Therapy is a healing adventure and transformative process which places you on a journey of self-discovery and healing. On this journey, you will learn that many of your thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations are linked to the past by memory. Depression, Anxiety, Anger, and Chronic Pain are often a result of undischarged stress stored in your body and attached to memories.
These memories get triggered by daily experiences, sounds, smells, sights, taste, and touch. The memories trigger the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS). The ANS is a primal system developed to protect us and help us survive. It attempts to protect us by reacting to signal from our environment and stored memory with instantaneous chemical reactions experienced in our body as Fight, Flight, or Freeze. When it is a memory that is triggered our body doesn’t realize the memory is not actually occurring now, it is just reacting to the trigger.
When we are triggered, we physically re-experience the felt sense of the memory. This physiological process is often why we can feel stuck, unable to move forward in our lives, why we experience stronger reactions than a situation may call for, or feel out of control (anger, anxiety attacks, bouts of depression or pain).
There are many ways to heal or release ourselves from the past. I teach research-based techniques that have been shown to be effective in the treatment of trauma, anxiety, chronic pain, and depression. Some of the tools I use are Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) also known as Tapping, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Body Centered Mindfulness.
During therapy you will learn to identify the physical sensations and differentiate between current and past experiences. You will also learn body centered energy techniques that will assist the body’s release of the stuck stress or energy that has been re-experienced in the above stated symptoms or feeling states. You will feel a greater sense of peace, relaxation, and self-confidence as you begin to release the old feelings and energy that are connected to the memories.
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