Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

Connecting mind and body to emotions

I ground myself in a holistic perspective and utilize brain-body connections to deepen self-understanding (the body is wise!) and release trauma (when you wish your body would STOP keeping the score).

SP is a method that draws upon the natural wisdom of the body to tap into the innate drive in all of us to heal, adapt and develop new capacities. The effects of trauma, neglect and abusive or emotionally painful relationships with childhood caregivers are held in our nervous systems, posture, and movement habits as well as in unresolved painful emotions and limiting beliefs. To change these patterns, clients learn to mindfully follow the natural intelligent processes of body and mind.

A body-centered approach that integrates sensorimotor processing with cognitive and emotional interventions. This therapy is particularly effective for treating trauma and attachment issues. It focuses on the somatic responses of the body to trauma, helping clients to become aware of their bodily sensations and to develop new ways of responding to them. By addressing the physical patterns that underlie emotional and behavioral issues, it supports a more embodied and integrated healing process.

I have completed Level 1 and 2 of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy training, as well as the Complex Trauma trauma training offered by the institute.

I trained in this incredible healing approach as soon as I finished school, deepening my skills and knowledge of how to include our physical, body experience in therapy for deeper, lasting healing. If you're like the folks I typically work with, you already know a lot about what is going on that isn't working for you. If knowing and talking about it was enough, you might not even be looking for a therapist. Using this treatment, I help you actually experience how it feels to live differently.

This somatic (body and mind) approach brings the wisdom of your body into the therapeutic process of addressing, accessing, processing, transforming, and resolving trauma. This modality explores the present-moment sensations and experiences (mindfulness) of the body to help heal trauma.

I've done two years of training post-graduation in this modality and consider it my foundation for therapy. It's been so helpful for many of my clients, even when they weren't sure what was causing the present day stress.

I am level 2 trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.

Although I am not formally trained in sensorimotor psychotherapy, I worked for one year under a supervisor who was an expert sensorimotor practitioner, and I learned many techniques from her that I utilize in my work.

I am currently in Level One training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.

I have completed Level I and Level II Sensorimotor Psychotherapy trainings in order to work holistically with trauma and attachment wounds on all the levels in which they are stored in the body, including emotions, cognitions, sensations, movement, and impulse.

I have been working with Sensory issues since 2003 and been one of the first in the field in Ohio to work with teens and older adults. I have worked at Ohio State and other facilities. I have worked with people on the spectrum and those that have just sensory issues when most people worked with children. It is so important that those who have felt like the have not been heard, be heard and know that we are there for them too.

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute Level 1 Graduate- American Society for Clinical Hypnosis Intermediate Trained- Member in good standing ASCH & ISST-D (The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation). I am trained in Dr. Frank Corrigan's DBR ( Deep Brain Reorienting Therapy ), & am an EMDRIA Approved Consultant, EMDR Therapist, Ego State Therapist and Level 2 trained in Clinical Hypnosis. I work with experiencers of PTSD, C-PTSD & the Dissociative Disorders.

I am Level 1 trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and integrate this into my Person-Centered, Strengths-Based approach to all my treatment. I believe there is a strong connection between the mind and body and that sometimes mental health issues can store themselves in the physical body.

It's a somatic therapy that updates the nervous system through gentle mindful noticing that helps funnel into parts of our experience that needs healing.