In this workshop we will explore how depression and anxiety have roots in a person's body and experience, as well as their mind. Participants will learn body-based techniques for helping their clients. We will discuss the approach of Bioenergetic Analysis that offers understanding of the impact of developmental trauma on these presenting problems and vitality as an antidote to depression and anxiety. I will discuss how systems of oppression including racism, sexism, homophobia, and ableism, and chronic conditions such as poverty and lack of access to resources contribute to depression and anxiety. In addition, I will review the ways norms of popular culture work to keep people in states of depression and anxiety. 

Learning objectives: 

• Participants will be able to describe two ways depression and two ways anxiety manifests in a person's body. 

• Participants will be able to name three body-based tools for addressing anxiety and depression. 
• Participants will develop greater empathy for the transgender community and the issues faced by members of that community. 

This webinar’s CEUs can be applied to: Anti-discrimination, addressing oppression because of ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, political belief, religion, immigration status, and/or mental or physical ability.