Somatic comes from the Greek word "soma", meaning body. Somatic psychotherapy is "talk therapy", but with a difference. It values bodily experience as much as thoughts and feelings. Working somatically with a mindful approach helps to bring about change by raising awareness in the present moment. Change happens in the here and now. There is something about really being present that fosters transformation.
The goal of therapy is to help us live more fully. Many people come to therapy because there is something in their life that they want to transform, but they have been unable to do so on their own. Working with the right therapist can change your life. My approach is holistic and non-pathologizing. In other words, I see the problems that bring people into therapy as stages of growth rather than a permanent condition.
I believe that the natural tendency of the human psyche is to be whole and healthy, and that the task of the therapist is to help you to discover what gets in the way, and how that happens.
The goal of therapy is to help us live more fully. Many people come to therapy because there is something in their life that they want to transform, but they have been unable to do so on their own. Working with the right therapist can change your life. My approach is holistic and non-pathologizing. In other words, I see the problems that bring people into therapy as stages of growth rather than a permanent condition.
I believe that the natural tendency of the human psyche is to be whole and healthy, and that the task of the therapist is to help you to discover what gets in the way, and how that happens.
Services
I work with individual adults, elders, couples, adolescents, and families.
I have had success working with clients who have diagnoses such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD or ADD), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), as well as depression, addictions and eating disorders.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a popular and well tested method that was originally designed for the treatment of trauma.
While it is still used for trauma, its uses have expanded greatly.
I have had success working with clients who have diagnoses such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD or ADD), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), as well as depression, addictions and eating disorders.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a popular and well tested method that was originally designed for the treatment of trauma.
While it is still used for trauma, its uses have expanded greatly.
License to practice psychotherapy, provided by the state of California.
MFTs have a master's degree in counseling psychology and gain a minimum of 3000 hours of clinical experience before they can sit for licensing exams.
Recreating the Self - this advanced technique is used to access your internal spiritual resources.
Responding to Life - this three month course studies the formation of character, helping to understand your habitual responses to life, and to transform those aspects you no longer find useful.
MFTs have a master's degree in counseling psychology and gain a minimum of 3000 hours of clinical experience before they can sit for licensing exams.
Recreating the Self - this advanced technique is used to access your internal spiritual resources.
Responding to Life - this three month course studies the formation of character, helping to understand your habitual responses to life, and to transform those aspects you no longer find useful.
Join Rebecca and Michelle Dwyer for an eight week group exploring the relationship between nutrition and your mental and emotional health.
This group will provide you with useful information to help you to achieve the lifestyle you want to have, and will also provide you with emotional support you need to achieve it.
You will get practical information tailored to you, and have the opportunity to explore the issues that may have contributed to any problems you are currently experiencing, such as emotional eating.
This group will provide you with useful information to help you to achieve the lifestyle you want to have, and will also provide you with emotional support you need to achieve it.
You will get practical information tailored to you, and have the opportunity to explore the issues that may have contributed to any problems you are currently experiencing, such as emotional eating.
Because choosing a therapist is a very personal decision, I offer a free twenty minute phone consultation.
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A lot of therapy is about working with the obvious in a new way.
Only rarely do my clients come up with something unknown about themselves.
The real work is in coming to a new relationship to what they already know.
Sometimes the work of the therapist - and the client - is to state what is in plain sight, in a way that clarifies the situation.
The strange thing is that sometimes it takes some exploration to find the obvious.
A recent example: I was working with a client about their relationship to their spouse.
Only rarely do my clients come up with something unknown about themselves.
The real work is in coming to a new relationship to what they already know.
Sometimes the work of the therapist - and the client - is to state what is in plain sight, in a way that clarifies the situation.
The strange thing is that sometimes it takes some exploration to find the obvious.
A recent example: I was working with a client about their relationship to their spouse.
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