Essays, Videos & Mind-Body Practices
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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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Beliefs Live in the Body, Not Just the Mind
How moving beyond talk therapy can help our clients make deeper change.
When You Don’t Like What Your Body Has to Say
Respecting resistance as a first step to body awareness.As therapists, the way we relate to the messages from our own bodies...
When the Body is Shouting
Watch now (5 mins) | Working with clients who feel overwhelmed by sensation.
From Blah Blah Blah to Transformation
How therapist presence is one of the most important elements of somatic psychotherapy.
Listening Inward Prompt #5: The Texture of Delight
Prompts for cultivating creativity and resilience. For therapists (and other humans).
Listening Inward Prompt #4: Tending To Your Reserves
Prompts for cultivating creativity and resilience. For therapists (and other humans).
What do you see?
An orienting practice to help you be more present in the here and now. For therapists and their clients (and anyone!)
Listening Inward Prompts #3: Savoring Glimmers
Prompts for cultivating creativity and resilience. For therapists (and other humans).
When Therapy Feels Like Watching Paint Dry
A reflective exploration of why therapy can feel painfully slow, how subtle and often invisible shifts still signal meaningful change, and how therapists can stay grounded, curious, and compassionate through the “paint-drying” phases of the healing process.