Somatic Trainings, Workshops
& Events in Australia
Explore upcoming somatic trainings, workshops and professional learning events delivered by experienced Australian and international educators.
Soma σῶμα ~ From the Greek, meaning the ‘living body’. Referring not to the body as an object, but to the body as lived, felt, experienced and known from within.
Nuero-affective Touch
Australian Consultation Group
Consultation for NATouch graduates and current students
This is an opportunity for a closed consultation group with Leading NATouch Trainer and Consultant Laura Melton
Consults are open to all NAtouch students and graduates.
Deepening Clinical Insight Through Community
Closed consultation groups offer therapists the opportunity to deepen their understanding of somatic and touch work, strengthen therapeutic presence, and integrate NeuroAffective Touch® more fully into their practice.
Through shared inquiry and structured reflection, participants gain valuable insights that connect somatic experience, early developmental history, and touch-based interventions in new and enlightening ways.
Benefits for Client Work
Enhances the therapists’ depth of understanding and clarity in case exploration
Brings forward the developmental roots of somatic and emotional patterns
Supports more attuned, effective use of NATouch
Builds a supportive peer community that enriches reflective practice
Benefits for Therapists
Participants consistently highlight the value of ongoing consultations in:
Preventing countertransference and staying grounded in the therapeutic role
Recognizing when personal material or emotional “hooks” arise
Working with supervisors who deeply understand the modality
Developing professionally within a stable, closed group that fosters connection and trust
This is an ongoing consultation group held on the fourth Friday of each month at 5.00-6.30pm Pacific time which is currently 10am Saturday AEDT on the Australian time zone.
Beginning in Australia Saturday 28th February 2026
Group consults are charged at the below rates
1 participant 60min $195 USD each
2 participants 60 min $95 USD each
3-6 participants 90 min $75 USD each
The group is limited to six participants to ensure a focused and supportive learning environment. Once the group fills, Laura will look at adding an additional day and time to accommodate further interest.
Places are limited to maintain clinical depth and relational safety
This supports a small, consistent group and a high level of clinical engagement
Consultation Fee & Structure
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This group offers a structured yet spacious format where you can bring clinical questions, real case material, and practice reflections.
Sessions focus on observing somatic patterns, exploring intervention trustworthiness, working with co-regulation and countertransference, and integrating embodied clinical judgment across diverse presentations.
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This consultation group is for NAtouch graduates and current stude
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1 participant 60min $195 USD each
2 participants 60 min $95 USD each
3-6 participants 90 min $75 USD each
Payment is made directly to the consulting provider at least 3 business days in advance.
Join the Sensorimotor & Somatic Psychotherapy Mental Health Professional Network
Monthly Somatic
Supervision Group
Ongoing Professional Supervision
for Body-Oriented Trauma Practice.
This monthly supervision group offers a dedicated clinical learning environment where practitioners engage deeply with the somatic and trauma-informed principles that shape embodied therapeutic work. The group supports clinicians to refine somatic intervention choices, notice nervous system patterns, and enhance clinical precision by exploring case material, relational dynamics, and embodied responses in real time.
Supervision emphasises integration of body, emotion and clinical reasoning. This group is boar supporting you to slow down, notice subtle activation patterns, and make informed moment-to-moment decisions in practice.
This reflective space blends structured inquiry with supportive dialogue, helping therapists deepen their capacity to recognise how somatic experience intersects with attachment, regulation, and relational attunement in trauma work.
Facilitated by Certified Somatic Practitioner and Trainer Natajsa Wagner, sessions draw on contemporary somatic principles to help clinicians integrate theory with embodied practice, expand clinical confidence, and strengthen professional presence.
The group encourages curiosity, creativity, and ethical reflection as essential elements of somatic supervision.
Options:
Join an existing monthly supervision group
Create your own group. Apply to form a closed cohort with colleagues
Supervision Fee & Structure
The Monthly Somatic Supervision Group is offered at a fixed monthly fee of: $ 65 per participant per session. Group supervision Sessions run for a standard 50 minutes
Fees are charged per member, per month and are payable regardless of attendance. Minimum term 6 months.
Places are limited to maintain clinical depth and relational safety
Commitment is required to support continuity of learning and group cohesion
This supports a small, consistent group and a high level of clinical engagement
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This group offers a structured yet spacious format where you can bring clinical questions, real case material, and practice reflections.
Sessions focus on observing somatic patterns, exploring intervention trustworthiness, working with co-regulation and countertransference, and integrating embodied clinical judgment across diverse presentations.
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This supervision group is suited to qualified clinicians, including psychotherapists, counsellors, psychologists, and allied health professionals who integrate somatic and body-oriented approaches in trauma-informed practice.
Participants should be actively working with clients and committed to ongoing professional learning.
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Supervision blends case discussion, clinical reflection, and somatically informed inquiry, supporting participants to enhance both conceptual clarity and applied skill.
