SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
Somatic Psychotherapy is a form of Mind/Body Medicine that integrates the experiential levels of thoughts, emotions, and senses, and reduces the conditioned responses that persist as troubling symptoms.
HOW IS SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PSYCHOTHERAPY?
Most talk-therapy does not engage the body, especially at the sensational and sensorimotor level. Somatic psychotherapy is a term for several treatment techniques that pay equal attention to physical responses, moving between the levels of thought, feeling, and sensation. When we feel "stuck" with a behavior or symptom, even though we understand it, somatic psychotherapy can move it. This is especially important in dealing with trauma responses.
WHAT ARE SOME TECHNIQUES OF SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY?
Most talk-therapy does not engage the body, especially at the sensational and sensorimotor level. Somatic psychotherapy is a term for several treatment techniques that pay equal attention to physical responses, moving between the levels of thought, feeling, and sensation. When we feel "stuck" with a behavior or symptom, even though we understand it, somatic psychotherapy can move it. This is especially important in dealing with trauma responses.
- Dream Analysis
- EMDR
- Guided imagery
- Journaling
SOMATIC EXPERIENCING
www.traumahealing.org or "Fight or Flight" response, see What is Mind/Body Medicine?
Giovanna M. Cammuso MSW, LCSW - SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY