Acute and Chronic Physical Pain
As devastating as pain can be, it is a symptom…not the real problem.
Pain is how your body reacts to trauma. It occurs when nerve endings called pain receptors are activated by injury, illness or stress. At the Bernstein Institute we don’t just address the symptom, we address the causes.
Key to the success of our work, and the basis for the healing that we achieve, is the understanding that physical pain and emotional pain are interconnected. In fact it is almost impossible to have one without the other.
That’s why we emphasize that our goal is healing the whole person.
At the Bernstein Institute, we combine two proven, successful modalities for pain:
Bernstein Healing Protocols (BHP) addresses the causes of emotional pain, also called emotional trauma. Bernstein Healing Protocols/Physical Release (BHP/PR) addresses the causes of physical pain through bodywork that can also produce emotional and relational healing. These two proven, successful approaches for pain form a new healing modality that produces unprecedented results…
…results that are greater than those achieved by either modality when used separately.
We don’t just relieve the pain, we go to the source and work to heal the causes.
Bernstein Institute offers a range of modalities for healing pain
- Individual Coaching & Mentoring
- BHP/PR
- Couples and Family Coaching & Mentoring
- Group Coaching & Mentoring
- Women’s Programs
- PTS
- Anxiety, Depression & Grieving
- Acupuncture
We often encourage clients to engage in a number of alternative modalities to manage the current symptoms, while we work to uncover and heal the original trauma that is at the root of the client’s condition. Our network includes both traditional and alternative practitioners including acupuncturists, chiropractors, specialists in diet and other forms of natural healing.
Our regimens are flexible and scheduled to meet your needs. Our professional staff is headed by Dr Peter M. Bernstein who supervises all work provided by the institute.
If you are looking for more than temporary relief from your chronic pain, contact us today and discover an approach that can change your life.
“Healing the Whole Person, emotionally and physically.”
BERNSTEIN HEALING PROTOCOLS/PHYSICAL RELEASE
Bernstein Healing Protocols/Physical Release (BHP/PR) is a new healing modality which combines proven, successful approaches for pain: body-centered coaching and mentoring, which treats the causes of emotional pain, and physical release, which addresses the causes of physical pain. Body-centered coaching and mentoring is a proven protocol that utilizes both conversation and body work to resolve emotional trauma. Physical release is a highly effective modality that uses fascial manipulation techniques to unwind and release tissues distorted by trauma. The Bernstein Institute’s method of BHP/PR produces unprecedented results, often lessening the need for psychotropic and pain medications.
Bodies distorted by trauma abound in symptoms such as uneven shoulders, misaligned hips, stiff necks and backs, tense jaws, and shallow breathing from tight chests. Until recently, it wasn’t fully appreciated that these symptoms could be the result of both emotional as well as physical trauma.
Body-centered coaching and mentoring addresses armoring, the physical and emotional restrictions left in the body as a residue of traumatic experience. Dr. Bernstein has combined the best practices of several body-centered modalities to create his signature approach. Although body-centered coaching and mentoring often includes some elements similar to physical therapy (such as cranial-sacral manipulation), Dr. Bernstein found these techniques to fall short of the comprehensive full-body approach of physical release. BHP/PR is unique in that combining both approaches achieves results unobtainable when the protocols are employed independently.
BHP/PR sessions combine coaching and mentoring with body-centered release techniques and unwinding, the latter consisting of gentle, physical manipulation of the twisted fascia while the practitioner slowly and continuously guides the client’s body to unwind. Client feedback is essential to the process. The client’s body often spontaneously suggests the ways it wants to release tension and return to its natural state. Since unwinding the fascia also releases memories of past emotional trauma, the client experiences relief that leads to emotional as well as physical healing.
Body-centered coaching and mentoring and physical release, used independently, are extremely effective in bringing the client a depth of healing that would never be attained by simply analyzing or verbalizing. Yet, when the two practices are combined, the results are even more extraordinary, and through continued application of the combined modalities, clients improve dramatically. When the old emotional material is finally released, the client becomes “unstuck” and experiences a new openness and vulnerability. At this point of transformation, coaching and mentoring can take on a major role in the healing process. The practitioner, through experience and insight, helps the client gain perspective, and – thanks to BHP/PR – the depth of healing is much greater.
Team Approach
At the Bernstein Institute, we use the team approach in all aspects of our work including coaching and mentoring with clients as well as all bodywork.
When Dr. Bernstein was training in fascial release physical therapy, one of the things that impressed him was the practice of working in teams. He saw that working in teams brings more healing to the client in a shorter amount of time. That’s why, at the Institute, teamwork is a major part of our approach to healing.
