Posts in Somatic Psychotherapy
Psychosomatic Pain: Of Course it's in Your Head!

Your brain is naturally very intuitive and tries to protect you from harm. It fires off warnings all the time when you push yourself beyond your limits. Maybe you are a workaholic and you have ignored these messages hundreds of times? Eventually the alarm bells start getting louder and louder until you can no longer ignore them.

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Is Somatic Psychotherapy Right For You?

Many people get nervous when they have body reactions to feelings because they never learned the language that the nervous system speaks. Perhaps their caregivers taught them that there was something wrong with intense emotions. When we become averse to feeling strong feelings, then its no wonder that attunement, mindfulness and body awareness would signals danger inside!

But in order to live a balanced and healthy life, we need to become fluent in the language our body uses to speak to us. This is essentially what Somatic Psychotherapy is.

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Reparenting Yourself and why it's Important

Regardless of age, we all have an inner child. A younger version of self. A part that holds the past experiences alive and affects your day-to-day interactions. If you had your needs met as a child and knew your worth, you may have an easier time identifying, requesting and trusting in relationships. 

 

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