The Body Psychotherapy Series

The Body Psychotherapy Series offers concise, bitesize CPD, with four 2-hour sessions spread across the year.

Over four live webinars, Nick Totton and Robert Rees will explore how any therapist, regardless of primary modality, can weave the essence of body psychotherapy into their day‑to‑day practice. Across the series, we will study four distinct but interlocking models of body psychotherapy - adjustment, trauma discharge, relational and process‑oriented ways of working - each of which may be most helpful at different points in the therapeutic journey.

Body psychotherapy series with Nick Totton and Robert Rees

Course overview:

The Body Psychotherapy Series is a new four-part CPD pathway under The Grove Series banner – a sequence of focused, practice-based webinars designed to deepen your work in real clinical settings.

Each webinar can be booked as a standalone event, or you can enrol for the full Body Psychotherapy Series as a discounted packaged course.

Introducing Body Psychotherapy

Given that we are all bodies, what defines body psychotherapy?

Nick Totton suggests that it is our conscious awareness of being a body, and a sustained attention to what the body is experiencing – in particular, how the therapist’s body is affected by the client’s body, and vice versa. Over four live webinars, Nick Totton and Robert Rees will explore how any therapist, regardless of primary modality, can weave the essence of body psychotherapy into their day‑to‑day practice.

What you’ll learn across the series

Across the four Body Psychotherapy series events, you will:

  • Learn how to work safely with breath, posture and movement to support embodied adjustment in your clients
  • Deepen your trauma work by learning how to support embodied discharge and integration of overwhelming experiences
  • Explore how two bodies shape the therapeutic relationship – and how to work with embodied countertransference and co‑regulation
  • Learn to trust spontaneous bodily process and invite a grounded “wildness” into the therapy room

Dates and times

All on Zoom, 14:00-16:00 (UK time)

  1. Freeing the Breath: Adjustment in Body Psychotherapy – 6th November 2026
  2. Releasing Held Pain: Trauma Discharge and the Body – 27th November 2026
  3. Two Bodies in the Room: Relational Body Psychotherapy – 4th December 2026
  4. Following the Process: Spontaneity and Wildness in Body Psychotherapy – 8th January 2027

Pricing and booking options

Book individual events for £30 (attendence only) if you prefer to only attend selected topics, or purchase the full series as a bundled CPD course for a discounted rate of £120 (includes CPD certificates and recordings).

To only purchase selected events, follow the links above or click here to go directly to the purchase page.

About this course

  • Course Duration:4 x 2-hour sessions
  • Next intake:November 2026
  • CPD Value:8 hours
  • Fee:£120 inc VAT (or purchase events indidually)
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An extremely helpful, concise sharing of wisdom. Thank you so much.

Tricia Psychotherapist

The four webinars in detail

Across the series, we will study four distinct but interlocking models of body psychotherapy – adjustment, trauma discharge, relational and process‑oriented ways of working – each of which may be most helpful at different points in the therapeutic journey. Together we will look at breath, posture and movement; the discharge and integration of trauma; how two bodies shape the relational field; and how to follow what arises spontaneously in the moment.

In this first webinar of the Body Psychotherapy series, we dive into the “adjustment” model: a way of working that focuses on freeing up the body’s natural capacity for movement, breath and expression. Rather than adding complex techniques, we pay close attention to the patterns that are already there, tight breathing, collapsed or rigid posture, restricted movement, and explore how small shifts can open up new possibilities in the therapy process.

Nick Totton and Robert Rees will introduce key ideas from contemporary body psychotherapy, including how chronic muscular and postural patterns may represent long‑standing emotional and relational adaptations. You’ll see how subtle adjustments – inviting breath, experimenting with position, bringing curiosity to tension – can support clients to feel more rather than dissociate, while still staying within their window of tolerance.

There will be space to consider your own body as a therapist: how you sit, breathe and hold yourself in sessions, and how this influences the work. You’ll leave with practical, ethically grounded ways to integrate adjustment‑based bodywork into talking therapy, suitable for use with individual clients across a range of presentations.

Details

Most therapists can name the trauma responses – fight, flight, freeze, fawn – but it is another step to help clients experience something different in their bodies. This webinar explores “trauma discharge” as a body‑based way of working with stored shock, fear and helplessness, supporting the completion and integration of survival responses rather than simple catharsis.

Nick Totton and Robert Rees will outline how trauma shows up somatically: through shaking, numbness, collapse, restlessness, changes in breath and more. You’ll consider how to pace work with discharge, discerning when to gently support expression and when to prioritise grounding, containment and relational safety.

We will look at clinical examples where working directly with the body – through posture, movement, sound, and micro‑discharges – has helped clients move from chronic stuckness into more regulated presence. Throughout, there is a strong emphasis on consent, power and ethics, so you can feel more confident bringing trauma‑discharge principles into talking therapy, whether you already identify as a somatic practitioner or are just beginning to integrate body‑based work.

Details

Relational body psychotherapy begins with the recognition that therapy is not just a conversation between two minds; it is a living encounter between two bodies. In this webinar, Nick Totton and Robert Rees will explore how sensations, impulses and micro‑movements in both therapist and client can reveal what is happening in the relational field, often before words catch up.

We will look at how attunement, mis‑attunement, attraction, aversion, shame and power all show up somatically – for example, through tightness, leaning in or away, changes in breath, or a sudden urge to move or go still. You’ll be invited to notice your own bodily responses as a therapist and to treat them as meaningful data, while differentiating between what belongs to you and what may be resonating with the client’s experience.

