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Consultation hours can be what you need them to be. Get support on your current cases. Use the time for personal reflexive consultation and explore your own experiences as a therapist. Get assistance with identifying how you can benefit from somatic therapies in your own life and work. Fee is $165 per hour.
I am available for professional speaking and training sessions, where I share my expertise in a variety of clinical topics. My presentations cover areas such as EMDR and Somatic Therapy, and case conceptualization, as well as the integration of Psychedelic Therapy with Somatic Therapy. I also specialize in understanding and treating dissociation through a somatic lens, providing valuable insights for professionals in the field. If you're looking to provide training in knowledge and skills for your community, let's connect and explore how I can support your learning journey.
Here’s what you can now look forward to each month, depending on the membership you choose:
Monthly Writings, Resources, & Scripts
Available to all membership tiers
You'll receive early access to excerpts from EMDR with the Body in Mind, the book currently in development, as well as written scripts for protocols from both the book and the Body in Mind training. You’re getting these materials as they’re written—no waiting for publication.
Body in Mind Practice Lab (Live + Recorded)
Available to Lab & Community Developer members
Each month, I’ll guide you through one of the practices or protocols from the Body in Mind training or one I'm developing. You’ll get to experience it yourself—because embodiment starts with us. These one-hour labs include guided practice + space for integration and questions. Can’t attend live? You’ll get the recording to do on your own time.
Case Mapping Lab (Live + Recorded)
Available to Community Developer members
Once a month, we’ll meet for a one-hour case-focused workspace. You bring a case, we all bring our presence. I’ll be in the chat for questions while you take time to think through your work, grounded in the SIP framework. This is protected time for reflection and integration—not lecture, just focused support.
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I'm Melissa Benintendi...
I am a professor, teacher and consultant that specializes in Somatic Psychology, EMDR Therapy, and EcoPsychological approaches to healing. I created The Body in Mind Institute to offer Somatic EMDR Therapy Training, SomatoSymbolic Processing Therapy training, and other Continuing Education Trainings for therapists and Mental Health Professionals. I am a Doctoral Candidate completing my dissertation work through California Institute of Integral Studies. My research focuses on the way body to body encounters create deep and lasting change in our functioning. My greatest professional desire is to return us to the authority of our own embodied experience and promote the leadership of body wisdom in healing.
Testimonials
"I found the Body in Mind Somatic therapy course transformative. I have been using what I learned every day and am blown away by the depth we can reach."
A.N.
"Having one on one consultation with Melissa has been so helpful. It has made me confident to really implement what I've been learning with my clients."
S.V.
"The monthly calls have been such a great resource. Even if I can't make it live I always watch the recordings because I learn so much every time."
D. L.