Elmo Painter-Edington (she/her)

From recovering from a recent breakup, finding your voice again after the insidious effects of gaslighting and other emotional abuse, or just wanting to change your relationship and attachment patterns so we can guide you toward “favorite flavors” that are healthier and more scrumptious for you. Either way, we’ll cover: Attachment styles, Codependence vs interdependence, Boundaries - Somatic Intuition - Red & Green Flags, Trust, Assertive & kind communication

Somatic Experiencing® (SE) is a process that utilizes mindfulness and perception of physical sensations, visualizations, and movement in order to process and heal symptoms of relational and event trauma such as: car accidents, falls, sexual and/or other physical assault, betrayal, grief, birth trauma, natural disasters, war, and many other events. SE can help the body heal from emotional triggers, panic attacks, dysfunctional relationship patterns, anxiety, “jumpiness” and hypervigilance.

I am a certified Autism specialist, and love working with Autistic or AuDHD adults to figure out neurodivergent-affirming ways of navigating relationships, communication styles, accommodations, masking & unmasking, burnout care, meltdown/shutdown plans, fact-sharing, and leaning into routines, special interests, and Autistic joy to move toward thriving and not just surviving!

In addition to processing specific triggers, Somatic therapy can increase connection with your intuition, empowerment, alignment with your values, inner truth, spirituality, and feelings of aliveness. SE is self-care for your nervous system, which informs all of the systems of our bodies. Is it hard to hear your inner voice? Or maybe it's yelling so loud and fast that it’s hard to understand? Let’s reconnect you to your innate wisdom.

The stories we tell ourselves about our realities shape our mental and emotional experiences. We can gain whole worlds of understanding by examining the stories we tell ourselves about life, relationships, our art, our dog, living arrangements, even our own biology. Combining Somatic therapy with narrative therapy can help align us with our values and our truth.

Understanding our relationship patterns can help give us more choices in the people we choose to date or befriend, as well as how to engage with those relationships, understand and ask for what we need, find the difference between boundaries and control, and establish healthier standards and expectations. It can also help us see how we are showing up in our relationships.