Dialoguing: Level One
Learn to Guide Healing Conversations Using The Client's Inner Wisdom And Signals
Discover how to stay grounded, present, and deeply effective while helping clients access the wisdom already living inside their own bodies.
You listen carefully.
You hold space.
You try to say the “right” thing.
And yet sometimes clients still stay stuck in the same loops.
Or sessions become emotionally draining.
Or you leave feeling like you carried more than you should have.
Dialoguing: Level One offers a different way forward.
This master class teaches you how to communicate with greater presence, clarity, and awareness so healing becomes more collaborative and far more sustainable for both you and the people you support.
There Is Another Way to communicate clearly
Prerequisite: Read or listen to Full Body Presence and Reclaiming your Body by Suzanne Scurlock
This course is approved by NCBTMB for 10.5 CE Hours
When You’re Working Harder in a session Than you need to be
Many practitioners were taught to gather more information, analyze harder, or push for breakthroughs.
But real healing rarely happens that way.
It happens when someone feels safe enough to listen inwardly.
And yet many practitioners unknowingly:
Over-function for their clients
Struggle to know when to speak, when to pause, and how to ask questions that truly open something deeper
Feel responsible for fixing outcomes
Lose grounding during sessions
Over time, this creates a quiet depletion.
You remain silent when healing words are needed.
Without clear dialogue you may notice yourself second guessing your intuition.
Or working too hard to help someone “get there.”
And then leaving sessions mentally foggy, emotionally heavy, or physically tired.
Dialoguing: Level One helps restore a different foundation.
One built on presence instead of performance.
One built on collaboration instead of over responsibility taking.
One built on listening deeply enough that the body begins to reveal its own wisdom.
This is the heart of dialoguing.
Not forcing change.
Not analyzing people from the outside.
But learning how to help someone safely hear their inner wisdom.
Support Others through healing dialogue
What Becomes Possible When you master the art of dialoguing
When you learn how to cultivate a healing conversation and how to listen differently, something changes.
Clients soften more quickly and their body's signals become clearer.
Sessions become more effective as their inner wisdom leads the dialogue.
You begin to recognize the difference between effort and attunement.
Instead of feeling like you have to pull people toward healing, you learn how to cultivate the conversations where healing can naturally emerge.
Through this work, many practitioners begin to experience:
More meaningful client breakthroughs through simple, grounded dialogue
Greater calm and steadiness during emotionally charged sessions
More confidence in how they communicate
A deeper trust in the body’s intelligence
Less pressure to “perform” as the expert
More ease knowing how to respond when someone becomes stuck, overwhelmed, disconnected, or lost in old stories
The work also becomes more human.
Less mechanical.
More connected.
You begin learning how to ask questions that invite discovery rather than create pressure.
Questions that help clients reconnect with themselves instead of becoming dependent on you.
As taught throughout the training, dialoguing is not about making pronouncements or forcing interpretation. It is a collaborative process rooted in curiosity, openness, and respect for the body’s wisdom.
Experience a More effective Way to communicate
TRAINING OVERVIEW
Dialoguing: Level One is a foundational master class designed to help practitioners develop more refined verbal communication within a session while supporting their clients through emotional processing, healing, and transformation — remember that dialoguing is not about making pronouncements or forcing interpretation. It is a collaborative process rooted in curiosity, openness, and respect for the body’s wisdom.
Format
Immersion-style training with guided experiential practices, skill building, and conceptual learning designed to help you embody the work — not just intellectually understand it.
This training includes:
Guided teachings and experiential practices
Grounding and filling exercises
Live demonstration and dialoguing examples
Self-reflection and journaling prompts
Practical frameworks for collaborative healing conversations
Real-world applications for professional and personal communication
Included Companion Resources
Receive a collection of supportive handouts and companion materials designed to help deepen understanding and make the dialoguing process feel more natural, grounded, and usable in real-life sessions and conversations.
