Freeing the Breath: Adjustment in Body Psychotherapy

In-depth clinical learning on a key area of practice, guided by leading experts.

Event overview:

The Body Psychotherapy Series

Given that we are all bodies, what defines body psychotherapy in practice?
One starting point is a conscious awareness of being a body, and of how our own body is affected by our client’s – through breath, posture, tension and movement.

In this 2‑hour webinar, we’ll explore embodiment as the ground of psychotherapy and how, whether we name it or not, it underpins the whole of the work.

We will sketch out the four models that shape The Body Psychotherapy Series, Adjustment, Trauma/Discharge, Relational and Process‑oriented, and then focus more deeply on the earliest of these: the Adjustment model.

This model offers clients different ways of holding themselves, moving and breathing, in order to allow greater energy, relaxation and flexibility in how they live and relate.

We will examine:

• The role of embodiment in psychotherapy, including in primarily “talking” modalities
• Key features of the Adjustment model and how it emerged historically in body psychotherapy
• Ways of working with breath, posture and movement to open more space in the system
• How to invite bodily change while avoiding a “fixing what is wrong” stance
• Situations where adjustment‑oriented work can be especially helpful, and where it may not be the first choice

We will also look at the ethical and relational pitfalls of the Adjustment model, including the risk of imposing ideas of “normal” or “healthy” embodiment onto clients. By attending to consent, pacing and the client’s own sense of rightness, we can use adjustment interventions to support curiosity and possibility, rather than correction.

Clinical takeaway

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

• Articulate the four models in the Body Psychotherapy Series and how they interlock
• Notice breath, posture and movement as core clinical information in your sessions
• Introduce simple adjustment‑based invitations without slipping into “fixing mode”
• Gauge when bodily expansion is likely to resource, and when it might overwhelm
• Integrate an adjustment lens into your existing modality without rebranding as a somatic therapist

This webinar forms part of The Body Psychotherapy Series

The Body Psychotherapy Series is a four‑part Grove Series CPD pathway with Nick Totton and Robert Rees, exploring adjustment, trauma discharge, relational and process‑oriented models of body psychotherapy.

Pricing and booking options

You can book this event on its own for £30 (optional CPD & recording purchase available), choose selected sessions, or purchase the full series as a bundled CPD course for a discounted rate of £120 (includes CPD certificates and recordings).

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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