Somatic-Based Trauma Therapies 

Lasting psychological and physiological trauma often manifests from an acute (one time) and deeply distressing or terrifying experience during which a person suffers from a perceived or actual life-threatening event.  Trauma may also result as the byproduct of cumulative negative emotional and physical stressors.   Both the corrosive impact of daily and ongoing abuse, conflict, fear or stress, as well as a sudden trauma such as sexual or physical assault, an accident or natural disaster, seriously diminish an individual's capacity to operate with ease, resilience and agency in one's life.  

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By working from a somatic and holistic perspective in trauma therapy, individuals who have survived such painful and disturbing experiences can reset their nervous systems and once again feel safe in the world. 

Our East Bay psychotherapists & psychologists, are highly skilled in treating trauma through body-based modalities. Somatic trauma therapies, such as Somatic Experiencing, AEDP, EMDR and Hakomi operate from the idea that the resulting psychological trauma is not inherently caused by the actual traumatic event, but more so from the inability of the nervous system, mind and body to effectively process the detrimental experience.  By working from a somatic and holistic perspective in trauma therapy, individuals who have survived such painful and disturbing experiences can reset their nervous systems and once again feel safe in the world. 

An array of intensely disturbing and frightening experiences can result in psychological and physiological trauma: physical assault, sexual violence, car accidents, verbal and emotional abuse, invasive medical procedures, pregnancy and birth trauma, war, natural disasters, neglect, intimate partner violence, or ongoing conflict, fear and stress can manifest in deeply rooted embodied trauma that gets "stuck" in the body's nervous system, brain, psyche and body. Our therapists are highly trained in healing trauma through body-based modalities such as Somatic Experiencing (SE), Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) and other somatic trauma therapies 

Somatic trauma therapies, such as Somatic Experiencing, AEDP, EMDR and Hakomi operate from the idea that the resulting psychological trauma is not inherently caused by the actual traumatic event, but more so from the inability of the nervous system, mind and body to effectively process the detrimental experience.  By working from a somatic and holistic perspective in trauma therapy, individuals who have survived such painful and disturbing experiences can reset their nervous systems and once again feel safe in the world. 

 

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