Helena Kallner, PhD, is a UKCP-accredited psychotherapist and EAGT-accredited Gestalt psychotherapist. She is a senior teacher and supervisor of Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy™ (DSP), a method developed by Ruella Frank. Helena regularly teaches workshops and training programs in this approach across Europe. Based in Stockholm, she maintains a private practice working with individuals and couples both in person and online. She is a Full member of the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy.

This workshop integrates findings from Helena’s PhD thesis, Forming Form: How Movement Shapes Psychotherapists’ Practical Knowledge, which explores the often-overlooked wisdom of the lived body in a culture that prioritises abstract, quantifiable knowledge. Helena draws on Aristotle’s concept of phronesis – the ability to act wisely and appropriately in specific situations – to explore how movement and bodily knowing cultivate practical wisdom.