You Are Not a Diagnosis
““What would you call this patient – schizophrenic or schizoaffective?” He paused and stroked his chin, apparently in deep thought. “I think I’d call him Michael McIntyre,” he replied.”
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In schools of higher education, we are taught to put a person in a box when they exhibit certain behaviors.
The DSM-5 tells therapists, doctors, lawyers, and other professionals how to look at a client and judge where in the book they belong so that insurance companies will pay.
Once we have labeled someone, the way therapists work with the clients shifts more towards what has worked in the past with people who have the same diagnoses.
Seeing clients this way ignores the clients individuality, uniqueness, and the experiences that have happened to them.
I don't care what you have been diagnosed with; the point of Somatic therapy is to find what trauma pathways you have that are active in your nervous system and heal them.
These pathways from previous moments of overwhelm help create dysfunctional thinking, maladaptive behaviors, and other patterns we would like to change.
Incorporating what our body is sensing into therapy transforms the trauma patterns we have set up in our nervous systems.
Come in for a free Somatic therapy consultation and see who you are without a diagnosis.
Pioneers in this work :
Somatic Experiencing - Dr. Peter Levine
Dr. Bessell Van Der Kolk
“Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.”