Workshop with Helena Kallner: Working with eating disorders: a somatic approach. An introduction to Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy™ -Ruella Frank

In this workshop we will explore how integrating body and movement within Gestalt therapy illuminates relational and existential dynamics, and how a somatic perspective deepens our understanding of eating disorders.

In eating disorders, strict bodily control can be an attempt to create a background of personal- and interpersonal stability. This may provide a sense of agency and certainty. However, the capacity to feel oneself in relation to others – to kinesthetically resonate with the situation – becomes diminished.

Participants will be invited to explore themselves through movement and in relation to others, discovering a felt sense of their lived body – which is different from the observing and evaluating stance (body-as-object) that often characterizes the eating disorder process. This exploration highlights the importance of feeling ourselves with our clients and thereby opening a pathway for them to inhabit their body more fully. 

The workshop introduces Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy, founded by Ruella Frank, and draws on findings from Helena Kallner’s PhD thesis; Forming form: How movement shapes psychotherapists’ practical knowledge. Participants will engage in this approach, which emphasizes movement as the root of experience, language, and knowing, and teaches practitioners to cultivate their bodily awareness and practical knowledge. 

ABOUT LIDER:

Helena Kallner, PhD, is a UKCP and EAGT accredited Gestalt psychotherapist. As a senior teacher and supervisor of Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy™, she teaches workshops and training programs internationally. She is based in Stockholm where she runs a private practice. Helena has a solid experience of working with eating disorders, both with those directly affected and with their close ones. She is a full member of the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, the founding institute of gestalt therapy.  

FORMAL INFORMATION

VENUE: Kraków, ul. J.I. Kraszewskiego 10/8

THE WORKSHOP IS DEDICATED TO PEOPLE WHO ARE AT LEAST ON THE LAST YEAR OF BASIC PSYCHOTHERAPY/ COUNSELLING TRAINING.

TRANSLATION: The workshop will be held in English with translation into Polish 🇬🇧 🔛 🇵🇱

DATES: 22-23 February 2026

HOURS:

Sunday: 9 am.- 6 p.m.

Saturday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m

with 2h break for lunch

COSTS : 360 EUR

1st installment - 160 EUR - needs to be paid within 7 days from the moment of receiving confirmed registration email.

2nd repayment – 200 EUR needs to be paid till 01 February 2026.

Additionally one has to fill in the registration form (link below).

Please pay above amount to the account:

Szkolenia Gestalt sp. z o.o.

Bank: Pekao S.A.

Address: 123 Lea Street

30-133 Krakow, Poland

Kod SWIFT/BIC Bank Pekao: PKOPPLPW

PL69 1240 4432 1978 0011 0328 6180

INFORMATION: kontakt@szkoleniagestalt.pl

REGISTRATION ONLY THROUGH THE APPLICATION FORM: soon