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We are more than our thinking mind. The experience of being oneself must be felt. I have extensive training in a variety of body centered treatment including: Hakomi, Internal Family Systems, Coherence Therapy and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy.

Drawing on mindfulness-based, somatic training in Hakomi, Recreation of Self (RC-S), I use the body as a way to access emotions, sensations, imagery, memories that may related to a way a client experiences their body and their therapeutic goals.

Dually licensed as a clinical social worker and a massage therapist, I have continued training with Kathy Kain in a modality called Somatic Regulation and Resilience completing certification for using this modality in the treatment of developmental trauma.

Hakomi is a body-centered psychotherapy based in mindfulness that believes that change happens through accessing the interface between our mind and body. Using this method we can uncover core beliefs and psychological patterns and revive the body’s knowledge as a resource. I also use body-centered methods to help clients find resilience from past abuse and trauma.

I use mindfulness to guide you to understand your body's natural impulses that may have been suppressed due to shock traumas, relational traumas, or social conditioning. These natural impulses can help us understand the adaptive actions we need to take in life that flow naturally from our emotions.

Our bodies have an incredible capacity to hold experiences as sensory-grounded memories. By consciously following the signals and symptoms of our bodies, we can find much greater awareness and healing than we can with our thinking minds alone.

Body-Centered Psychotherapy addresses the experience of the whole person, investigating the body and mind as a unified system. Thoughts, emotions, sensations, movements, impulses, and beliefs can be symptoms of suffering or solutions to it. Bringing awareness to all areas of your experience can help you lead a fuller, more integrated life.

Certified in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.

My perspective is that the mind and the body cannot be seperated if we are to feel like we are wholly living. I use a variety of breathing techniques, yoga, body sensing and physical health approaches to bring the mind and body to healing together.

We live in our bodies and every experience we have is felt, held, and released through our bodies. If you work with me, you will learn to develop or build upon body awareness that will allow deeper release of trauma, greater self-awareness, and a more sophisticated awareness and management of your emotions.

Trauma research shows that trauma gets held in our bodies via our central nervous system’s response to distress. Understanding and regulating these responses is crucial in trauma work.

Our bodies are involved in all of our thoughts & emotions. Sometimes words can't convey the depth of our experience, but mindful attention to physical experience can open up new awareness and self-compassion. I am trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and the Feldenkrais Method(R). I am also influenced by ideas from Interpersonal Neurobiology, Internal Family Systems, and Authentic Movement.

My ability to explore the body-mind interface is supported by years studying dance movement therapies, a degree in movement analysis from the Laban Institute of Movement Studies in New York City, training in Hakomi and supervision with Donna Roy. I am also a self-proclaimed interpersonal neurobiology geek and love bringing this psychoeducation into my work.

Each of us has the potential to be fully present by utilizing the vast communication potential of the body. I am highly skilled at utilizing the awareness of the sensation in one\'s body to guide a richer understanding of one\'s emotions, reactions and experience during therapy.

My background starts and ends with the body.\nI began my training years ago with massage therapy, continued into a wide range of somatic approaches such as alexander technique and feldenkrais, and advanced into personal training and movement rehabilitation with a focus on our nervous system.

I am a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) and am a Mentor in Organic Intelligence, two leading modalities in the world of somatic healing and trauma resolution.

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Recreation Therapist/Wellness Specialist, I appreciate the importance of engaging body and mind in the healing process. I use somatic (i.e., body centered) techniques to enhance talk therapy; including guided meditation and relaxation skills, self-acupressure, gentle stretches, movement practices like yoga and tai chi, and more.

Somatic refers to the lived experience of the body. Not just having a body, but living in a body. As all our patterns are grounded in our body, we won't just talk about what's going on. Instead, we'll attend to how your body has uniquely adapted to your life. We'll focus on sensations, feelings, and movements in helping you find your greater wholeness.

An approach that looks at the connection of mind and body through the use of mind-body exercises and other physical techniques to reduce stress that is negatively affecting your physical and emotional well-being.

As a Hakomi graduate, I utilize Hakomi principles and techniques in my work.

I\'ve taken training from Peter Levine in Somatic Experiencing Therapy. I combine somatic with mindfulness practices and some narrative therapy offering a more holistic approach

The body is a well of experiential knowledge. Through mindfulness, movement, and touch, I help you to use your awareness of your body as a perspective for self-study and understanding.

My MA is in Somatic Counseling with a concentration in both Body Psychotherapy and Dance/Movement Therapy. I have studied multiple forms of somatic therapy including and draw primarily from authentic movement and Body-Mind Centering. I am a Registered Dance/Movement Therapist (R-DMT) through the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA)

I integrate body-based alternative interventions such as breath, movement and mediation with traditional talk therapy for a holistic healing experience.

As a student of Hakomi I am focused on the most gentle, effective, and powerful tools for self awareness and choice. I believe that we can attune to our bodies, minds, emotions, moods, memories, beliefs, and spirit to move towards greater inner peace and joy. Carefully attuned body awareness is an effective tool in driving this process.

When we as humans are out of touch with our body, we are out of touch with life. Habits can mask pain, and anxiety can give way to habits and addiction. We want to be alive in our bodies living a full existence and yet the natural wisdom we desire is not well practiced. We can learn how to inhabit our bodies fully utilizing it as a source of healing and inspiration for healing mind and spirit.

