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Welcome to Notice the Journey!
Hello! I hope that you are safe and well.
I go by "Shannon Michael."
I'm a trauma-integrating somatic spiritual director. My scope of practice integrates traumatology (the study of trauma), Applied Polyvagal Theory, Applied Attachment Theory, and Internal Family Systems with the Wisdom Traditions.
I believe that spiritual direction is intended to help us establish (where absent), cultivate (where present), and restore (where damaged) the connections to our Inner Wisdom in the Somatic relationships with our Self, others, Spirit, and the planet. My trauma-integrating perspective holds safe, brave, and complex space to be with and work with the trauma ruptures and residues as you make that journey toward wholeness.
My website has links to my online learning platform, portions of my own writing, and numerous other resources. If I can support your journey, please don't hesitate to reach out to me.
Warmly,
Shannon Michael Pater
M.A.R., M.Div., Psy.D. | Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500
NEW! Spiritual Abuse: A Trauma-Supporting Perspective
A Preview Course
Preview courses are a way to have early access to course content at a lower-cost. For details about Preview Courses, click here.
Next Live Session: 26 May + 30 June 2023
1:00pm EDT | 12:00pm CDT | 11:00am MDT | 10:00am PDT
2-hour Live Sessions
Module 1 has been recorded and posted.
A perspective of spiritual abuse that weaves a trauma-supporting integration of neurobiology (Applied Polyvagal Theory), Applied Attachment Theory, Applied Internal Family Systems, and the Wisdom Traditions.
Foundations of Trauma-Supporting Spiritual Care Course
Pre-Recorded and Live Sessions
Next Live Sessions:
Wednesdays July 12, 19, 26, and Aug 2, 9 & 16 2023
1:00pm EST | 12:00pm CST | 11:00am MST | 10:00am PST
90-minute Live Sessions
Foundations of Trauma-Supporting Spiritual Care is designed to facilitate the contemplative development of a skillful scope of practice for spiritual care providers. The course will:
- Increase your knowledge about trauma and the impact it has on spiritual formation.
- Support the development of your scope of practice as a spiritual care provider within a three-tiered model of trauma-supporting care.
- Provide practical applications for both “being with” and “working with” the ruptures and residues of trauma.
The Neuro-Mystical Landscape: A Path of Soma Divina
A Preview Course
Preview courses are a way to have early access to course content at a lower-cost. For details about Preview Courses, click here.
Live Sessions:
Wednesdays June 7, 14, 21, & 28
1:00pm EST | 12:00pm CST | 11:00am MST | 10:00am PST
90-minute Live Sessions
Building on the SDI 2023 workshop, this course integrates Polyvagal Theory, Attachment Theory, and Internal Family Systems into a contemplative model for Soma Divina as a means for repairing the ruptures and residues of trauma. Through Soma Divina, dysregulation can become a pathway to the restoration of our relationship with our own Inner Wisdom. Participants who complete the course will receive a “permission to use” certificate and may include the model in their scope of practice.
More information and registration will follow the SDI conference next week.
