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DFA Training Program: Program Specifications
Program Specifications |
Requirements for Admission |
Application Process
The basic DFA training leads up to certification as a Practitioner of DFA
Somatic Pattern Recognition and takes between two and three years to
complete.
At the end of each phase, the faculty will evaluate the student’s progress and
determine his/her preparation for continuation into the following training phases.
The curriculum is as follows:
Introductory Workshop
The theory and basic principles of the Duggan/French Approach to Somatic
Pattern Recognition are presented through experiential exercises and
conceptual expositions which allow participants to feel and work with these
principles in relationship to their own bodies and behavioral patterns. This
phase is open to participants from the general public who, for the time being, do
not plan to participate in the training program.
(4 to 5 days)
Phases I and II
These segments of the training provide the opportunity to develop the skills
needed to perceive and interact appropriately with the physical and emotional
body.
(4 weeks, 4 days a week)
Students attend classes in:
- Movement Theory
- Concepts of Functional Analysis
- Palpative Experience
- Emotional Accessing
- Group Process
- Practical Demonstrations
- Lectures on recent research in connective tissue, biological and
psychological ontogenesis, development of individual and collective
human consciousness, recognition of the effects of traumatic
experiences on the physical and the psyche, and other subjects.
These phases strongly emphasize the student's awareness of personal
process, and also provide individual support for the next level of understanding.
Interim Phase
In order to assimilate and integrate the information experienced in each phase,
during the interim phases the students must receive weekly DFA sessions with
their practitioner in preparation for the following phase. We consider the interim
phases an important part of the students' process within the basic DFA
curriculum.
(Approximately 4-6 months)
Phase III
This phase of the training is designed to challenge the student through
exploring and mastering a more intimate level of physical and emotional
accessing. Students work on each other under close supervision.
(4 weeks, 4 days a week)
Interim Phase
In this phase students take a minimum of two clients through a series of
sessions with emphasis on the physical access, while they continue their
personal process in weekly sessions with their practitioner.
(Between 4 and no more than 12 months)
Phase IV
This phase requires each student to take clients through a series of sessions
supervised by the DFA training staff. In approximation to the field of
professional practice as a DFA practitioner, the students learn how to draw
distinctions between personal process and client process.
A final interview will be held with the DFA training staff to determine the
students' preparedness to work with clients.
(4 weeks, 4 days a week)
Interim Phase
In this phase students take a minimum of two clients through a series of
sessions with supervision by an appointed local supervisor. They continue their
personal process with weekly DFA sessions in preparation for the certification
phase.
(Approximately 4-6 months)
Certification Phase
This phase of the training is designed to further expand the student's ability to
draw clear distinctions between personal process and client process in the field
of professional practice as a DFA practitioner. Students present a written paper
and live demonstration of introducing the work to the public. Upon successful
completion, students receive certification.
(4 weeks, 4 days a week)
THE CENTER FOR DFA - ANNIE DUGGAN
12345 30TH AVENUE N.E. SUITE A,
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, 98125 U.S.A.
206-361-7554, info@dfainternational.com
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