Somatic therapy helps clients reduce their overall symptoms by trusting that the body has all the answers within itself to heal. Often clients’ symptoms persist despite the individual knowing logically that their symptoms or thoughts are irrational. Somatic therapies focus less on the story and more on creating a different experience or “felt sense”. Through this new experience, the body’s nervous system and networks in the brain are rewired to be more adaptive in the present. During a somatic therapy session, specifically a Somatic Experiencing session, the client is invited to become curious about internal sensations and guided to safely deactivate “stuck” energy in the body. This gentle approach to resolving trauma can help clients interact with the world around them in a new way.
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For more in-depth information on Somatic Experiencing, research articles, and videos go to: https://traumahealing.org/se-101
Peter Levine explains somatic therapy.
“The single most important issue for traumatized people is to find a sense of safety in their own bodies” Bessel van der Kolk
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