Dr. Bernstein selects his staff members with care and carefully trains them in all aspects of our work. Every staff member at the Institute is a highly qualified, certified professional as well as a compassionate, caring individual. Every practitioner at the Institute has also personally experienced Bernstein Healing Protocols (BHP) and Bernstein Healing Protocols/Physical Release (BHP/PR). Dr. Bernstein believes that clients can tell whether the people who work with them are addressing their own pain. He knows that his practitioners’ willingness to grow emotionally is vital to the integrity of the healing process for the patient.
Staff members assist at every step of the process. Dr. Bernstein carefully selects which members of his staff will work with each new client. He recognizes that the presence of female staff members can be particularly supportive for new female clients. Clients benefit not only from the valuable physical skills of the staff, but also from their compassionate support and insights.
RESILIENCE & RENEWAL IN THE NURSING PROFESSION
Training Workshops
With Peter M. Bernstein, PhD, CMT
Founder & Director, Bernstein Institute
and
Author, Trauma: Healing the Hidden Epidemic *(required reading for training)
INTRO – Level I
Learn the premise behind Bernstein Healing Protocols/Physical Release (BHP/PR) and how it can help you heal from the physical and emotional stresses on the body. Part I of resilience and self-care for the nurse professional. Learn to become mindful of the negative energy you are taking on and how it affects you. You will experience BHP/PR hands-on-techniques that will benefit you.
16 CE Hours
INTERMEDIATE – Level II
Part II of resilience and self-care for the nurse professional and how to maintain it. Learn a deeper understanding of BHP/PR and the psychology of the body and what you can do to help yourself. Learn what triggers you and how to resolve it to maintain balance in your life. Gain a better understanding of yourself physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually.
16 CE Hours
BERNSTEIN INSTITUTE IS APPROVED BY THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF REGISTERED NURSING, PROVIDER NUMBER 16448, FOR CONTACT HOURS
PRICES:
Please call for pricing.
To register contact: Hilloah Levy, 707-781-3335,
Or Email: hilloah@bernsteininstitute.com
A deposit of $100.00 is required with registration. Enrollment is limited. Arrangements for weekly payments during the workshop can be made with individual registrants, if needed. Fee includes workbook manual, handouts, hands-on workshop training, refreshments, and workshop CEU certificate of completion.
You may cancel your registration up to 10 days before the workshop. Your enrollment fee will be refunded less a $50.00 processing fee. If you cancel within 10 days or less of the workshop your payment will be applied to another scheduled workshop. We reserve the right to cancel any workshop, in which case the tuition fee will be returned in full.
LOCATION:
501 2nd Street, Petaluma, CA 94952
BHP/PR TRAINING WORKSHOP
REVITALIZE YOUR CAREER
“RESILIENCE & RENEWAL WITH BHP/PR”
Training Workshops
With Peter M. Bernstein, PhD, CMT
Founder & Director, Bernstein Institute
and
Author, Trauma: Healing the Hidden Epidemic *(required reading for training)
INTRO – Level I
Learn the premise behind Bernstein Healing Protocols/Physical Release (BHP/PR) and how it can help you and your clients heal from the physical and emotional stresses on the body. Part I of resilience and self-care for the massage therapist/bodyworker. New, unique hands-on techniques will be taught using the team approach.
16 CE hours
INTERMEDIATE – Level II
Part II of resilience and self-care for the massage therapist/bodyworker and how to make it last. Learn a deeper understanding of BHP/PR and the psychology of the body and what you can do to help yourself. More advanced techniques using the team approach will be demonstrated and taught with time for hands-on-practice.
16 CE hours
Bernstein Institute for is approved by the NCBTMB as a CE provider #451793-11
PRICES:
Please call for pricing.
To register contact: Hilloah Levy, 707-781-3335
Or Email: hilloah@bernsteininstitute.com
Full payment is required to reserve space. Enrollment is limited. Fee includes workbook manual, handouts, hands-on workshop training, refreshments, and workshop certificate of completion.
You may cancel your registration up to 10 days before the workshop. Your enrollment fee will be refunded less a $50.00 processing fee. If you cancel within 10 days or less of the workshop your payment will be applied to another scheduled workshop. We reserve the right to cancel any workshop, in which case the tuition fee will be returned in full.
