Essays, Videos & Mind-Body Practices
Welcome!
I create these essays and videos to share the joy and fulfillment I have experienced as a long-time somatic therapist, and to help you do the same. To help you feel more rooted in yourself as a therapist so that you can bring more of your gifts and strengths to help your clients.
I am a raving fan of somatic work and how bottom-up approaches offer seemingly magic change for clients and a practice-changing experience for therapists.
I want to get therapy out of the box, bring it alive and help therapists understand that somatic therapy is not just a bunch of tricks or practices – it’s really about bringing all of yourself into the work and helping your clients do the same.
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Mindfulness & Somatic Practices (for Therapists & Clients)
Additional mind-body practices can be found here.
Pause, Reflect, Respond
Use this mindfulness practice right after sessions to stay more connected to yourself, feel more centered, and move through your day with more intention and clarity. Pause, Reflect, Respond!
3 Breath Reset: A Simple Practice to Help You Reboot
Use the 3 Breath Reset mindfulness practice to pause and reset throughout the day. It can make a real impact not only on how you feel, but in how you show up for your clients and other responsibilities.
A Gift of Self-Care for Therapists
Therapists need self-care, not just for personal wellbeing, but to nurture and sustain professional functioning. The tool of...
About Somatic Therapy | Info & Reflections
Why I Love Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Learn why I love Sensorimotor psychotherapy (SP) and how it is a somatic therapy approach that can create profound healing, change and transformation. It’s done this for both my therapy practice and for me personally.
About Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Learn about Sensorimotor psychotherapy (SP) a somatic therapy approached based in current understandings of trauma, attachment, and neuroscience. For me, SP feels nearly magical in how it helps people to heal and change.
The Movie Inside Out is a Great Resource for Therapists
Wo – Pixar just made a movie about the inner emotional life of a child! I love it! I love that the topics of mind and memory...
Somatic Therapy Skills & Concepts
4 Ways to Work with Boundaries Somatically
Working with boundaries somatically can be a powerful way to help clients develop an embodied and felt experience of their own space and limits. Here are four exercises that help clients develop boundaries and take them into “real life”.
Therapist Resilience & Musings
Five Unwitting Ways You May Be Working Too Hard
Therapists unwittingly work harder than they need to sometimes. Here are five ways we can overdo it with ideas for making change and working in ways that are more sustainable and feel better.
Good Things and Hard Things
Good things and hard things co-exist. As therapists, it is so important to develop the capacity to make space for the resources that will help us hold both in our own lives, so that we can be present to help our clients with this as well.
Be Cautious of “Normal”
Moving beyond acute grief and into “normal”, I have become aware of the importance of paying attention to how my patterns and habits do and do not serve me, and how this is the work I do with my clients.
Grief & Loss
Be Cautious of “Normal”
Moving beyond acute grief and into “normal”, I have become aware of the importance of paying attention to how my patterns and habits do and do not serve me, and how this is the work I do with my clients.
Looking for Light in the Dark
Reflecting on loss at the solstice, I look forward to riding into the returning light. As the days grow longer, and I bask in the sun, I want to remember that I am just a passenger on this planet, subject to changing seasons and unpredictable life experiences.
Telehealth & Somatic Therapy
Why Teletherapy is Draining and How to Make it Better
Teletherapy can be exhausting – and it’s not just screen time. In the context of COVID19 it’s also major change + brand new habits + upheaval + a whole lotta stress!!!!!
If you are feeling drained or exhausted by the move to telehealth as a therapist, you are not alone! Learn why teletherapy is feeling so draining and get tips for how to make it better.
How to Work with Clients Who are Reluctant about Teletherapy
Some clients are reluctant to try teletherapy. You know that they would probably benefit from sticking with therapy, but you don’t know what to say. If we treat this as a clinical issue, we can have a lot more success.
Getting Started with Teletherapy in a Time of Crisis
If adding telehealth sessions to your therapy practice is new to you, this is a big step. Adapting your practice can be a huge source of pressure.
You are doing important work in this world. Get some clarity on basic steps to take to get yourself set-up while remembering that taking care of yourself is crucial in this process.