October – November 2026 · 18 CPD Hours
Logosynthesis® Basic Seminar
From encountering Logosynthesis® to applying it with confidence
The Logosynthesis® Basic Seminar online — the official entry point to the LIA Practitioner curriculum for therapists and coaches in English-language formation. Over six Saturdays you will move from understanding what this method does to applying it with clinical precision, professional judgment, and ethical responsibility. The October 2026 cohort has reached its minimum and is going ahead — places are now allocated in order of payment. The following cohort runs in March 2027.
October – November 2026
Payment secures your place.
Next cohort: March 2027.
Who this is for
You have seen what this method can do.
This is where you learn to do it.
The Basic Seminar is for trained therapists, counsellors, and coaches who have already encountered Logosynthesis® — and want to develop it as a professional competency, not just an interesting idea.
When the memory reprocesses but the pattern persists
Logosynthesis works at the level of the frozen energy structure maintaining a pattern — complementing EMDR's memory reconsolidation model with precision work on what remains after the trauma target clears.
When the part is identified but won't release
Where IFS brings parts into relationship, Logosynthesis addresses the energy structures in personal space that keep parts frozen. The two frameworks are clinically complementary — and both enriched by the other.
When the body holds what the mind can't reach
Logosynthesis addresses frozen representations across all VAKOG channels — including somatic experience. Hakomi and Somatic Experiencing practitioners consistently find the language-based approach extends their existing work rather than replacing it.
When the relational pattern is understood but won't shift
Attachment-based work illuminates the origin of relational patterns with precision. Logosynthesis addresses what keeps those patterns active in the present — the frozen representations in personal space that maintain old relational templates as if they were still current reality.
Admission requirement: Professional training in therapy, counselling, coaching, or a related helping field. A working practice context is required. This seminar is not suitable for those without one.
The clinical distinction
Regulation addresses how you manage a pattern.
Resolution addresses what is generating it.
Most therapeutic approaches work through regulation — helping clients tolerate, contain, or reappraise a recurring reaction. This is valuable. It is also, in many cases, indefinite.
Working through regulation
The client learns to manage the reaction: building capacity, developing coping strategies, reducing activation. The pattern remains present — its charge is lowered, its impact better managed. Progress is real. Completion is elusive.
Working through resolution
Logosynthesis addresses the frozen energy structures maintaining a pattern in personal space. When the structure dissolves, the reaction loses its charge — not because the client has learned to manage it, but because what was producing it is no longer there. This is what "complete" feels like in session.
What the seminar covers
Theory and clinical judgment,
taught together
At Andes Institute we teach Logosynthesis using the language of clinical practice: assessment, case formulation, and intervention. Technical skill with the procedure is necessary — and not sufficient. What determines whether you can apply this method safely is clinical judgment.
The theoretical architecture
- Essence, Original Self, and the three levels of human functioning
- The four dimensions of experience and how frozen energy structures form
- Personal space, VAKOG representations, and stored past experience
- Assimilation and dissociation — formulating cases at the right depth
- Where Logosynthesis® sits: EMDR, IFS, TA, NLP, Energy Psychology
The method and procedure
- The 7-step Basic Procedure — what each step does and why
- Meta-Question A: neurological rationale and clean language discipline
- Meta-Question B: trigger specificity and working within the client's frame
- Integration protocol, the apex phenomenon, and change tracking
- When it doesn't move: titration, re-specificity, and knowing when to stop
Clinical judgment and formation
- Assessment: what is in scope, what requires referral, contraindications
- Case formulation: identifying the frozen structure maintaining a pattern
- Intervention precision: clean language as a professional discipline
- Practitioner state: recognising when your own patterns are activated
What shifts in practice
- Clearer decisions about when — and when not — to intervene
- Fewer sessions that process without resolving
- Working directly with triggers without escalation or re-exposure
- A case formulation framework that extends beyond Logosynthesis
- Greater confidence in timing, restraint, and precision of action
From practitioners who have trained
The seminar that precedes
the next thirty years of clinical work
Logosynthesis is far and away the most effective, deep, and efficient method I have encountered in my 30+ years in clinical psychology. Transformation takes place with each application.
