Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

This somatic (body and mind) approach brings the wisdom of your body into the therapeutic process of addressing, accessing, processing, transforming, and resolving trauma. This modality explores the present-moment sensations and experiences (mindfulness) of the body to help heal trauma.

I trained in this incredible healing approach as soon as I finished school, deepening my skills and knowledge of how to include our physical, body experience in therapy for deeper, lasting healing. If you're like the folks I typically work with, you already know a lot about what is going on that isn't working for you. If knowing and talking about it was enough, you might not even be looking for a therapist. Using this treatment, I help you actually experience how it feels to live differently.

Present-moment experience is used, with special attention on body sensations. This modality can be especially powerful when there is trauma. Bringing mindful attention to body sensations allows trauma activation to processed in a manageable way.

I am Level 1 trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and regularly integrate the body/mind approach into my therapeutic practice. This helps us to navigate a holistic treatment approach, inclusive of your physical sensations, your cognitions, and your emotional self.

I am Level 1 trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and integrate this into my Person-Centered, Strengths-Based approach to all my treatment. I believe there is a strong connection between the mind and body and that sometimes mental health issues can store themselves in the physical body.

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (SP) is a therapeutic modality for trauma and attachment issues. SP welcomes the body as an integral source of information which can guide resourcing and the accessing and processing of challenging, traumatic, and developmental experience. SP is a holistic approach that includes somatic, emotional, and cognitive processing and integrationSP enables clients to discover and change habitual physical and psychological patterns that impede optimal functioning and well-being

I am currently in the process of training for this amazing modality. The somatic focus builds on my yoga and mindfulness trainings in powerful ways. Sensorimotor psychotherapy is an especially powerful tool for people who recovering from PTSD and CPTSD.

Traumas of all types leave lasting imprints in our nervous system. The body remembers. Sometimes that can lead us to feeling panicky, overwhelmed, shut down or even angry. Sensorimotor therapy uses the body to help our nervous system learn to find safety once again.

Sensorimotor psychotherapy is a body-centered therapeutic approach that focuses on identifying and treating the physical symptoms people experience as a result of unresolved trauma. (SP) is a method that draws upon the natural wisdom of the body (posture, movement, and the nervous system) to tap into the innate drive in all of us to heal, adapt, and develop new capacities.

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy combines mindfulness and awareness of body and other moment to moment experience to help support clients in building skills and healing trauma. This modality is something I use quite regularly with clients, and I am continuing to deepen my skills all the time.

I am currently receiving advanced training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. This therapy focusses heavily on the body and explores how we can understand and work with our nervous systems directly. I find this helpful for everyone, but especially for folks with past trauma and for LGBTQ+ folks who are struggling to feel a connection between their mind and body.

I theoretically underpin therapy with polyvagal theory, neurobiology, and mind-body connection approaches. Therapeutic interventions we may engage in are Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, somatic therapies, DBT, mindfulness-based, Internal Family Systems therapy (IFS), and safety and stability techniques.

Somatic awareness reduces stress and anxiety, through titrating the autonomic nervous system and discharging stress. Some of the leading somatic approaches are: Pat Odgen's Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing as well as Ron Kurtz's work in Hakomi.

Currently in training through the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute

As a somatic practitioner with training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, I know that experiences live on in our bodies, as well as in our memories. I will support you to connect more deeply with the ways your body remembers your story, with the guidance it offers on your path towards healing, and with the pleasures and joy it can hold.

Where trauma is present, reputable means for addressing what just talk therapy can often exacerbate is crucial for finding agency to move forward living your life. Pat Ogden’s Sensorimotor Psychotherapy has been a leading contributor to somatic-based therapy approaches for over four decades. I have completed training and consultation in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Trauma Themes to help you somatically address unprocessed trauma stuck in your body.