These resources include:
Dialoguing phrases and language prompts for therapeutic conversations
Grounding and presence-based communication tools
Examples of open-ended, non-leading dialoguing approaches
Integration practices for emotional processing and follow-through
Companion exercises to help strengthen embodied listening and therapeutic presence
Participants learn how to:
Stay connected to themselves during emotionally intense conversations
Ask grounded, open-ended questions without leading or over-directing
Support emotional processing without taking responsibility for outcomes
Recognize when someone is overwhelmed, looping, disconnected, or emotionally stuck
Create a stronger sense of safety, trust, and collaboration during sessions
Maintain healthy boundaries while staying compassionate and present
Listen more deeply to both verbal and non-verbal communication
Help clients reconnect with their own inner wisdom and body awareness
Who This Training Is For
This immersion is especially supportive for:
CranioSacral therapists
Bodyworkers and somatic practitioners
Coaches and healthcare practitioners
Therapists and healing professionals
Caregivers and support professionals
Highly sensitive people
Anyone wanting to develop more grounded, effective communication skills
What Makes This Training Different
What makes this training different is its emphasis on embodied therapeutic presence combined with effective dialoguing skills.
Rather than relying on scripted techniques or intellectual analysis alone, participants learn how to stay grounded enough to recognize what is happening beneath the surface of a conversation — allowing healing, insight, and emotional integration to emerge more naturally through collaborative dialogue.
Take the Next Step Toward More Grounded, Effective Communication
Hear what others have discovered through this work
This material is packaged for immediate use. I can take what I learned in this course and apply to to my practice today.
After practicing Massage Therapy and CranioSacral Therapy for over thirty years, this course has helped to bring my practice to a whole new enriched and vibrant level!
The Dialogue Immersion Training was a very foundational and a very valuable training for me. It will help me to continue with my current "one on one" practice as well launching my long distance healing practice. I learned more about the importance of neutrality and the best way to be present to serve each client.
Suzanne and Lori present this material in such a way to make it accessible to therapists with all levels of skill ..., it is useful for those just starting out, and those with experience will deepen their understanding of the material and their skills. It is a fun and engaging course to take!
The information and strategies for dialoging with clients (and people in our day-to-day life) in a neutral and connected way was taught in a fun and engaging stryle. I feel prepared to bring the skills learned this weekend into my practice tomorrow, enhancing my interactions with and facilitating healing for my clients. Thank you!
This course is a MUST for every therapist seeking to enhance their practice and expand their perceptual lens! Suzanne and Lori are masters in this field. Don’t let the opportunity to learn from them pass you by.
This class provided a powerful container to grow spiritually and deepen my heart connection with myself and others. Allow your curiosity to lead you forward to dive in to this timely training!
This course was exactly what I needed to further my skills ... I can see how this and the other HFC courses will allow my work as a CranioSacral therapist anywhere, anytime. I highly recommend it!
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Inside Dialoguing: Level One, you’ll learn how to:
Ask grounded, open-ended questions that help clients access deeper awareness without feeling pushed or analyzed
Recognize when someone is lost inside overwhelm, stuck in a story loop, or disconnected from their body — and gently help them reconnect
Stay connected and calm in your own nervous system while supporting intense emotional processes
Create sessions that feel collaborative, safe, and empowering rather than expert-driven
Work with resistance in a way that creates curiosity instead of shutdown
Help clients identify what genuinely supports integration and follow-through after a session
Develop stronger language around boundaries, pacing, and emotional safety
Build greater confidence in knowing when to speak, when to pause, and when to simply stay present
Understand how therapeutic presence itself changes the healing environment
Support clients in reconnecting with parts of themselves that have been ignored, silenced, or held in survival for years
Integrate dialoguing naturally into your existing modality or professional practice
Leave sessions feeling more resourced instead of depleted
Throughout the course, you’ll also experience demonstrations, practical examples, guided exercises, and real-world applications that help the work become embodied rather than theoretical.