Sessions provide an opportunity to explore how somatic awareness and nervous system understanding inform therapeutic choices and relationship dynamics.
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All exisiting group spaces are currently filled.
You can form a new group: If you have a group of 4 or more people interested in committing to a regular day and time for supervision with a minimum 6 month term please reach out here.Day/time availability for new monthly online groups: Wednesday 2pm AEST or Thursday 1pm AEST
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Holding the Unspoken The Art of Touch in Psychosomatic Work
2 x Day In-person Workshop
Brisbane September 19th & 20th
Join us for this special two day embodied learning workshop
with Laia Jorba, LPC, BC-DMT
Touch lies at the heart of human connection. It regulates, soothes, and reminds us that we belong. Touch can also be used as a therapeutic intervention when working with somatic healing frameworks.
Focus of the Workshop
Touch lies at the heart of human connection. It regulates, soothes, and reminds us that we belong. This two day introductory workshop explores research and rationale for touch on healing work. Through reflection and experiential practices, we’ll reconnect with the intelligence of the body and the subtle ways contact supports transformation.
Learning Outcomes
This workshop is designed to support participants in articulating the rational for using touch and practicing foundational intentional touch skills. Participants will learn to:
Articulate the rationale for using touch as a therapeutic intervention within somatic healing frameworks, including its neurophysiological and relational foundations.
Identify the core foundations of touch in clinical contexts, including awareness of therapist intention, client perception, and the emotional dimensions that inform safe and attuned contact.
Understand the broader curriculum of the full training, gaining clarity on how this introductory session fits within a larger framework of ethical, regulatory, and clinical skill development around touch in somatic work.
Workshop Fee $395 Inc GST
Super Early bird, Enrol by: May 19th 2026 $345 Inc GST use code SOMA
Standard, Enrol by: September 1st 2026 $395 inc GST
Apply early to avoid disappointment.
Places are strictly limited for this workshop.
Early Bird Discount
till MAY 19th.
Use code SOMA
for $50 OFF
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This presentation is for therapists, bodyworkers, medicine facilitators and healing practitioners seeking to integrate safe, attuned touch into their psychosomatic and trauma-informed practice and who would like to learn more about
This training is for therapists, bodyworkers, medicine facilitators and healing practitioners seeking to integrate safe, attuned touch into their psychosomatic and trauma-informed practice.
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Date, Venue & Time
Saturday 19th & 20th September 2026
Time: 9am -5.30pm Each day
Venue: Bronco’s Leauges Club, 98 Fulcher Rd Red Hill
Brisbane QLD -
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements vary across Professional Associations. Please contact your Association for specific requirements.
A Certificate of Attendance is provided covering 14 hours of professional development.
To receive a CPD Certificate of Attendance participants are required to pay the tuition fee in full and attend the live event, plus complete an online evaluation form by a set submission date.
Past Events…
This one-hour online professional development presentation explores the clinical use of touch within trauma-informed and psychosomatic frameworks, with attention to nervous system regulation, relational safety, and therapeutic intention.
Hosted in collaboration with the Mental Health Professional Network (MHPN), the session brings together contemporary research and clinical reflection on touch as a therapeutic intervention in somatic and body-oriented practice.
Join Natajsa Wagner as she hosts Dr Laia Jorba (LPC, BC-DMT) for a live 1 hr online presentation examining how intentional touch can support regulation, connection, and healing when working with trauma.
Friday 6 February 2026, 9:30–10:30am AEST
Touch lies at the heart of human connection. It regulates, soothes, and reminds us that we belong. Touch can also be used as a therapeutic intervention when working with somatic healing frameworks. Discover more about the art of touch in psychosomatic work and explore research and rationale for practicing foundational intentional touch with trauma and healing work.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about trauma and working with touch and hear more about the 2-day workshop on touch being held in Brisbane in 2026. This presentation will run for approximately 60 minutes with 15- 20 minutes at the end for Q&A.
Holding the Unspoken The Art of Touch in Psychosomatic Work
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MHPN
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Learn about the rationale for using touch as a therapeutic intervention within somatic healing frameworks, including its neurophysiological and relational foundations.
Identify the core foundations of touch in clinical contexts, including awareness of therapist intention, client perception, and the emotional dimensions that inform safe and attuned contact.
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This presentation is for therapists, bodyworkers, medicine facilitators and healing practitioners seeking to integrate safe, attuned touch into their psychosomatic and trauma-informed practice and who would like to learn more about
This training is for therapists, bodyworkers, medicine facilitators and healing practitioners seeking to integrate safe, attuned touch into their psychosomatic and trauma-informed practice.
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You can RSVP to this event by joining the Brisbane Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Somatic Therapy Network here: https://mhpn.org.au/members/#/Meeting/27350
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Date: Friday the 6th of February 2026
Time: 9.30-10.30am AEST (Brisbane)Location: Online Via zoom ( Join the MHPN group here for details.
Presenter: Laia Jorba, LPC, BC-DMT Hosted By Natajsa Wagner