A two day in person workshop with facilitators Karen Ginsburg, LCSW, Zachary Model, LMHC & Chrys Hakyung Kim, Psy.D.
11 CEUs available
Saturday and Sunday, October 3 & 4, 2026, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST
In Person, English House at Bryn Mawr College, 815 New Gulph Rd, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Overview:
Developed by Ruella Frank, PhD, DSP explores the early infant movement patterns that form the relational base for how we interact as adults, both in therapeutic settings and everyday life. As we continue to develop and learn new ways of moving through the world, this essential foundation of how we communicate remains. Giving these foundational patterns merit within psychotherapy is an important tool for fostering deep and lasting change.
In this workshop, participants discover how their original learned movement patterns live in their bodies and form the basis for their present interactions. Through movement experiments, lecture and demonstration, participants learn how to attend to, and experiment with, their own and their clients’ movements, which creates the ground for new, more vital, patterns to emerge.
Who Should Attend:
Therapists, coaches, massage therapists and body practitioners of all kinds
In this Workshop Participants will:
- Describe the basic concepts of Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy (DSP) including fundamental movement patterns and kinesthetic resonance;
- Discuss the role of DSP and nonverbal transactions to the organizing of experience within Gestalt Relational Theory and Practice
- Apply these patterns to the patient and therapist dyad;
- Develop greater awareness of bodily experience; a pre-requisite for the practice of somatically-based therapy and an approach to tracking the evolving relationship within the clinical model
Program Leaders
Karen Ginsburg, LCSW, Lead Teacher, a member of the GTIP faculty, brings her background as a performer, bodyworker, and Gestalt therapist, supervisor, and trainer to her work as a DSP therapist and teacher. She has a BFA in Acting and an MSW, both from New York University. She is also a licensed massage therapist in the state of NY, and is certified in Gestalt Therapy, Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy and Somatic Experiencing. She is a longtime student of, and assistant to, Dr. Ruella Frank, the Director of the Center for Somatic Studies and the creator of Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy.
Chrys Hakyung Kim, Psy.D., Co-Teacher, is a clinical psychologist based in New York City and a certified teacher and supervisor of Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy. He teaches DSP-informed workshops internationally, offering lectures, live demonstrations, and case supervision, and has served as a discussant in Ruella Frank’s workshops. Chrys integrates DSP with his background in Gestalt therapy and relational psychoanalysis, and his expertise extends to the research and treatment of perfectionism and addiction.
Zachary Model, LMHC, Co-Teacher, has trained extensively in experiential approaches to learning and growth since 2002, including Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy, Gestalt therapy, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, contemplative psychotherapies, and the Feldenkrais Method. He is a teacher and supervisor at the Center for Somatic Studies, where he has received ongoing training and supervision from Ruella Frank since 2017. He has contributed to stress and resilience research at Columbia University and Pace University, where he is also a doctoral candidate.
Tuition (includes the cost of CEUs):
- $350 Full Tuition
- $325 Early Bird (before Friday, August 7, 2026)
- $315 Gestalt Associates
- $300 for Current Trainees
This event took place on October 3 & 4, 2026
Refund policy: Full refunds are available until September 18, 2026. Refunds will not be provided for missed sessions.
Continuing Education Credits
GTIP offers Continuing Education credits to: LSW, LCSW, LPC, LMFT, PSY. Should you be requesting CEUs, please indicate what license you hold and your license number on the registration form.
This session is co-sponsored by Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research for a maximum of 11 credit hours. Bryn Mawr College GSSWSR, as a CSWE accredited School of Social Work, is a pre-approved provider of continuing education for Social Workers in PA and many other states.
GTIP is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology to offer 11 hours of continuing education for psychologists. GTIP maintains responsibility for the program. The Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology requires Psychology workshop participants to furnish their license number to receive a certificate of attendance.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Christine Manturuk, Administrative Coordination, at christinem@gtip.org.
