IFS (Internal Family Systems) is about more than just addressing emotional wounds; it’s about fostering a deep sense of connection and wholeness—both emotionally and physically.
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In thinking about somatic therapy, it’s common to focus on just the body, instead of our hormones. We can’t truly separate the body and mind, the same holds true that can’t separate the importance of our hormonal systems.
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There has been a wave of mainstream acknowledgement that trauma is stored in the body, this is the second wave: moving it out.
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At Downtown Somatic Therapy, we believe that Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) offers a unique and profound approach to navigating the aftermath of dishonesty in the therapeutic relationship. This extended summary explores how working from an emotionally focused perspective can facilitate somatic healing and foster authenticity after lying to your therapist.
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If you are noticing a desire to not feel emotions, thoughts, and physical sensations, you may be experiencing conflict between your thinking brain and your feeling and sensing mammalian self.
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In this blog post, we delve into some of the theory behind Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), shedding light on how this approach encourages a profound, genuine connection between therapist and client.
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Understanding Piaget and Erikson's ages and stages of development provides a valuable framework for somatic therapists. By incorporating these theories into their practice, therapists can tailor interventions to suit their clients' cognitive and psychosocial needs.
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Rushing Woman's Syndrome is a reality for many navigating the fast-paced rhythm of New York City. What’s behind the rushing? At Downtown Somatic Therapy, we believe in using this potent tool within somatic therapies that powerfully utilizes the mind-body connection.
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Polyvagal theory, created by Stephen Porges, has distilled cutting-edge research about the nervous system into language that helps people make sense of their moment to moment living experience within their bodies, environment, and in relationships.
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Medical trauma is any trauma that happens in connection with a medical or health experience. Like other traumas, it overwhelms the body, putting it in a state of fight, flight, or freeze. The form it takes is as diverse as the experiences of the people who endure it.
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If both individuals in a couple lean toward an avoidant attachment style, a therapist may be helpful in helping to draw out the feelings gently over time from each partner one at a time.
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Trauma-informed therapy refers to a therapeutic style that aims to avoid re-traumatization over the course of treatment by emphasizing a person-specific approach.
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Our therapists help you identify what is getting in the way, move past blockages and help you access your true emotions, needs and desires.
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The name of the game in your healing journey is to thrive as well as survive, it’s essential to gear more toward the powerful nature of positive emotions.
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In somatic therapy, we make space for ancestral grief, gifts and burdens, and honor the inherent worth that grief conveys upon ourselves and our lineages.
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EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) focuses on emotions connected to memory with bilateral stimulation, like tapping on the body.
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Couples therapy is a wonderful way to resolve conflicts, and develop deeper intimacy and connection, as well as a way to heal individual pain.
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There are tons of deep breathing practices for relaxation, but did you know you can use it to heal and transform as well? Breathwork wonderfully complements the relational tools of psychotherapy.
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Somatic therapy works with your “felt experience” to help you uncover what your inner critic so you can cultivate true self-acceptance and tend to your most vulnerable needs and desires.
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Many New Yorkers experience anxiety on a daily basis but are uncertain how to decrease the negative effects that this stress has on their body - Somatic therapy can help.
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