Body Psichotherapy For Couples
A training course in couple therapy through Body Psychotherapy
CPD program – Continuing Professional Development
The training course will be held in English
via Zoom
BP4C course includes 12 classes
(5 hours each meeting)
held on Mondays, every 2-3 weeks
from the 12 January 2026
till 22 June 2026
and 6 supervision sessions
16.00-21.00 (London time)
17.00-22.00 (Rome time)
18.00-23.00 (Tel Aviv time)
11.00-16.00 (South America time)
09.00-14.00 (New York time)
This course is intended for individual and/or couple therapists from various fields, to work with couples by combining tools from the world of physical psychotherapy, techniques of awareness, discourse, movement, touch and breathing. The learning process will provide the individual therapist with tools for coping and treating couples, while expanding and empowering themselves. In a journey of experiential and theoretical learning, we will learn about the complexity of couple therapy, which requires the inclusion of "four" in the therapy room: the two partners, the couple, the therapist and of course the relational connections between all of them.
Body psychotherapy is a mental-physical-energetic treatment method. The approach to couples and families is holistic and looks at the various layers within us: thought patterns and behavior, physical structure and body image, breathing patterns, movement and posture, physical emotional expression, couple and family resonance, body-mind relationships, psychosomatic problems, sexuality, belief systems, personal and couple potential, and more.
In each class, we will learn and practice individually, as a couple, and in a group, unique treatment methods for working with couples from the world of psychotherapy, in discourse, movement, awareness of breathing and the body, sculpture from the world of Virginia Satir, modeling, and more. Through the process of learning and personal development, we will see and examine different situations in couple and family therapy. During the year, we will expand our individual therapy capabilities for working with couples and bring therapeutic cases for discussion and guidance. After completing the course, we will move to a group support and guidance framework (separately owned).
Gabriel Shiraz is an individual, couple and group therapist in body psychotherapy, teacher, instructor and lecturer in body psychotherapy for over 25 years. Founder and head of the body psychotherapy program at Reedman College from 2001-2008. Gabriel is currently a senior teacher at Reedman College, University of Haifa, and teaches body psychotherapy and couple therapy at other institutions in Israel and Europe, including the LSBP - the London School of Biodynamic Body Psychotherapy. He is a certified member of the EABP (European Association for Body Psychotherapy). Gabriel acquired his education in the 1990s in London, with Gerda Boysen - founder of the biodynamic body psychotherapy method and approach. Gabriel works with psychotherapists who want to develop and expand their therapeutic ability, for individual and couple therapy in body psychotherapy. He believes that any competent therapist in the field can also work with couples.
January 12 2026 - The first meeting; the setting for couple therapy
January 26 2026 – Needs, versus, desires, conflicts, and mediation method
February 09 2026 - Working with the narratives of the individual and of the couple
February 16 2026 SUPERVISION
February 23 2026 - Tension, stress, crisis situations and routine in a couple’s relationship
March 09 2026 - Communication styles, individual and couple patterns
March 16 2026 SUPERVISION
March 23 2026 - The Primary Couple Personality and Couple Armour
April 13 2026 - Therapeutic work with couples on questions of intimacy and sexuality
April 20 2026 SUPERVISION
April 27 2026 - Explosive issues - struggles for control, money, aggression and others
May 11 2026 - Aspects of the spiritual and beliefs in a relationship and their impact on the couple
May 18 2026 SUPERVISION
May 25 2026 – Different dynamics in relationship on all levels with couple body psychotherapy
June 01 2026 SUPERVISION
June 08 2026 – The therapeutic space, and the processes of summing-up, closure, and separating
June 15 2026 SUPERVISION
June 22 2026 – The unique way of each one of the group – presentation and receiving diplomas
Ofir Kantor, individual and couples therapist, in Tel Aviv and Modi'in
My experience in a couples therapy course in physical psychotherapy with Gabriel was amazing.
I came to the course because I was taking care of children, and parent training, and I felt like I was missing something in working with parents, in their dynamics.
And studying with Gabriel fit me like a glove.
Today, I have been treating couples since I graduated, with great success.
The women who studied the course with me were also wonderful, and we have been in touch ever since.
The course is enriching and fruitful. I highly recommend it.
Anat Ben Israel, individual and couples therapist
Gabriel Shiraz and I are both colleague and trained Biodynamic Body Psychotherapists. Over many years I have, through my private practice and as a trainer, have been working with couples and family issues and was looking for a training in Couple Therapy from a Body Psychotherapy perspective. That s exactly what Gabriel’s Couple Therapy course offers! I found his course inspiring and filled with practical techniques which are supported by his extensive theoretical knowledge and many years of experience. I highly recommend Gabriel’s course for the therapists who want to enrich their knowledge base and add more variety to their private practice.
Ernessa Bergman, Biosynthesis Body Psychotherapist, Couple Body Psychotherapist ,Food Addiction Counsellor, Tel Aviv
I first met Gabriel Shiraz at a couples therapy course for physical psychotherapists in Tel Aviv.
Two things immediately attracted me and strengthened my decision to take his course.
One of them was his extraordinary personal attention, intelligence and friendliness. He took a keen interest in my development and work. His level of encouragement, which touched on my studies, psychology and personal life, was unrivaled in my experience.
In fact, I enjoyed the different parts of the course - the theoretical and the practical - so much that I attended his course in both English and Hebrew.
I enjoyed his Zoom training during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in person. The second point that quickly emerges from his course is his therapy philosophy, which allowed and encouraged me to use my existing knowledge and experience and apply it to couples therapy.
That's why I was able to add 'couples' to my treatment portfolio.
Gabriel was a rock solid in terms of the guidance he gave me, and was (and still is) available for guidance whenever I needed it.
Program fee - 12 sessions of 5 hours each.
+ 6 supervision sessions
Price: 1500 Eure
Couples Therapy Course 22
Read more
The process of melting Couple Armour through Body Psychotherapy
January 2020 Published in SPT - Somatic Psychotherapy Today
The primary couple personality
2015- Published in SPT
