Newsletter No. 38 - New Challenges

Mioi Forster-Nakayama
Aug 30, 2024
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Hello, everyone. I hope you all have been well. Autumn has arrived in the southern hemisphere, and I am sure you all have been wrapped up with warmer clothes and blankets. In my practice room, I began to light the candles and keep the blankets ready. In this newsletter, I will talk about changes and inform you of some of my upcoming workshops.

Changes

I have shifted my work to private practice since January 2024. I finished the work with the clinic I worked at for nearly 3 years. For me the ending of any relationship, whether with clients, supervisees, or work colleagues, is really important hence sometimes it becomes a struggle for me. I notice that I quickly attach to people – that is the nature of me! So, it is harder than I think when it comes to the ending. I always try my best to make sure that we both have an opportunity to say goodbye. Working in an organisation is a special opportunity as we learn how to be in a relationship. I liked the balance between working privately and working in an organisation. But right now, it is not the right time. This shift was a huge change for me again, and a bit shock to my body system. But I also know that when one door is closed, another will (hopefully) be open.

Grant

During the difficult shift, I received good news from a funding organisation, the Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation. I became a 2024 grant recipient of the HEMF. The theme that I proposed is the Embodied life story of preverbal trauma and restoration of attachment. This is a new and exciting but scary adventure for me as I know very little about research! I am learning about research from a non-traditional perspective, i.e. so-called practice-based research method. See what it unfolds in this one-year-long journey.

Medically Unexplained Symptoms

I had special training in the BodyMind Approach (TBMA) by Prof. Helen Payne for the past four months and now qualified as a TBMA facilitator. I am going to plan group sessions for people with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) in the latter year. This training was special as I was trained by the very senior dance movement psychotherapists (DMP) but also learnt from the other DMPs. What a special space it was.

Thank you for reading the newsletter. Stay warm!

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