Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

Connecting mind and body to emotions

I ground myself in a holistic perspective and utilize brain-body connections to deepen self-understanding (the body is wise!) and release trauma (when you wish your body would STOP keeping the score).

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.

I have completed Level 1 and 2 of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy training, as well as the Complex Trauma trauma training offered by the institute.

A body-centered approach that integrates sensorimotor processing with cognitive and emotional interventions. This therapy is particularly effective for treating trauma and attachment issues. It focuses on the somatic responses of the body to trauma, helping clients to become aware of their bodily sensations and to develop new ways of responding to them. By addressing the physical patterns that underlie emotional and behavioral issues, it supports a more embodied and integrated healing process.

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.

SP is a method that draws upon the natural wisdom of the body to tap into the innate drive in all of us to heal, adapt and develop new capacities. The effects of trauma, neglect and abusive or emotionally painful relationships with childhood caregivers are held in our nervous systems, posture, and movement habits as well as in unresolved painful emotions and limiting beliefs. To change these patterns, clients learn to mindfully follow the natural intelligent processes of body and mind.

I am nearly done with level II of sensorimotor psychotherapy. When I'm done, it will be a total of 270 hours of training. My trainer asked me to help her teach level I next fall, which should help me understand this approach even more. I love how SP helps us process trauma where it's stored--in the body. You are probably aware of your physical symptoms. SP can help us address those compassionately and directly.

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.

I have completed Level 1 on single incident trauma and Level 2 on Developmental injury. These are two in-depth trainings focused on somatic work and attuning into the body. These were through the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute (https://sensorimotorpsychotherapy.org)

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.

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.

SPI is a body-centered therapy used to treat trauma and attachment issues. It prioritizes the guiding intelligence of the body through mindfulness. SPI is a particularly collaborative, process-based approach to healing. I am in ongoing consultation and training to obtain my SPI practicioner status.

With my comprehensive training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, I specialize in techniques that address trauma by integrating mind-body healing. Through my studies and hands-on experience, I'm equipped to support individuals in their healing process through the body.

I am level-one trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. I also have additional somatic trainings, including yoga, Movement for Trauma (with Jane Clapp), and others.

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy is a mindfulness and body-based approach to healing trauma. It is a very experiential approach to healing that involves a lot of experiments, movement, and creativity to help the body do now what it couldn't at the time of the trauma. I use guided mindfulness at help you notice bodily sensations, emotions, thoughts, beliefs, impulses for movement, images, the five senses, and imagery.

"Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (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 integration." - SP website I am currently level 2 trained and enjoy using this modality to bring holistic healing. As a PhD student, I hope to do research/writing on this modality.