Our bodies are deeply involved and deeply important to our experience of and relationship to ourselves and our world. Good therapy—deep healing—involves the body in the process.

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Somatic Psychotherapy is the integration of traditional psychotherapy with Somatic Experiencing (SE), a modality developed by Dr. Peter Levine, based on his observations of animal patterns in the wild. Nerd out with me for a moment: Wild prey animals, similar in many ways to humans, are rarely traumatized despite facing frequent threats to their survival. Animals in the wild use innate mechanisms to regulate and resolve high levels of activation needed for survival. Though humans are more complex, we are beautifully designed to use the same mechanisms to regulate and resolve the energy and emotion related to our own lived experiences.

 

We are animal, after all.

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Somatic psychotherapy supports the body in accessing stuck energy, emotion and movement that keep us in present-day patterns immobilization or overwhelm. We use the bodily “felt sense” to tap into these experiences in a safe, slow and supported way, to allow your brilliant system the time, space and support it needs for exploration, regulation, and ultimately, resolution. The beautiful container of our body, with enough support, aids us in navigating the difficulties of our lives, while soaking up all the good stuff along with it—giving us greater access to connection, compassion, ease of being, and a coherent sense of self.

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As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, I'm here to guide you, through use of your mind and body, to identify, explore and reorganize rigid patterns, memories, thought patterns and beliefs so that you can have access to deeper healing, and a deeper experience of self.

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To learn more about Somatic Experiencing, visit: www.traumahealing.org