Build Skills You Can use Immediately in Your Work
Meet your instructors
Suzanne Scurlock, CST-D, is one of the world’s leading authorities on conscious awareness and its transformational impact on the healing process.
For more than 40 years she has empowered people with practical tools that enable them to experience joy in each moment without burning out. These skills help improve every aspect of their lives, from their health and well-being to their relationships, their careers, their creativity, even the growth of their businesses.
After decades of perfecting her methods of awakening the body’s innate wisdom, Suzanne created the comprehensive Healing From the Core® training curriculum in 1994. Today it includes a robust selection of international workshops, webinars, speaking engagements and audio programs.
Suzanne is one of the original instructors personally mentored by the late Dr. John E. Upledger, CranioSacral therapist and founder of the Upledger Institute International.
Known for her honest, grounded, nurturing manner, Suzanne is adept at weaving together mind, body and spirit to create a unique and safe environment that encourages profound healing.
She is a sought-after speaker who inspires healthcare providers, coaches, executives, parents, clergy and others to stay relaxed and energized using her life-changing tools for dissolving stress, pain, overwhelm and confusion.
She is the author of two self-care books, Reclaiming Your Body: Healing from Trauma and Awakening to Your Body’s Wisdom and Full-Body Presence: Learning to Listen to Your Body’s Wisdom.
Lori Chinitz is a Physical Therapist, Healing From the Core® Certified Instructor, and Diplomate Certified Craniosacral Therapist with over 30 years of experience. Lori's strengths as an instructor and practitioner flow out of her capacity to witness and support each person's unique journey. Her gentle, down to earth style has often been a key to unlocking deeper doorways to healing.
One of Lori's gifts is to create a space of safety and connection that allows her clients to feel comfortable and witnessed. Lori combines her keen understanding of the body/mind connection to assist each person in their healing process.
Lori's practice combines the use of CranioSacral Therapy, Visceral Manipulation,Myofascial Release, Zero Balancing, TAMO Movement,and various other therapeutic modalities while integrating principles from Healing From The Core. Lori has worked with infants, children and adults in a variety of therapeutic settings which has enabled her to create a private practice integrating eastern and western perspectives. Her practice is family centered, listening to the needs of each individual.
When Lori is not teaching, she maintains a private practice in Syosset, New York and is the Director/Owner of A Step Ahead Therapy Services, a multidisciplinary Early Intervention Agency. Lori can be reached by phone or through email at [email protected]
About Suzanne and Lori
"Both Suzanne and Lori have such a supportive nurturing way to work with a client. Just wonderful to watch and learn from both of you."
"Suzanne and Lori complement each other perfectly! As a PT, I "get" Lori's perspective. Suzanne has a gift of saying exactly the right thing at the right time. I appreciate both of you so much!"
"Always a gift to be learning from Suzanne & Lori. Their knowledge - both informational and experiential is right on & always delivered in a manner that is easy to digest and integrate into my personal and professional practice."
Let Your Work Become More Sustainable
You Don’t Need More Pressure to Become More Effective
You do not need to force deeper healing.
You do not need to carry your clients.
You do not need to abandon yourself in order to help others.
Dialoguing: Level One teaches a quieter kind of mastery.
The kind rooted in grounded presence, clear communication, healthy boundaries, and the ability to truly listen beneath the surface.
This training is for practitioners and helpers who want their work to feel:
More connected
More sustainable
More embodied
More effective
More human
If you are ready to deepen your presence, trust your perception more fully, and support healing without losing yourself in the process, this work offers a powerful place to begin.
Begin Working From Presence Instead of Pressure
Prerequisite: Read or listen to Full Body Presence and Reclaiming your Body by Suzanne Scurlock
Or if you have taken DDCSP or the HFC Foundational course, you are eligible.
Interested in other Immersions or becoming certified in the Healing from the Core® Method?
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