Somatic therapy can improve awareness of defense mechanisms, as well as provide a method for processing the feelings these defenses are covering up.
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Lifestyle changes have repeatedly been shown to help manage anxiety, but to get to the root of what is bothering you, it helps to work with a therapist who can support you in going deeper.
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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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What exactly is anxiety and why does it present so differently? At Downtown Somatic Therapy, we define anxiety by what happens in the body and we measure the severity of that anxiety by how it manifests physically.
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When we feel shame we may withdraw from others, avoid intimacy, or become defensive or angry.
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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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If you feel ambivalent about being in therapy, this could be a portal into more transformative work with your therapist or it could be a sign that you’ve outgrown them.
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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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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 people struggle with procrastination, but are not in touch with why they are avoiding these tasks in the first place.
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Our clinicians find meaning and purpose in incorporating the body into the therapeutic experience. This approach is healing and experiential — it distinguishes itself from other forms of therapy.
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At Downtown Somatic Therapy, we believe that somatic therapy is a powerful way to address attachment wounds and to experience deep healing and a renewed sense of joy in life.
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There are unique challenges when it comes to living in New York City while managing symptoms of PTSD — but therapy can help.
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Somatic Experiencing (SE), Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and Gestalt.
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By acknowledging, and sitting with, how depression makes us feel in our bodies, we can begin to overcome the feelings of “overwhelm” that depression can engender.
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Do you struggle with anxiety and wonder how somatic therapy can help? Anxiety actually starts out as a physiological response to feelings you have learned are not ok to feel.
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