Service Description

This therapy gently guides clients to become aware of feelings and sensation within the body that have often became stuck within the body due to some traumatic or stressful event. The body holds the memory of events that happen throughout our lives. A traumatic or stressful event stimulates our autonomous nervous system to react with a fight or flight response where hormones are released to create a vast amount of energy to be used for survival. If this energy is not used by the body, i.e. the person can’t fight or run away, then that energy is held by the nervous system and body structures until it can be released by the body. This puts the system on high alert all the time, everything is seen as not safe and the person cannot relax. This can cause a vast array of symptoms: • Low mood • Depression • Pain and tension • Emotional dysregulation • Nervous system imbalances • Low self-esteem • Exhaustion and fatigue related to stress • Feeling numb, dissociation/disconnection • Addiction • Sleep issues Somatic Trauma Therapy guides the client to safely locate the stuck energy in the body, just by becoming aware of these sensations and staying with them allows the body to release the stuck energy and re-regulating it into the body for the body to use. Signs of re-regulation in the body can be body shaking, changes in temperature, yawning, emotional release, sighing. A Trauma can be defined as a deeply distressing or disturbing experience. Some common causes of trauma at any age can be: • Emotional, sexual, or physical abuse • Bullying • Assault • War, genocide, mass killings • Natural disasters • Loss of loved ones (Death/Separation/Abandonment) • Child Birth • Illness or diseases • Surgical Operations It is not necessary to remember the event, just to release the stuck energy in the body that was caused by the event. Although when the energy is released, a memory may come up for a client. So it is very important to work safely and gently, supporting clients, so they do not get overwhelmed.