Psychotherapy
Somatic Experiencing
I incorporate body-based techniques to help clients release trauma and tension stored in the body. This approach is particularly effective for addressing trauma-related symptoms and rebuilding a sense of safety and connection within the body.
ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
I help clients develop psychological flexibility by teaching them how to accept difficult emotions, identify core values, and commit to actions that align with those values. This approach helps clients manage anxiety, depression, and emotional dysregulation in a meaningful way.
Positive Psychology
I focus on building your strengths instead of just addressing problems. Together we discover what’s right with you, not what’s wrong with you.
Mindfulness-Based Therapies
I help I guide clients in staying present with their emotions and physical sensations without judgment. This practice enhances emotional regulation, reduces stress, and fosters self-awareness.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
We learn skills that help you manage emotions, improve relationships, and cope with stress. It combines mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and effective communication to create balance.
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Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a body-centered therapy developed by Dr. Peter A. Levine to help release trauma stored in the body. Trauma can disrupt the nervous system, leading to physical and emotional symptoms that feel overwhelming. SE guides you to tune into your body sensations to release this tension and restore balance to your nervous system, leading to lasting relief.
Unlike traditional talk therapy, SE focuses on the body's natural ability to process trauma, helping you experience emotions both physically and emotionally for deeper healing. By learning tools for regulation and completing self-protective responses that may be "stuck," SE enables you to reconnect with your body, build resilience, and live a more vibrant life.
What Is Somatic Experiencing SE?
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We will briefly discuss recent experiences, thoughts, and feelings. With a specific focus in mind, we will then move into body-tracking, following body impulses especially those that are defensive or protective. We’ll move in and out of feeling positive and difficult sensations while taking frequent pauses to orient and ground.
Doing so allows access to the natural survival impulses (fight, flight, freeze) that became thwarted during the original event(s), as well as the survival-based beliefs that were formed in response to the event(s). There is then an opportunity to fully process and complete these survival responses (through the use of movement, vocalization, imagery, boundary exploration exercises, etc.), leading to a discharge/release of any stuck survival energy and a shift in beliefs about the world, self, and others.
