Trauma is perhaps one of the most avoided, ignored, belittled, denied, misunderstood, and untreated cause of human suffering.

Peter Levine

When something happens, and our nervous system is overwhelmed, we have an innate natural response to handle it.

Sometimes the process we have gets short-changed and interrupted.

When this happens, our nervous system keeps the physical response to the event stored.

That is trauma.

Working with clients, I am always amazed by what they have stored and what their systems handled well; there is no rhyme or reason to it.

For example, several of my clients have been held at gunpoint and were able to process it healthily.

However, other events that our culture would label as less dramatic lived on in their systems.

A surgery they had years ago, sitting by a friends death bed, or a car accident when they were little all stayed unresolved.

Trauma happens to all of us, and when it stays stuck in our nervous systems, it can make us sick, depressed, and anxious.

As a culture, we are told that talking is what heals us.

Talking about traumatic events can lead to feeling the trauma all over again.

Clients who need to smoke cigarettes while they talk, cannot make eye contact, or are moving constantly, are all showing signs that telling the story is re-traumatizing the nervous system.

If this is you stop talking and try feeling.

Spending time in stillness and navigating your inner sensations is not easy, but it will slow down your system and bring a sense of calm.

Somatic therapy is permanent, quick, and changes our internal nervous system landscape forever.

As trauma leaves, so does anxiety, grief, desire for addictive substances, and poor coping skills.

Shoot me an email or call me to set up a time to sit and see what you are holding. We can heal it together.

Free Somatic therapy consultations always available.

Further Reading:

The Body Keeps the Score Bessell Van Der Kolk

Numerous Youtube videos by Dr. Bessell Van Der Kolk - Dr. Peter Levine