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What Can Somatic Experiencing help with?

Somatic Experiencing is a therapeutic approach that aims to address and heal the effects of trauma stored in the body. By focusing on bodily sensations, emotions, and behaviors, Somatic Experiencing can help individuals release pent-up stress and tension, reduce anxiety and depression symptoms, manage chronic pain, improve self-regulation, and enhance overall well-being. This somatic therapy technique enables individuals to safely process traumatic experiences and develop a greater sense of resilience and empowerment.

Somatic Experiencing is a therapeutic approach that can be beneficial for individuals struggling with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex-PTSD (CPTSD). By focusing on the body's physical sensations and responses to trauma, Somatic Experiencing aims to help individuals release pent-up energy from the traumatic event and re-regulate their nervous system.

Through gentle guidance and attention to bodily sensations, Somatic Experiencing sessions can assist individuals in gradually processing and integrating the traumatic memories stored in the body. This approach can help reduce the intensity of PTSD symptoms such as hypervigilance, flashbacks, and anxiety.

By promoting a sense of safety and empowerment, Somatic Experiencing allows individuals to explore their trauma at their own pace, fostering a deeper connection between mind and body. Over time, this can lead to increased resilience, emotional regulation, and a greater sense of well-being for individuals struggling with PTSD.

How Does Somatic Experiencing Work?

Somatic Eexperiencing therapy works on the impulses, experienced as sensations in the body, that are stuck from the time of the stressful experience. The sensations, for example tightness, continue to live within the body and are designed to protect the self. By bringing attention to the sensations in the body and the experience of the mind for example the emotion of anger, we follow the natural intuition for action which was previously suppressed. Completing the action brings closure to the previously stuck impulses and addresses the root cause of trauma symptoms.

I will gently guide the client to become sensitive to the sensations in the body and the associated suppressed emotions. The therapist will work with the client in a way that difficult experiences become tolerable. After the sensations are worked through the nervous system brings calmness and openness for connection to the self in body and mind, and to others.

In Somatic Eexperiencing, the traumatic event is not what caused the trauma, it is the overwhelming response to the perceived life threat that caused an unbalanced nervous system which is the trauma symptoms that we experience. The aim is to help you access the body memory of the event, not necessarily the story to resolve the trauma. We don’t have to discuss what happened if you don’t want to.

Why You Should Try Somatic Experiencing with Us

Somatic Experiencing therapy is a gentle yet powerful approach to healing trauma and stress held in the body. As an experienced practitioner at Soul Somatic Therapy, we offer a safe and neutral space for you to explore your body's innate wisdom and resilience.

Our approach focuses on the connection between mind and body, helping you release stored tension and restore balance. By working with sensations, movements, and emotions, we can help you process trauma in a gradual and manageable way.

If you're looking for a non-invasive and holistic way to address unresolved trauma, anxiety, or chronic pain, Somatic Experiencing therapy could be the right fit for you. Our neutral and compassionate guidance will support you on your journey towards healing and self-discovery.

Take the first step towards greater well-being and book a session with us at Soul Somatic Therapy today.

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