Authenticity and freedom are the primary virtues of existentialism. Completing the Re-Creation of the Self Professional Module, I ascribe to the philosophy which posits that we are innately whole - expansive, abundant and loving. I use this method to empower clients to emerge from perceptions of woundedness and merge with their organic self. \nhttps://meta-trainings.com/re-creation-of-the-self-rcs/

The body holds the story of our lives in the present moment. We can work here and now to heal the wounds which thwart satisfaction in our lives. Through deep listening we learn to attend to the wisdom deep in implicit memory system and to sort what\'s past from what\'s actually happening right now.

I have training in somatic and mindfulness techniques pioneered by Bessel van der Kolk and Peter Levine.

I am trained in Process Work, which uses somatic awareness practices to work with body symptoms, nighttime dreams, relational difficulties, vision for the world, and more. Through embodiment of that which attracts or disturbs us, we can often gain insights that can bring new ways of being and living our lives more fully. Embodiment can allow for a more rapid integration of these learnings.

As a bodyworker with over twenty years of somatic experience, everything I do is rooted in the intelligence and wisdom of the body. I utilize Processwork methods of exploring body symptoms and chronic pains and illnesses as part of your life path, uncovering the wisdom and insight contained within your body experience.

As both a licensed professional counselor and a licensed massage therapist, I greatly value the strength of addressing both the mind and the body in healing. My approach uses body awareness and mindfulness as a way to enhance traditional talk therapy and includes craniosacral therapy, breathing exercises, guided meditation, EMDR, and yoga philosophy in sessions.

My training in Hakomi has engendered a strong sense of trust in the human system to adapt towards health. Even small amounts of movement can help change to begin. The development of somatic resources for self-regulation of physical and emotional experiences often produces self- trust to clients in subtle but powerful ways. Including the body in healing work is fundamental in my practice!

The body has infinite wisdom- stored in our nervous system and in our muscles and bones is the capacity to be in connection to ourselves in mindful and integrated ways. In our session I may draw attention to your body and as you emote, think and experience healing and change. This, often leads to greater mind-body connection.

Somatic approaches provide access to core parts of self that otherwise remain habitually contained or cut off. In becoming and remaining physically numb, living in analysis and rumination, we disconnect from parts of self. One of the expected outcomes of somatic therapy includes an ongoing integration of parts that once felt overwhelming or represented a risk to our survival.

I am trained in mind/body therapy and mindfulness practices which neuroscience research has shown is effective in treating depression, trauma, and anxiety.

Your issues are in your tissues. Thoughts and feelings, though important and informative, are not complete without the lived, sensory experiences of your body. That knot in your solar plexus, the tension in your pelvic floor, the clenching in your jaw... all of those point to experiences that need to be heard, felt, and processed through your system. This allows for a bone-deep healing that lasts.

Somatic therapies operate on the principle that body and mind are co-arising and co-influencing and that attending to the body is integral to the healing process. Untended emotional challenges often manifest in physical pain and dis-ease. As a certified Hakomi Therapist I have specialized training and over 16 years of experience in counseling with a somatic/body centered orientation.

Trauma (from big events to the accumulation of smaller invalidating experiences) is stored in the body, as is resilience and the potential for healing. By learning how to listen to and follow your body\'s cues, you can heal in ways that may be less accessible to traditional talk therapy.

An interdisciplinary, holistic approach to study the experience of the body to reveal and understand the interaction of our body structures with our thoughts, beliefs and actions.

Body centered therapy emphasizes the importance of the mind/body connection. Often, we forget to simply “be” present in our bodies. By tuning into our body, we can learn how to inhabit the full spectrum of our human experience and let our body be an ally to our journey of healing, by simply listening to its wisdom.

I use many somatic methods in my practice in order to assist with the integration of the mind-body experience.

I hold a masters degree in Somatic Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies. I interned at the Center for Somatic Psychotherapy in San Francisco, where I received a year's worth of one-on-one mentoring in somatic approaches to mental health. I am part of the META learning community - an institute that offers trainings in experiential and body-centered approaches to therapy.

The body remembers. We are capable of making deep shifts in repetitive patterns that play out in our body creating a ripple affect in the way we think, feel and act by cultivating compassionate connection with ourselves. Through connecting and listening to the messages carried in the body we can begin to be empowered to experience change and healing from any kind of circumstance in life.

If you\'re new to the concept of Somatic Therapy, it\'s essentially bringing your awareness into the present moment in terms of physical sensations. Great for processing \'stuckness,\' depression, anger, and trauma. I\'m happy to share more about my perspective here as well!

I utilize an eclectic approach including EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, Mindfulness, and experiential tools to help you find healing and grounding as you gain tools to cope on your own.

My background is in somatic-oriented therapies, including Craniosacral therapy, massage, and therapeutic yoga. Much of my practice involves integrating the body into your lived experience, through movement, experience, and nervous system regulation.

Core Energetics explores the intersection of body, mind, and spirit using embodiment practices to bring consciousness to the movement and constrictions of energy in the different levels of our being. I’ll guide you in applying awareness and movement to support unwinding the physical and energetic armor that formed as we developed from childhood into adulthood, leading to a more integrated self.