Somatic Experiencing

Bodywork Approach to Healing Trauma

How it works?

Somatic Experiencing is a bodywork therapy that I use with Craniosacral Therapy to safely and effectively release trauma, shock, and stress disorders. It calms and regulates the nervous system by tailoring different talking and practical methods for your particular needs. These will help you become more body aware to identify and calm early signs of stress/activation rather than finding yourself overwhelmed.

Firstly, when we become overwhelmed traumatic shock can stay frozen in the body. Often there is not one major traumatic event that causes symptoms. Anything that is too much, too soon and too fast has a negative affect and can be difficult for the body to cope with if the stress cycle has not been deactivated afterwards.

Initially, we build a safe container within you by looking for health and resources internally in the body and externally in your daily life. This helps you expand your ability to cope with reactions and emotions as they happen. After that, we slowly become curious about stress, trauma, symptom etc. How does it feels and how does the body react? By pendulating between the state of ease and activation we wait for discharge in the stress cycle.

After building the container you will start to feel more content and at ease in yourself. This more vibrant and energetic state gives a greater sense of empowerment and confidence. Reducing the frequency and intensity of symptoms experienced creates an ability to recover quicker and manage them better if/when we do experience them.