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HOLDING THE UNSPOKEN
The Art of Touch in Psychosomatic Work

HOLDING THE UNSPOKEN: THE ART OF TOUCH IN PSYCHOSOMATIC WORK

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Touch lies at the heart of human connection—it regulates our physiology, anchors our sense of safety, and communicates empathy beyond words. Touch interventions bridge the gap between body, mind and spirit, allowing practitioners and clients to access deeper layers of emotional relational experience. It supports the regulation of the nervous system, fosters integration between cognitive and affective processes, and restores the body’s capacity for connection. ​Touch work reminds us that healing occurs not only through insight but through the lived experience of being felt, seen, and safely held. Through touch, we restore continuity between body, mind and soul—between self and other—reawakening the innate capacity for regulation and relational trust. 

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I offer touch trainings:

  • 1-Day Introduction Workshop

  • Two-part Training Series for Therapists and Healing Practitioners

    • Part I - Foundations for Somatic Practitioners

    • Part II - Skills and Interventions for Mental Health Professionals

  • Touch and Interoceptive Capacity (in progress)

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INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP

FOCUS OF THE WORKSHOP

This one-day introductory workshop will support participants in articulating the rationale for using touch and practicing foundational intentional touch. The workshop will also introduce the broader curriculum of the full training​.

WHO IS THIS FOR

This training is for therapists, bodyworkers, medicine facilitators and healing practitioners seeking to integrate safe, attuned touch into their psychosomatic and trauma-informed practice

WHAT PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN

  • 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.

FEES AND PAYMENTS

  • DATE: May 2nd, 2026

  • TIME: 9am to 4pm

  • VENUE: Una Vida Center
    7960 Niwot Rd Suite B12,
    Longmont, CO 80503

  • $165 for the full day

For updates, sign up here:

PART I - FOUNDATIONS

( 5-Day Immersive )
FOCUS OF THE WORKSHOP

This five-day foundational training offers a comprehensive exploration of touch within psychosomatic and trauma-informed practice, combining neuroscience, ethics, cultural awareness, and guided experiential learning. Participants develop clarity, sensitivity, and confidence in integrating touch as a relational and regulatory tool in clinical work.

WHO IS THIS FOR

This training is for therapists, bodyworkers, medicine facilitators and healing practitioners seeking to integrate safe, attuned touch into their psychosomatic and trauma-informed practice

WHAT PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN

  • The historical, ethical, and clinical foundations of touch in psychosomatic work.

  • The neuroscience of touch as a regulatory and communicative system.

  • How attachment patterns, power dynamics, and cultural contexts shape touch experiences.

  • Skills for containment and regulation through body-based and relational interventions.

  • How to discern between supportive and clinical oriented touch and boundary crossings.

  • How to track consent, intention, and transference when integrating touch in your practice.

  • Self-care principles for practitioners working with somatic and relational material.

FEES AND PAYMENTS

  • DATES: August 27th - 31st 2026

  • TIME: 9am to 5pm

  • VENUE: Una Vida Center
    7960 Niwot Rd Suite B12,
    Longmont, CO 80503, CO

  • $900

For updates, sign up here:

PART II - SKILLS

( 5-Day Immersive )
FOCUS OF THE WORKSHOP

Building upon the foundations, this advanced immersion centers on practice and refinement focusing on interventions for mental health practitioners. Participants deepen their ability to use touch as a relational language that supports awareness, integration, and transformation. Through experiential learning, movement exploration, and clinical application, this module refines the therapist’s ability to assess, process, and repattern touch interventions within a trauma-informed and ethically grounded framework. This training invites practitioners to inhabit embodied presence, translating subtle contact into precise therapeutic communication that fosters repair, regulation, and relational coherence.

WHAT PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN

  • Use awareness touch as relational healing strategy.

  • Assess and process touch interventions verbally / nonverbally.

  • Integrate touch with movement sequencing and trauma repair.

  • Create holding environments that support attachment repair and safety.

  • Use touch as a tool for re-patterning movement.

  • Apply touch that teaches, mirrors, and communicates difference and sameness.

WHO IS THIS FOR

This training is for therapists, social workers and mental health practitioner (licensed or in training),  to integrate safe, attuned touch into their trauma tools and attachment interventions

FEES AND PAYMENTS

  • DATES: October 22nd - 26th 2026

  • TIME: 9am to 5pm

  • VENUE: Una Vida Center
    7960 Niwot Rd Suite B12
    Longmont, CO 80503

  • $900

For updates, sign up here:

My Own
Background
on Touch

I have been immersed in the study and practice of touch and its applications in somatic work for the past eleven years. My approach to touch is deeply informed by my training and mentorship with Christine Caldwell, founder of The Moving Cycle, where touch is used from a somatic and Gestalt perspective to awaken movement capacity and embodied awareness. I have also been mentored by Kathy Kain, whose work in Touch Skills in Somatic Practice integrates principles of regulation and somatic experiencing. Over the years, I have taught touch interventions at Naropa University and developed my own trainings that weave together these influences to build somatic literacy and therapeutic skill in the use of touch for regulation, trauma resolution, and attachment repair. Grounded in a somatic and trauma-informed approaches, my teaching invites practitioners to rediscover touch as a relational, regulating, and restorative force in healing.

© 2019 by Laia Jorba Counseling

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