Somatic therapy focuses on healing both the mind and body. It emphasizes the importance of bodily sensations, movements, and experiences in understanding psychological processes. It explores how emotions, trauma, and other psychological factors manifest in physical sensations and bodily expressions, and it often incorporates practices such as body awareness, movement therapy, and mindfulness to promote healing and self-awareness.
How to Know When You Need Somatic Therapy?
- Feeling stuck in long-term patterns of stress, anxiety, and depression
- Disconnection from oneself
- Nervous system dysregulation
- Unprocessed emotions
- Unresolved complex trauma
- Health conditions related to stored trauma that include sleep issues, gut issues, headaches, chest pains, fatigue/exhaustion, brain fog, and muscle tension.