Bev Gibbons, TSTA-P, (UK) 3 May

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8.00am-10.00pm Saturday 3 May BEV GIBBONS, TSTA-P, (UK) THE WORKSHOP: I propose intuition to be an innate capacity, rather than a learned skill. It is a power, a compass intrinsic to being human; held in our very essence and outside of script, informing all of our sensing in ways we are only at the edges of becoming able to understand. Bodymind or Namarupa – meaning name and form – is a central concept in Zen Buddhism and refers to the interdependence of the human mind and body. I suggest that intuition provides an arterial network that enables the bodymind. I offer the idea that in certain circumstances intuitive function is deliberately amputated in the service of survival, and the bodymind comes apart and becomes body and mind. Separate. A profound loss results – the loss of the ability to form a healthy, growthful relationship with self, other, and the environment. I offer a lens that gives different depth and context to what might be met in encounter, in relationship with someone who has a compromised capacity to know what happened, i.e., unable to stretch into the corners of their bodymind with full intuitive capacity and trust themselves, and to give themselves permission to own their gut feelings, heartbreak, wide-eyed astonishment, and heartfelt self. FIELDS: psychotherapy; counselling BIO: Bev Gibbons is a TSTA (Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst) in the field of psychotherapy. I live and work in North Yorkshire, in the UK, as a trainer, supervisor, and psychotherapist. My particular interests are in co-creativity and intersubjectivity and the challenges in finding and holding this place. I hold the question ‘what am I/are we up to?’ in relation to power dynamics and oppressive practice. I am driven to look for the deep roots in any given process, and also to simplify and make clear complicated theory. Bev can be reached on bgcp@bevgibbons.co.uk