Somatic Experiencing
‘Trauma does not have to be a life-sentence’- Peter Levine
Trauma is not just an event from the past. For people who experience trauma, it continues as a repeated, unpleasant experience in the present. We can feel it as pain, tightness, breathlessness or discomfort in the body and sometimes as bad memories or nightmares.
Trauma prevents us from thinking clearly, focusing or making decisions. We feel anxious, scattered, afraid, and are unable to calm ourselves or soothe our emotions. We even have difficulty in asking for help from others.
Trauma makes us feel separated or broken into several pieces. Sometimes, we may find ourselves constantly getting into dangerous situations and taking risks with our lives. At times, it is a way of numbing the pain or fear that we experience. At other times, we alternate between getting ready to run fast and save our lives and feeling like we are stuck and have no energy to even move.
As Somatic Experiencing therapists, we try to be there for the client 100% so that they can feel safe and comfortable with their feelings and emotions. They can freely talk about images, flashbacks, dreams, emotions or thoughts, just the way we yawn and stretch our body to relieve it of tension.
We help them slow down so their body does not feel like it is constantly running away from danger. We offer them a space for healing to take place, slowly and surely, by way of curiosity, exchanges, play and movements. Our focus is to help them deal, in the present moment, with events from the past so that they move with hope and confidence into tomorrow.
Trauma is not just an event from the past. For people who experience trauma, it continues as a repeated, unpleasant experience in the present. We can feel it as pain, tightness, breathlessness or discomfort in the body and sometimes as bad memories or nightmares.
Trauma prevents us from thinking clearly, focusing or making decisions. We feel anxious, scattered, afraid, and are unable to calm ourselves or soothe our emotions. We even have difficulty in asking for help from others.
Trauma makes us feel separated or broken into several pieces. Sometimes, we may find ourselves constantly getting into dangerous situations and taking risks with our lives. At times, it is a way of numbing the pain or fear that we experience. At other times, we alternate between getting ready to run fast and save our lives and feeling like we are stuck and have no energy to even move.
As Somatic Experiencing therapists, we try to be there for the client 100% so that they can feel safe and comfortable with their feelings and emotions. They can freely talk about images, flashbacks, dreams, emotions or thoughts, just the way we yawn and stretch our body to relieve it of tension.
We help them slow down so their body does not feel like it is constantly running away from danger. We offer them a space for healing to take place, slowly and surely, by way of curiosity, exchanges, play and movements. Our focus is to help them deal, in the present moment, with events from the past so that they move with hope and confidence into tomorrow.