The session will also address boundaries, consent and the politics of the body, including how social difference (such as race, gender, disability, age and sexuality) is inscribed on bodies and shapes the therapeutic space. You’ll leave with practical ways to bring embodied relational awareness into your existing modality, supporting deeper co‑regulation, clearer boundaries and more authentic presence in your work.

Details

What happens when we let the body lead? Building on The Grove’s previous conversations with Nick Totton about “the wildness of the body”, this webinar explores a process‑oriented approach to body psychotherapy in which spontaneity, responsiveness and uncertainty are central. Rather than applying predetermined techniques, we follow and amplify what emerges in the moment – a gesture, an image, a shift in posture, a breath – and see where it wants to go.

Nick Totton and Robert Rees will reflect on wildness as an antidote to over‑control and idealised images of “good therapy”, and as a way of honouring the body’s own wisdom. You’ll consider how to invite more improvisation and creativity into your practice while still attending carefully to consent, boundaries and the client’s capacity.

We will also touch on how process‑oriented work intersects with wider questions of ecology, politics and spirituality – including working outdoors, engaging with “other‑than‑human” presences and recognising how bodies carry the imprint of social conditions. By the end of the session, you’ll have a clearer sense of how to integrate a more spontaneous, embodied responsiveness into your existing framework, allowing your practice to feel more alive, relational and grounded.

Details

More from Nick Totton at The Grove
The Wildness of the body with Nick Totton and Robert Rees - webinar download

The Wildness of the Body - Part 1

In this inspiring conversation, Totton and Rees explore how reconnecting with the body’s innate wildness deepens relational psychotherapy, fosters authentic expression, and supports transformative healing.
The Wildness of the Body Part 2. Embodied psychotherapy with Nick Totton and Robert Rees,

The Wildness of the Body - Part 2

Totton and Rees explore how contacting the body’s spontaneous, “wild” nature transforms relational psychotherapy, helps clients reclaim experiences that have been pathologised or silenced and opens space for more truthful, embodied ways of being.
The Grove Practice CPD Conference for therapists and mental health professionals audience 2025 panel

The Grove 2026 CPD Conference

We’re thrilled to welcome Nick Totton as a keynote speaker at our Autumn 2026 CPD Conference, Friday 11 September in London or for free online. Together we’ll explore how wildness, embodiment and relationship can revitalise your clinical work.

Nick Totton offers something radical for all practising therapists to consider. He challenges conventional ideas about attachment, containment, holding, safety and boundaries. Wildness is understood not as a cure but as a much-needed corrective to the rigidities of our one-sided civilised and mature selves.

Professor Andrew Samuels, author of The Political Psyche and UKCP former chair Discussing Nick's book 'Wild Therapy'
Nick Totton three body psychotherapy books: Wild Therapy, Different Bodies: Deconstructing normality, Embodied Relating

Meet your hosts

Nick Totton is a pioneering body psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer, known for developing Embodied‑Relational Therapy and for his writing on Wild Therapy, embodied relating and the deconstruction of “normality” in psychotherapy. He is joined by Robert Rees, an experienced psychotherapist and trainer who has previously taught embodied and trauma‑focused approaches with The Grove.

Robert Rees

Director

Dip (Psych, Trauma, Supvn) MUKCP MBACP
Wildness, embodiment & CPD with Nick Totton

Nick Totton

Therapist, supervisor, author, trainer and workshop leader

Nick Totton is a pioneering figure in the field of embodied psychotherapy.

All Body Psychotherapy Series events
Body psychotherapy series with Nick Totton and Robert Rees

Freeing the Breath: Adjustment in Body Psychotherapy

Introducing the “adjustment” model of body psychotherapy, focusing on how breath, posture and movement both reflect and reshape a client’s inner world. You’ll explore practical, trauma‑sensitive ways to work with constriction and holding patterns so that clients can experience more space, flexibility and aliveness in therapy.

The Body Psychotherapy Series
Session 1 of 4
Friday 6th November
14:00-16:00 (UK)
Body psychotherapy series with Nick Totton and Robert Rees

Releasing Held Pain: Trauma Discharge and the Body

This session focuses on “trauma discharge”, how shock and overwhelm are held in the body, and how therapists can safely support release without re‑traumatising. You’ll learn to recognise somatic signs of activation and shutdown, and to work with movement, breath and sequence so that clients can complete unfinished defensive responses.

The Body Psychotherapy Series
Session 2 of 4
Friday 27th November
14:00-16:00 (UK)
Body psychotherapy series with Nick Totton and Robert Rees

Two Bodies in the Room: Relational Body Psychotherapy

This webinar explores relational body psychotherapy: how therapy is always happening between two bodies, and how the therapist’s somatic responses can become a vital source of information and intervention. You’ll learn to attend to the embodied relational field, including race, gender, ability and other differences, in ways that deepen connection and support more just practice.

The Body Psychotherapy Series
Session 3 of 4
Friday 4th December
14:00-16:00 (UK)
Body psychotherapy series with Nick Totton and Robert Rees

Following the Process: Spontaneity and Wildness in Body Psychotherapy

This final webinar focuses on a process‑oriented, “wild” approach to body psychotherapy: following what arises spontaneously in the moment rather than imposing fixed techniques. You’ll explore how to welcome bodily impulses, gestures and movements into the work while maintaining enough structure and safety.

The Body Psychotherapy Series
Session 4 of 4
Friday 8th January
14:00-16:00 (UK)

About this course

  • Course Duration:4 x 2-hour sessions
  • Next intake:November 2026
  • CPD Value:8 hours
  • Fee:£120 inc VAT (or purchase events indidually)
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Body psychotherapy series with Nick Totton and Robert Rees
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