Working in various levels of care for eating disorders treatment deepened her understanding of the need for more trauma-informed and relational approaches for sustainable bodily functioning and relational nourishment.
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Dee Wagner, LPC, BC-DMT, MSME/T, originator of Chi for Two®
Dee Wagner, LPC, BC-DMT, MSME/T has worked as a counselor, dance therapist and somatic educator since 1993. Originator of Chi for Two® – a polyvagal-informed, multi-generational trauma healing method, Dee has written many articles on nervous system functioning.
Dee has offered workshops for professionals on the use of somatic trauma-healing experiences since 1997. The ‘Map’ of nervous system functioning Dee created is one of the tools in Miller and Beeson’s Neuroeducation toolbox: Practical translations of neuroscience in counselling and psychotherapy.
Chi for Two is an approved training program for the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA).
Chi for Two® Somatic Practices that Mobilize Rest & Digest Featured in Journal Article
Current understanding of the vagus nerve, trauma patterning and attachment theory offers evidence-based support for somatic practices as relational nourishment.
In the June 2025 article “Chi for Two® developmental relational practices: A lens for examining how somatic therapy might resolve infant reflexes” in Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy, co-authors Dee Wagner and Caroline Gebhardt describe these practices with a deeper understanding of human anatomy, in particular the rhythm of the engagement and release of the two branches of the vagus affecting co-regulation and digestive functioning.
Register
5 hours of Continuing Education (Ethics) have been approved by the Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia LPCA S-0126-205
Fee = $155
*Refunds available before April 24, 2026 minus $5.00 service fee
