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Body-Centered Psychotherapy the Holistically Route to Health

This work is part of that heroic labor, a cousin to sitting meditation, to singing bowls and chanting monks.
– Rob Kurtz, founder of Hakomi

In the past, people went to a therapist to talk about their troubles. In recent years, we have learned through scientific research that therapy is more effective when the therapist is able to treat the whole person, the body as well as the mind. This means that the therapist observes and is mindful of the signs indicating that the mind and the body are regulated and integrated, or, in some cases, dysregulated and chaotic.

My training includes body-centered modalities known as Somatic Experiencing, Gestalt Therapy, Hakomi Therapy, Yoga, Meditation, Authentic Movement, Trauma Theatre and Mindfulness. Each of these uses a slightly different approach, and I am fortunate to be able to draw from all of them. Having completed clinical supervision provided by the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, I am a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. I completed advanced trauma training in Sweden. I am not trained as a physician, nurse, or other purely medical professional. My training does include anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and natural energy systems. I use this training to track physiological responses in the body. It also allows me to liaise with medical model treating professionals, when that is required for holistic care.

Therapy sessions that include body and mind may involve certain kinds of touch, if you are comfortable with that. The choice is always yours. Sessions may also include sensory techniques, imaginative exercises, and breathwork.
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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. - John Muir — Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.
– John Muir

Soulmaking goes on in the body. - Marion Woodman — Soulmaking goes on in the body.
– Marion Woodman

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The wound is the place the light enters you. - Rumi — The wound is the place the light enters you.
– Rumi

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The body is necessary if the unconscious is not to have destructive effects on the ego-consciousness, for it is the body that gives bounds to the personality. The unconscious can only be integrated if the ego holds its ground. - C.G. Jung — The body is necessary if the unconscious is not to have destructive effects on the ego-consciousness, for it is the body that gives bounds to the personality. The unconscious can only be integrated if the ego holds its ground.
– C.G. Jung

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Memories are stored not only in the brain...but all the way out along pathways to internal organs and the very surface of our skin. - Dr. Candace Pert — Memories are stored not only in the brain…but all the way out along pathways to internal organs and the very surface of our skin.
– Dr. Candace Pert

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