We offer different training programs.
One is a four year primary training for people with no formal training in psychotherapy. It includes theory, technique and supervision.
Another one is an "advanced training" for trained psychotherapist who wish to learn body psychotherapy or as practicing body psychotherapist they wish to incorporate Functional Analysis into their current therapy practice.
A current training (2021-2024) takes place in Hamburg-Germany and the South of France.
Trainings are sometimes also organized in other countries - Italy and Austria.
If you are interested please contact Lilly or Will Davis at
Tel : 00 33 466 81 43 25 | willdaviswilldavis@gmail.com
Next:
Hamburg | November 14, 2025 to November 16, 2025 | WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION TO FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
If we, like Wilhelm Reich, assume that psyche and soma are not just related to each other but are "symptoms" of a living, deeper process, then we can start working either with the somatic or the psychic aspect. The essential point is to consider this deeper process: In Functional Analysis, the focus lies on understanding the psychosomatic matrix and its functions.
The workshop provides an overview of the working method and the key concepts of Functional Analysis.
Until recently, connective tissue had gone unnoticed and unrecognized in its significance as an anatomical system. Thanks to international research efforts over the past few years, it has been classified as an "organ" since 2018. Connective tissue and fascia pervade our entire body like a network. They form, envelop, and pass through our entire structure, playing a very important role in perception and the transmission of information within our entire living system. its elasticity, plasticity, and unique formations provide insights into developmental processes and a person's structure. In this context, the functional analysis offers another perspective on early disorders and trauma.
A deeper understanding of connective tissue and its function provides a new perspective on the dynamic of the psychosomatic matrix and the therapeutic process.
The workshop also introduces the concept of the "instroke," the inward movement of pulsation. Working with the inward movement of pulsation enables us to "touch" the dynamics within a structure, foster inner mindfulness and presence, and thereby develops a reflexive self-awareness. Resilience is cultivated and self-healing capacities are activated. In the further process, all of this facilitates the development of a self-to-self relationship, complementing the self-to-other relationship, which proves highly beneficial in accompanying individual developmental and healing processes.
The workshop serves as an introduction to the method and training in Functional Analysis with Lilly and Will Davis.
The workshop is for psychotherapists, body psychotherapists, and all therapists with a particular interest in psychosomatic connections.
The workshop will take place from NOVEMBER 14, 2025, AT 2:00 PM TO NOVEMBER 16, 2025, AT 5:00 PM at the Praxisgemeinschaft beim Schlump, No. 52a, 20144 Hamburg (entrance in the courtyard).
The cost is 485 EUR.
REGISTRATION: Lilly Davis - lilly.a.davis@gmail.com
For questions, please call +33 4 66814325. I will gladly call you back!
TRAINING FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS WITH LILLY & WILL DAVIS | WORKSHOPS TO COME
1. Overview and Introduction November 14–16, 2025
2. Connective Tissue 24 - 26 April 2026
3. The „Instroke“and Breathing Patterns 13 - 18 July 2026
4. The Functional Approach 20 - 22 November 2026
5. The Plasmatic Contraction: A New Paradigm for Early Disorders and Trauma 2 - 4 April 2027
6. Energy Concepts & the Ocular Segment 12 - 17 July 2027
7. The Role of Connective Tissue in Psychosomatic Development 5 - 7 November 2027
8. Functional Criteria for Evaluating Our Work 7 - 9 April 2028
9. Self - Relation Theory and the “Endo-Self” 10 - 15 July 2028
10. The Therapeutic Relationship and the Self Model 3 -5 November 2028
All workshops begin with learning the Points and Positions technique.
All workshops conclude with a supervision session to help integrate the newly acquired knowledge into your own practice.
We recommend some prior experience with this work before starting the training and as much personal work as possible during the training: your personal process supports comprehension, learning, and integrating the experience into your own life.
Registration:
Please register with Lilly Davis by October 15.th 2025 at lilly.a.davis@gmail.com
Workshop Costs:
• 3-day workshops (6 units): €485 in Hamburg / Munich
• 6-day “Summer Workshops” (12 units): €800 (accommodation not included) in France
Simple accommodation is available in our house ( see our website functionalanalysis.eu ). or through local Airbnb options.
To confirm your registration, please transfer half of the total amount at least three weeks before the workshop date to the account listed below.
A. L. DAVIS
MAS DE LA CAPELLE, 2873 ROUTE DE SAINT COME, 30420 CALVISSON, FRANCE IBAN FR76 1350 6100 0008 3577 7300 171 BIC /SWIFT AGRIFRPP835
TRAINING in Hamburg 2024/25/26
The training group Hamburg, which works with Lilly Davis has unanimously decided to continue two more years, because the work within the group and with the patients is very productive, satisfying and enjoyable.
The dates are :
15.-17. November 2024
4.-6. April 2025
21.-25 July 2025
7.-9. November 2025
and
3.-5. April 2026
Summerworkshop (dates to be determined)
6.-8. November 2026.
We will start a new Training in the end of 2025 !
The format will be the same as with the „Hamburg group“ now : We meet in April and November in Germany ( 3 day workshops) and in the summer for a weeklong workshop in the South of France during 3 years ( = 36 days) and follow with one year of supervision meetings.
Please : if you are interested or if you know someone who might be interested let us know as soon as possible.
The weekends in Germany might take place either in Hamburg or Munich according to the participants….!
