Touching into Somatic Awareness: Tools for Building Cultural Empathy and Connection

Touching into Somatic Awareness: 
Tools for Building Cultural Empathy and Connection

Your Presenter:
Marcia Bonato Warren, MA, MA, LPC

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 @ 11:30 AM EDT

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About Your Presenter: 

Marcia Bonato Warren, MA, MA, LPC (she/her) is a trauma-informed Somatic Counselor/Body Psychotherapist, Interculturalist and author with over 30 years of cross-cultural experience in the fields of somatic counseling and education, international educational exchange and Native American policy and advocacy. In 2015, Marcia developed her own therapy practice called Embodied Code-Switching®, which focuses on developing the resilience and unique expression of multicultural identities through somatic awareness. She works with individuals and groups in the areas of cultural awareness, social justice, and intercultural communication through a trauma-informed lens, and is passionate about developing the potential in human beings to embrace diversity through cultural embodiment and the sharing of stories and creativity. Marcia is proud of her heritage and the gifts of her ancestors and identifies as an enrolled member of the Santa Clara Pueblo of New Mexico and as Brazilian-Italian.

Currently, Marcia holds a faculty position at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, in both the Somatic Counseling and Buddhist-Inspired Contemplative Counseling Graduate Programs and provides clinical supervision to pre-licensed counselors.