Areas of Focus
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A space for those that experienced the kind of pain of not been seen, met, or witnessed.
Maybe the trauma was not violent but it was quiet.
There were emotional needs that were not met.
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Experience of growing up too fast too soon
Matured for your age
You were relied on emotionally by your caregiver (s)
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Stories, narratives, patterns passed down in the family that you would like to address and explore
Connecting and understanding the pain that has been passed down through your lineage.
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Ambigious grief
Collective grief
Disenfranchised grief
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All of these experiences are welcome here
The complexity, layered, and sometimes painful experiences of navigating all of these aspects in this country or in the family system
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Experiencing changes and navigating the feelings this brings
The end of a season that is hard to let go of and entering a new one
Therapeutic Approach
How we can approach our work.
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A modality/approach that is considered bottom up. This means that we include the body in the work that we do. Such as; sensations, feelings, shapes, mindfulness, and the nervous system.
The body is full of information and it is deeply wise. The body holds stories and patterns of our lives as well as that of our lineage.
The field of Somatics did not start with western psychology. Incorporating the body in healing has been a part of indigenous, ancestral, and Eastern medicine.
Hakomi method
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This is a modality that works with your internal experience and the many “parts of you”. It’s a non-pathologizing way to approach our internal experience. This is a way to get to know defense mechanisms as well as the parts of us that have been wounded.
The hope is that through this work we can see ourselves with more compassion and clarity.
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It is important to included the nervous system in our work when addressing any experience, especially trauma. This is done by implementing skills and tools that update our systems in finding resources internally and externally.
This may look like finding grounding, internal support, external signals of safety, and vagal toning (just to name a few).
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A modality that focuses on creating timelines of your life in order to create more neural integration and a sense of core self.
