* Explore the unique aspects of embodied couples therapy.
* Learn the essentials of working with conflict rather than resolving it.
* Recognize how emotional layering is the pathway from blame and defensiveness to tenderness, self responsibility and love.
Marcia Gleason, LCSW is Co-director of The Embodied Couples Institute. She brings over 35 years experience as a couples therapist, body-centered psychotherapist, trainer and workshop facilitator.
She is a Certified Core energetics practitioner and is trained in Internal Family Systems. She teaches and trains in New York City and internationally. Marcia has co-authored two books Going All The Way: The Heart and Soul of the Exceptional Marriage, and Exceptional Relationships: Transformation Through Embodied Couples Work.
Brian Gleason, LCSW is Co-director of The Embodied Couples Institute. He too brings well over 3 decades of experience to couples therapy and body psychotherapy.Brian is a senior faculty member of the New York Institute of Core Energetics and is on their Board of Directors. He teaches and trains in New York and internationally. In addition to the two books co-authored with Marcia, Brian has authored Mortal Spirit: A Theory of Spiritual-Somatic Evolution.