I feel safe all the time when I work with this method — the training holds the space and offers a safe container. The trainer works from Essence. That's what makes the difference.
The training bridges virtual delivery and genuine depth. I particularly appreciated the supportive style — especially when I was just beginning to explore this world.
Do yourself a favour: join this. The knowledge, experience, and ability on offer is extraordinary. Logosynthesis is the best philosophy and method I have encountered in 30 years of personal and professional development.
The trainer
Clinical depth.
Competency Development.
Shanda L. Woodin
MSW, RSW · Senior Clinician · Master Trainer in Logosynthesis®
Shanda Woodin is a senior clinician, and a master trainer with extensive experience teaching Logosynthesis® as a precise, language-based intervention system. Her work focuses on developing professional judgment in intervention: clarity about when to intervene, how to intervene, and when further exploration is no longer useful.
She emphasises ethical responsibility, containment, and disciplined application within both coaching and clinical contexts — training professionals to work toward genuine completion rather than ongoing management.
Certification pathway
The mandatory first step
in the LIA Practitioner curriculum
Completing the Basic Seminar opens access to the full LIA training pathway — the only route to formal certification as a Practitioner in Logosynthesis®.
Logosynthesis® Basic Seminar ← You are here
18 hours · Theoretical grounding, full Basic Procedure, clinical judgment. Required entry point.
Path Seminars
Deepening application across clinical areas — trauma, relationships, professional contexts.
Logosynthesis Live Seminar
Live supervised practice and advanced clinical formation.
Supervision + Practice Group
Ongoing case supervision and practitioner community participation.
LIA Practitioner Certification
Thesis, assessment, and formal certification — authorising use of the Logosynthesis® trademark in professional practice.
Schedule
Six Saturdays.
One cohort. 24 places.
Dates
Oct 17, 24, 31
Nov 7, 14, 21
Time
3:00 – 6:00 pm
UTC / GMT
Total hours
18 CPD hours
6 sessions
Live attendance is required at all six sessions. Recordings are provided as a reference, but do not substitute for live participation. Completion of the full seminar — including live attendance — is required to progress within the LIA Practitioner curriculum.
Your local time, session by session
The seminar is always 3:00 – 6:00 pm UTC/GMT. Your own clock changes during the programme: European clocks go back on 25 October, North American clocks on 1 November. Highlighted cells mark the session where your local start time moves.
| Where you are | Oct 17 & 24 | Oct 31 | Nov 7, 14 & 21 |
|---|---|---|---|
| London / Dublin United Kingdom & Ireland | 4:00 – 7:00 pm BST | 3:00 – 6:00 pm GMT | 3:00 – 6:00 pm GMT |
| Central Europe Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland | 5:00 – 8:00 pm CEST | 4:00 – 7:00 pm CET | 4:00 – 7:00 pm CET |
| Nova Scotia Atlantic Canada | 12:00 – 3:00 pm ADT | 12:00 – 3:00 pm ADT | 11:00 am – 2:00 pm AST |
| New York / Toronto US & Canada — Eastern | 11:00 am – 2:00 pm EDT | 11:00 am – 2:00 pm EDT | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm EST |
| Chicago US & Canada — Central | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm CDT | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm CDT | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm CST |
| Los Angeles / Vancouver US & Canada — Pacific | 8:00 – 11:00 am PDT | 8:00 – 11:00 am PDT | 7:00 – 10:00 am PST |
| Lima Peru — no clock change | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm |
BACP / UKCP members — 18 self-certifiable CPD hours. We recommend adding all six dates to your calendar as UTC entries so the clock changes are handled automatically.
Secure your place
The cohort is confirmed.
Enrol today.
The October cohort has reached its minimum and is going ahead. Places are allocated in order of payment, and the group is capped at 24. Payment confirms your enrolment — you will receive joining details and the full schedule by email.
Full seminar fee · Six sessions · 18 CPD hours
Enrol now — Pay €580 Questions? Book a free callAdmission requires professional training in therapy, counselling, coaching, or a related helping field, together with a working practice context. If you are unsure whether you qualify, book a call before paying.