SOMATIC TRAUMA HEALING
Build resilience through returning to the wisdom of your body, thereby allowing you to move through deep discomfort without overwhelm.
RECONNECT WITH YOUR BODY
Try as we might, we cannot think our way out of trauma. Trauma came in through the body and, with guidance, it can find its way through the body. When we experience trauma, our usual ways of connecting with our bodies get disrupted. It’s like having a map that suddenly has missing or obscured parts. Somatic therapy can help calm your body and prepare your brain for trauma healing. We can be guided into our inner wisdom by returning to the first ways we experience ourselves and the world—through sensation, breath, movement, and touch.
Is this you?
you’ve experienced trauma and now you feel disconnected from yourself and others. you might be:
Struggling to identify your emotions
Feeling out of control
Dissociating
Unsure how to sense your body
Wanting to fight or flee in everyday situations
Staying on high alert for perceived threats
Having nightmares or emotional flashbacks
Scared of what might happen if you become aware of what’s inside of you
Worried that there’s just “too much” to tolerate and it doesn’t feel safe to be with your feelings
you might benefit from somatic work if you…
Feel overwhelmed by anxiety
Dissociate frequently
Avoid your feelings
Try to intellectualize your emotions
Fear slowing down
Feel tense and cannot relax
Have racing thoughts
Struggle with knowing how you feel
Have tend to identify physical sensations (e.g., shortness of breath, numbness, upset stomach, tightness in chest) more than emotions
“IT’S THROUGH OUR BODIES THAT WE EXPERIENCE AND ENGAGE LIFE, AND IT’S IN OUR BODIES THAT WE HEAL.”
Prentis Hemphill
with somatic work, we’ll…
01
Calm your body through a combination of mindfulness, grounding, and Internal Family Systems (IFS). We will spend as much time needed to create trust in the body. It’s your process—you get to set the pace.
02
Build tolerance to be with your emotions and their accompanying sensations (e.g., angry with tightness in chest, sad with heaviness in stomach). I’ll use body-based language to facilitate getting out of your head and into your body.
03
Slowly process the trauma while checking in with the body so as to not become overwhelmed. Safety and consent are integral pieces to trauma processing.
feel more connected to the present moment
Somatic therapy can help you release stress, tension, and trauma. Through sensations, movement, mindfulness, and breath, you can learn to be more present, access more capacity, and trust your inner resilience. The mind and body are interconnected, meaning that you’ll experience an integrative approach to healing that goes beyond traditional talk therapy.
“Healing is a reminder of what we already are and what we have always been part of.”
Resmaa Menakem
uncover the resilience of your body
Book your 20 minute consultation video call and I will get back to you within 2-3 working days.