ART AND SOMATIC PRACTICES AS A PATHWAY TOWARDS MUTUAL LIBERATION.

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Therapeutic Art Making

Art making allows for your feelings to be seen visually and felt tangibly through the creation of images and objects. As you make art in a session with me, you may call forth memories, emotions, and thoughts that were previously unspoken or pushed away. Together, we can explore the feelings and insights that emerge as you tap into your creative wisdom and form new meanings.

Somatic Experiencing

How does Somatic Experiencing® Work?

Somatic Experiencing® (SE) understands that while trauma is predominately experienced, stored, and relived through the body, the body also possesses an innate wisdom and ability to counter trauma’s effects in order to restore balance and well-being. SE helps create the conditions and provides support for the body’s natural healing processes to unfold.

In SE sessions, we can explore the following to help with trauma resolution:

[Resourcing]

Identify positive and calming memories of a place, person, or something you love to serve as your resource. As your capacity to stay present with a resource increases, so does your capacity to be with difficult emotions or content.

[Titration]

Gradually explore difficult memories, sensations, or emotions at a pace that feels safe for you. New neural pathways form as you practice staying embodied during difficult memories.

[Pendulation]

Gently develop the capacity to have a fluid experience of going between difficult memories to resources that are soothing and settling. This process supports the nervous system’s capacity to integrate highly charged material.

[Sensation Tracking]

Pay attention to bodily sensations as a way to help you regulate difficult emotions and notice where there are pleasant experiences in the body.

[Boundary Setting]

You can use sensation tracking to help your mind and body attune to your needs, values, and your embodied “yes” and embodied “no”.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Individual sessions are 60 minutes on ____. Our first few sessions will be spent exploring and defining the goals of our work together. In the following sessions, our work is collaborative and emergent.

    Throughout each session, we will _________.

    Clients who get the most out of sessions also commit to daily practice outside of our time together. If a goal or practice needs to change, we will welcome it and move towards what feels most alive.

  • We will meet virtually on Zoom unless you live in Austin. If you are in Austin, we can meet in-person if desired.

  • My clients are engaged in personal transformation, community organizing, healing relationships, and growing as leaders - ultimately aware of how these all intersect.

    I work with clients virtually worldwide. If you're in the Austin area and interested in in-person sessions, please let me know during our "Good fit" call.

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