Desde 2006, he estado estudiando los enfoques somáticos, o centrados en el cuerpo, de la psicoterapia. Cuando es apropiado, y/o cuando un cliente viene específicamente deseando explorar este aspecto de la transformación corporal, integro estas técnicas en sesiones. En 2010, me convertí en practicante certificada de la Experiencia Somática, un sistema altamente refinado, científico y basado en la evidencia para trabajar con el trauma en el cuerpo, fundado en el trabajo del Dr. Peter Levine. Encuentro que estas prácticas son altamente complementarias al yoga y otras prácticas espirituales.
When appropriate, I find that safely integrating body-centered approaches into the psychotherapeutic setting often accelerates the process of transformation. Why? Because trauma is stored not only in the mind but in the body. Whereas somatic psychotherapy rarely involves physical touch, together we can locate where traumas and contractions are held within the body, and gently begin to unwind them “from the inside out”, releasing long-held tension from within. Through interweaving somatic approaches to understanding with other modalities of psychotherapy, and teaching and empowering clients how to do this for themselves, individuals learn to integrate this practice into their own lives and report significant changes in their ability to self-regulate their emotions and nervous systems.