Research Interests

Somatic Archeology of the Body Schema; Decoding the Distortions of the De-somatized Mind; The Spiritual Somatics of the Ordinary: Disrupting Spiritual Materialism in the Soma; Soma-Cultural Straightjackets

Biography

Jean-Paul Eberle, M.A., CMT, RYT-500, LMFT—navigating the expressive and healing arts field for over two decades—possesses an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Theater Arts from Boston College and a master’s degree in Somatic Counseling Psychology from Naropa University. Jean-Paul is a certified massage therapist and a registered yoga teacher.

They have undergone extensive training at the Hakomi Institute of California in body-oriented mindfulness-based psychotherapy with further specializations in Dance Movement Therapy, Yoga Therapy, and the Diamond Heart Approach.

Previously an adjunct professor at both Naropa University and CIIS, Jean-Paul is now honored to be a part of the core faculty team in the somatic department; also currently operating under the capacity of program chair since Spring 2021.

Prior to becoming core faculty, Jean-Paul presented workshops throughout the Bay Area to direct-care providers on ways to incorporate somatic therapy and movement therapy principles, as well as techniques of mindfulness, into working with youth and families involved in the foster care system.

Jean-Paul is a licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice in Sausalito where they work with individuals (youth, adolescents, and adults), couples, and families. They actively seek to incorporate somatic work into their treatment approach in efforts to support an increased resourced, coherent, and resilient narrative sense of self in their clients. They specialize in complex developmental trauma and attachment challenges, working with youth and adolescents with acute and/or chronic mental health challenges.

Jean-Paul is the founder of “Body Psychology Today,” whose mission it is to empower individuals of all ages and backgrounds with the resources needed to live a more empowered, embodied, and meaningful life and to make “The Wisdom of the Body, Accessible to All.”

Education

M.A. Naropa University 2006 — Somatic Counseling Psychology: Body Psychotherapy
B.A. Boston College 1997 — double major in Philosophy and Theater, concentration in Spanish

Courses

SOM 5202 — The Body: Experienced, Conceptualized, and Verbalized

MCPS 5605 — Family Dynamics and Therapy

SOM 6646 — Theories and Techniques of Somatic Psychology I

SOM 6647 — Theories and Techniques of Somatic Psychology II

MCPS 6605 — Child Therapy

SOM 7701 — Integrative Seminar