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Trauma Integration
Somatic & Transpersonal Therapy
Turning Trauma into Rite of Passage
If you feel ready to address and integrate traumatic memories and experiences from your body, mind and spirit, this session is for you!
● Individual Therapeutic Session: Our 90 minutes in-person therapeutic sessions offer a safe space where the goal is not only to release or resolve trauma but also to integrate the healing experience into your life and wellbeing. This integration can lead to a more complete and sustainable recovery from trauma.
Session Details:
● Location: Currently in Mullumbimby/Byron Bay, Australia. Please contact me to arrange sessions at an alternative location.
● Cost: Affordable Rates Tailored to Your Needs!
I offer a sliding scale fee structure to make my services accessible. My session fees range from $125 to $170, adjusted based on your financial situation. This ensures you receive quality care that fits your budget.
● Package Discount: Save 10% when you book a package of 5 sessions in advance.
Are you struggling with any of the following?
● Fear, anger
● Guilt, shame
● Deep sadness
● Rejection, abandonment, humiliation
● Betrayal, injustice
● Feeling constantly sad or numb
● Dependency in relationships
● Lack of trust in self and others
● Addictions or medication dependency
● Anxiety, insomnia, panic attacks
● Having flashbacks, nightmares
● Low self-worth
My Therapeutic Approach
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Most counsellors and therapists utilise mainly the “top down” approach, which refers to accessing thoughts to address symptoms of mental health challenges. My line of work though is more inclined with the “bottom up” approach in therapy, to heal symptoms of trauma through memories stored in the body, therefore it is somatic in its nature.
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My approach to Trauma Integration is informed by Somatic Experiencing, with foundational training in SE Basic Principles directly taught by Peter Levine during my studies at UC Berkeley, California.
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Symptoms of trauma—such as anxiety, hypervigilance, aggression, deep sadness, addiction and shame—result from denying the body the opportunity to fully process the traumatic event.
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Through Somatic Interventions, its primary goal isn’t to help you examine the memories or emotions associated with a traumatic event, but to uncover the bodily sensations linked to those feelings.
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Rather than just talk about them, I guide you to focus on your underlying physical sensations. From there, the mind-body exercises may include breath work, meditation, visualisation, massage, grounding, dance, and/or sensation awareness work.
What is Trauma?
Trauma is the lasting adverse effects on a person’s functioning, affecting the mental, physical, social, emotional or spiritual wellbeing, caused by events, circumstances or intergenerational historical traumatic experiences.
(Adapted from Te Rau Ora , 2018).
Traumatic events can start from childhood by having neglectful, authoritarian or aggressive caregivers for example. In addition, trauma can also include experiencing or witnessing physical, emotional or sexual abuse; a serious accident; combat/war; natural disasters; domestic violence and historical events such as colonisation and migration.
Benefits
● The integrative therapy that I offer considers physiological and psychological as parts of a greater whole, and it regards the body, mind, and spirit as fundamentally interconnected. Bringing awareness to how your environment/family dynamics also contribute to your wellbeing and how trauma is often rooted in intergenerational patterns.
● In this approach, you will integrate past, present and future by understanding how traumatic experiences affect you presently, understanding better your behaviours and patterns with others and yourself. You will also be able to recognise the causes of your presenting issues and be encouraged to take responsibility for your own health and treatments.
● Traumatic memories (conscious or unconscious) are often stored in our body, thus why “talk therapy” on its own can be limiting to one’s healing process. Therefore, the integrative psychotherapy that I offer, invites you to explore how to release stagnant emotions and connect with deeper feelings from traumatic experiences through your body by increasing awareness of sensations, postures, doing breathwork and movements.
Through integrating your body as a healing tool, you learn how to regulate your emotions, feeling a deeper sense of connection, while developing self-compassion and listening to your inner wisdom.
