Early Trauma Integration

Why somatic therapy for an infant?

Provide an opportunity for the child to tell their story, through movement and vocalization
Are at a slow pace and focused on the child and their needs and expressions.
Can help heal and integrate challenging experiences (conception, gestation, birth, procedures, separation)
Support attachment and bonding
Can bring ease to the child’s system - physical, emotional, nervous system
Can support a big transition - new sibling, divorce, loss, move
A series of sessions is recommended and often include craniosacral therapy, breast crawl, and gentle movements.
Sessions are best in person

The early years are full of so much learning and exploration. The world can sometimes be quite overwhelming.
Children are also always communicating with us. As they learn the ways and rules of the family they are also aware of what their body is signaling - curiosity, new sensations and abilities, figuring out boundaries in combination with desires - quite a challenging mix.
Sessions are play focused giving opportunities for children to tell their stories through play as their words are not yet their primary way of communicating.
Because children orient to their world via their parents, the process includes sessions with just parents inner mixed with child play therapy sessions so parents are able to attune to their children and their own systems so that all can better understand and support one another.
Sessions are best in person

Can learn how to more present in your body so you can listen to, be present for, respond to and reflect your infant/child.
Can learn how to give space and support for your infant/child to experience and communicate their own wants, needs, feelings and intentions.
Can better understand how early traumatic events impact your and your infant/child's systems. Learn about the impact on the development of their brain/ nervous system, physical and emotional health, and their feeling of safety and being loved.
Learn helpful tools to support your child to thrive as opposed to coping and surviving.
Begin to understand and heal any trauma that you experienced, when young, which may affect your ability to relate to your children in a mutually supportive, open and empathetic way.

Teenage years are an important time of self differentiation. Learning independence yet also wanting to be seen and understood and supported. There is a sense of what doesn't work or hasn't worked, yet no clear sense or awareness of how to achieve other kinds of relationships than the ones modeled to us by our parents and extended family members.
Establishing a safe place where one feels heard and seen can make such a huge difference.
Sessions combine somatic therapy focused on early experiences* gentle bodywork through biodynamic craniosacral therapy and family constellation work.
Sessions can be in person or virtual

Once we are adults many of our early experiences seem hidden under the layers of all of the experiences we have had all or our lives.
We too were infants once and came into families with all of the experiences mentioned above.
Sometimes we get labeled as anxious or strong and independent yet these characteristics often are learned survival mechanisms that were necessary when we were young yet may not be serving us as adults.
When we look at our early experiences and heal those early times when we weren't seen or heard we can then be more present in the current moment for our loved ones.
Sessions combine somatic therapy focused on early experiences, gentle bodywork through biodynamic craniosacral therapy and family constellation work.
Sessions can be in person or virtual