Integrative Wellness
Mental Integration
through Embodiment
Restore your relationship with your mind and body.
If you are experiencing disruptive mental health symptoms such as panic, intense anxiety and fear, numbness and dissociation, or uncontrolled rage, learning to work with your nervous system can help. These types of chronic and pervasive mental health symptoms are often signals of deeper ruptures and traumas that have not been healed or integrated. In somatic and embodiment therapy, we work with your symptoms through the nervous system - where they start.
I believe in the inherent wisdom of our bodies and minds. So that is where we start in our work together: your daily lived experience. What physical and mental symptoms are showing up? What is your body and mind saying (or maybe even screaming) needs attention? What daily demands, systems, ‘ism’s, traumas, barriers and supports are you working with? From that space, we use a blend of physical, somatic and sensory modalities to start to develop a responsive language to meet those needs in ways that are sustainable and easy to integrate into your daily life. You are your greatest healer, the expert of your own experience. I always seek to center and empower you in your own healing journey, with the guiding principle that we are co-creators in this work.
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​Deep insights often emerge when you start to inhabit and listen more deeply to your body, but it is not necessary to always know the why in order to meet yourself somatically. Rather, it is a simple practice of noticing what is and then finding ways to meet, stretch and work with what is present and arising in each moment.
Somatic, Sensory and Embodiment work can be extremely effective alongside traditional psychotherapy/talk therapy, or when you have hit a plateau. Some individuals find their symptoms are so problematic that they have trouble making progress in traditional psychotherapy. Trauma is often stored in the body. When one starts to create a language with the body, resiliency starts to unfold and deeper healing can emerge.
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Some tools we might utilize together in this work are:
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Sensory evaluation and profile
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Developing a sensory menu (also known as a sensory diet) based on your own unique sensory needs
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Bodywork focused on Myofascial tension patterns
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Somatic and body-based practices
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Restorative Yoga poses for deep release
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Talk therapy around emotions with somatic practices