LOCATION:
501 2nd Street, Petaluma, CA 94952
SERVICES
NEW OFFERINGS TO SERVE YOU
8-Week Coaching & Mentoring Package with 15% discount if paid in advance
Intensive BHP/PR with Peter Bernstein, PhD
Sexual Abuse Coaching & Mentoring
PTS, TBI and Suicide Prevention Coaching & Mentoring
Massage Therapy
Hydro-therapy
Group Mentoring & Coaching –
- Family
- Parenting
- Relationship
- Addiction
- PTS, TBI for military and/or civilians
WE INVITE YOU TO….
Join us for health and healing in an environment that is warm and peaceful near the river in the Foundry Wharf area of Petaluma. The Institute has a lovely spa-like setting which includes waiting room and kitchen, individual, couples and group consultation rooms, and massage therapy rooms. There is outside seating on the deck upstairs, and a lovely, planted patio off the waiting room with fountain and Jacuzzi.
Foundational to the Bernstein Institute is an approach Dr. Peter Bernstein pioneered from many disciplines gathered over his 40-plus year career: Bernstein Healing Protocols (BHP) and Bernstein Healing Protocols/Physical Release (BHP/PR). This unique combination produces truly effective, life- changing results in clients’ lives…healing both physically and emotionally.
New to the Bernstein Institute – Mentoring and Coaching
Many individuals would prefer to get help with setting goals for themselves and receiving the assistance in achieving them without going into therapy. Mentoring and Coaching offers a vehicle for analysis, reflection and action that ultimately enables the individual to achieve success in one or more areas of their life or work.
The Bernstein Institute offers a unique and revolutionary program for people in recovery. Our approach goes deeper than conventional recovery programs to help addicts address the core issues behind their addiction. Bernstein Healing Protocols (BHP) uses a combination of individual, family, couples and group coaching and mentoring, and our unique Bernstein Healing Protocols/Physical Release (BHP/PR) bodywork. We help people struggling with the challenges of sober or drug-free living to discover and resolve the pain and trauma that led to their need for drugs or alcohol.
After completion of a residential addiction program, we understand there are difficulties in transitioning back into society. You have started to make some big changes in your life that are going to affect your family, your job and your relationships with people in general. There are old traps that you can fall back into that can cause relapse such as old habits, defenses, attitudes and temptations. These can easily sabotage your success toward full recovery. In order to survive, people act in ways which can be destructive to themselves and others. When survival is on the line, positive impulse control is essential. We at the Bernstein Institute have the expertise in helping you through your difficult problems.
Whether your pain is emotional, physical, or a combination of the two, our work penetrates to the source and releases it, breaking the relapse cycle. Painful memories are held not only in the mind, but also in the body. Our addiction recovery approach addresses the unconscious memories stored in the body at the cellular level. We will help you recognize the survival strategies and self-destructive patterns that are no longer working for you. As you begin to address and resolve your past traumas and conflicts, you will find that you can stop surviving and start living.
Who We Are
The Bernstein Institute team works with you through every stage of your individualized out-patient program. Dr. Peter Bernstein, Founder and Director, heads up our addiction recovery team. Our team also includes several medical professionals who are experts in poly-pharmaceutical addiction. They are skilled in helping people who want to safely taper off their addictive medications, wherever possible. Step by step our team will be here to help you – encouraging you, supporting you, accepting you in your struggle, as you continue on your path to health. The role of our team is to be like a loving family, acting as witnesses to your pain. Our team will help you by providing support, structure, empathy and accountability. Like a good family, we’ll help you learn the skills you need in order to make your life a success, in a setting of acceptance, safety and confidentiality. This time you will not be alone in your struggle.
Our program – Who it’s For and How It Works
Our program is for people who have completed a residential detox program and are starting out in recovery clean and sober. We work with people in “transition” as well as those who have been in recovery for some time. We also work with practitioners in the addiction field. Our approach will help you discover what you need to do and where you need to go personally, step by step. While working with us at the Institute, we encourage all clients to participate regularly in a social program such as AA or NA. You will benefit from every level of your work at the Institute.
Your addiction recovery program will be customized to your goals by our team of practitioners. Whether you want physical relief from your pain, help with impulse control or real life change, we can help you. Your program may include coaching and mentoring, trauma resolution and healing, family, couples or group coaching and mentoring, BHP/PR, nutritional support to relieve physical and biochemical imbalances, and traditional or alternative medical consultations and treatment.
A vital component to our program includes working with families that are being affected by addicted members. We will help each person discover the dysfunctional roles they’ve been trapped in and the destructive patterns of relating that they have been repeating over and over. Where possible, our goal is to restore not just the person who suffers from addiction, but also to guide the family back to health and hope.
You must make a commitment to the recovery process. Our program is for people willing to do the work to keep growing, maturing and changing. This is essential for successful health and recovery.