Functional Analysis Psychosomatic - Online Training with Will Davis - Australia
Dates
May 27 to 29, 2023
August 26-27, 2023
November 14-15, 2023
Dates of 2024 to be determined
Training Program
Level 1 (8 modules)
1. The Connective Tissue: the Matrix
2. Physical Touch in Psychotherapy and the different types of tissues in the formation of charaters
3. Working with the Instroke
4. Self to Self relationship and the Endo-Self
5. Energy concepts and working energetically in therapy
6. Verbal work techniques
7. Functional Criteria to Evaluate a therapeutic process
8. A New Paragidigm for early disturbance and trauma
New Points and Positions will be taught and practised in each modules
For those who don't intend to go further in the training, they will receive a Certificate of Partecipation in "Points and Positions Touch-technique Level 1"
For those wishing to receive the Certificate of "Points and Positions Practitioner" there is the requirement of:
**36 hours of supervision (6 sessions online in a group setting)
**20 hours of individual personal experience of the Technique
**40 hours of client contact with a structured session session plan
**Assessement: analysis of a case presented by the trainers in group setting
Level 2 (6 modules)
9. The Ocular segment*
10. Pulsation and the Breath*
11. The Functional Model and its relevance to psychotherapy*
12. Non verbal communication*
13. Working safely with trauma without the drama*
14. Review of Integration of the physical and verbal techniques*
*each lecture will be followed by exercises, practical experience of the theme presented and review of the Points and Positions.
For those wishing to go futher and to receive the Certification of "Functional Analysis Psychosomatic Psychotherapist" there is and additional requirement of:
**60 hours of client contact
**42 hours supervision (6 sessions online in a group setting)
**20 hours of individual sessions of Functional Analysis or 5 days intensive in South of France at The Institute of Functional Analysis
**Final Assessment in group setting
Lilly Davis in Germany and France
Training for advanced and experienced therapists in Functional Analysis in Hamburg and France
Dates:
March 31 2023 to 2 April, 2023 in Hamburg, Praxis beim Schlump
July 31 to August 4, 2023 in the South of France, Mas de La Capelle
November 10 to 12, 2023 in Hamburg, Praxis beim Schlump
April 5 to 7, 2024 in Hamburg, Praxis beim Schlump
June 18 to June 22, 2024 in the South of France, Mas de La Capelle
November 8 to 10, 2024 in Hamburg, Praxis beim Schlump
Introduction to Functional Analysis - Mas de la Capelle | France
Functional Analysis Body Psychotherapy
Dates: July 10 to 14, 2023
In the Beginning: A New Paradigm Working with Early Disturbance and Trauma
In this five day workshop we will explore the psychosomatic matrix of early disturbance and trauma: how and where they are embodied in the body/mind and how to work safely below disturbance and trauma.
One theme will be the role of connective tissue in the structuring of development and defense. Structure is behavior. Change the structure and self experience and behavior are altered.
A second theme will be using the schizoid process as an example of how connective tissue functioning translates into the creation of somatic and psychic structures and how to work safely with early disturbance and trauma without having to work on them or through them.
There will be theoretical and conceptual presentations, experiential exercises as well as the teaching and practicing of the physical touch technique of Points&Positions used in Functional Analysis.
Mas De La Capelle
Calvisson France
Costs:
6-10 participants —750€ (Minimum 6 registered by May 29, 2023)
11 — 14 participants - 650€
Housing:
30€ a night in our residential seminar house. Also available is a flat that sleeps 2 (double bed) and a house that sleeps 5 in the village of Sommieries 12 KMS away. (35per night)
Deposit: 300€
Timing: 10-13:00 and 15-18:00
Atelier de cinq jours - Mas de la Capelle | France
Analyse fonctionnelle Psychothérapie corporelle Un nouveau paradigme pour travailler avec les perturbations et les traumatismes précoces
Du 10 au 14 Julliet, 2023
Mas De La Capelle, Calvisson, France
Dans cet atelier de cinq jours, nous explorerons la matrice psychosomatique des perturbations et traumatismes précoces : comment et où ils s'incarnent dans le corps/esprit et comment travailler en toute sécurité sous les perturbations et les traumatismes.
L'un des thèmes abordés sera le rôle du tissu conjonctif dans la structuration du développement et de la défense. La structure est le comportement. Si l'on change la structure, l'expérience de soi et le comportement sont modifiés.
Un deuxième thème sera l'utilisation du processus schizoïde comme exemple de la façon dont le fonctionnement du tissu conjonctif se traduit par la création de structures somatiques et psychiques et comment travailler en toute sécurité avec les perturbations et les traumatismes précoces sans avoir à travailler sur eux ou à travers eux.
Il y aura des présentations théoriques et conceptuelles, des exercices expérientiels ainsi que l'enseignement et la pratique de la technique de toucher physique des Points&Positions utilisée dans l'Analyse Fonctionnelle.
Coûts :
6-10 participants - 750€ (Minimum 6)
11 - 14 participants - 650€
enregistrement avant le 29 mai 2023
Réservation : 300€
Logement :
30€ la nuit sur place.
Possibilités de se loger à Sommières, village à 12 km. Soit, dans un appartement de deux couchage, soit dans une maison à 5 couchages pour 35€ la nuitée.
Horaires :
10h - 13h / 15h - 18h
Traduction Lilly Davis.