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Digital Seminar

Reading Biomarkers of State-Change

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It is well documented that trauma is not what happened to our clients but the ongoing impact.  Survival physiology, such as high sympathetic arousal or excitation for fight or flight, or high parasympathetic arousal such as rigid or collapsed freeze state contributes to a person “frozen in time.”  The physiology, and the state of the body and “sense” of self, is still experiencing the trauma as if it is still occurring or about to occur.  

Interoception, or conscious awareness of bodily sensation, is the scribe to our nervous system’s memoir.  In this workshop we will explore how you can locate specific biomarkers to read when a person is in high sympathetic arousal, in rigid freeze, or collapsed freeze.  We will discuss how to see this through body structure, interpret it by behavior, and hear states through your client’s interoceptive language.

Lastly we will discuss the common interoceptive experiences of state-change.  This is when a person comes out of high sympathetic tone, out of rigid freeze and out of collapsed freeze.

Identify and allowing time for physiological discharge is essential to many somatic approaches to healing trauma.  You’ll learn to re-set your clients back to, or connect them to for first time, a more continuous experience of their “sense” of self.  When clients are finally free from the onslaught of survival drive, they can live a more curious and fulfilling life.

Here's What You'll Learn

Introduction

  • Trauma as ongoing physiological impact
  • Survival physiology: sympathetic arousal (fight/flight) and parasympathetic arousal (rigid/collapsed freeze)
  • Role of interoception in trauma recovery
  • Research limitations and potential risks 

Understanding Survival Physiology

  • How the body remains “frozen in time”
  • Connection between physiology and sense of self

Biomarkers of State

  • Indicators of high sympathetic arousal, rigid freeze, and collapsed freeze
  • Reading through body structure, behavior, and interoceptive language

Interoceptive Awareness & State-Change

  • Common interoceptive experiences during state-change
  • Using interoceptive awareness to interpret survival physiology

Facilitating Physiological Discharge

  • Importance of discharge in somatic approaches
  • Helping clients reconnect to a continuous sense of self

Everything You're Getting

  • More than 1 hour of video content
  • Up to 1.0 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts

Abi Blakeslee, PhD, SEP, CMT, MFT

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Dr. Abi Blakeslee is a leading voice in Somatic Psychology and an internationally acclaimed educator.  She is the founder of Implicit Psychotherapy and Up-Level Dream Work.  Dr. Blakeslee holds a PhD in Clinical and Somatic Psychology and an MA in Counseling and Depth Psychology.  She is senior faculty at Somatic Experiencing International, bringing decades worth of experience to her teaching and clinical interventions.  She is featured at Psychotherapy Networker, a world premiere therapy conference, and teaches world renowned PESI Somatic Psychology Certification programs and Master Classes. Dr. Blakeslee integrates the study of implicit memory and psychophysiology in clinical research, primary and secondary trauma interventions, neuro-consulting, and the psychobiological principles of attachment and shock trauma. Dr. Blakeslee teaches and consults worldwide.  She lives in Bozeman, Montana with her husband and enjoys the snow, mountains, and rivers with their three children.
 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Abi Blakeslee maintains a private practice and is the founder of Implicit Psychotherapy, and the co-founder of Relationship Repair, She has employment relationships with Somatic Experiencing International and Ergos Institute for Somatic Education. Dr. Blakeslee receives a speaking honorarium and product royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Abi Blakeslee is a member of the American Association for Marriage Family Therapists, the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy, the Women in Neuroscience, and the Society for Neuroscience.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS150773
Duration:
1 hour, 3 minutes
Copyright:
May 11, 2026
Closed Captions:
Available
Format:
Audio and Video

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