#Somatic Therapy Online

[streightiffsylvan]

Exploring Somatic Therapy in California

Somatic therapy is a holistic approach that focuses on the connection between the mind and body to promote healing and well-being. Therapists in this field help clients become more aware of their bodily sensations and how they relate to emotions and trauma. Techniques used might include breathwork, movement, touch, and mindfulness practices. The goal is to release stored tension and trauma from the body, improve emotional regulation, and enhance overall physical and mental health. Somatic Therapy CA offers these services to help individuals achieve a balanced and healthier state of being.

[johnypage95]

Somatic body therapy:-

[mindbodyawareness]

Somatic therapy is a type of body-oriented psychotherapy that focuses on the mind-body connection. It can be helpful for treating conditions such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and stress. If you're looking for somatic therapy services in NYC, Then get in touch with the experts: https://mindbodyawareness.net/ 

[hiiragi7]

It has been established in clinical contexts that dissociated parts as they relate to DID are caused by trauma, however endogenic systems for the most part do not claim their headmates are "dissociated parts". If endogenic systems are to be understood outside the context of DID, then a clinical understanding of DID, no matter how extensive, is not useful to apply to the concept of endogenic systems.

Ultimately, how endogenic systems view themselves comes down to subjective labelling, which is a big part of why endogenic discourse is so useless. You cannot make black-and-white claims about other people's subjective experiences and expect it to go well. Especially not when "endogenic" is such a broad category of experiences.

Also, when what we call "endogenic systems" refers to such a broad category of experiences which includes spiritual experiences tied to certain cultures, to say that these experiences are invalid or undeserving of respect can very quickly stray into very racist territory. Regardless of your own beliefs regarding spirituality, it is best to at least respect other views, especially when they are culturally relevant to an individual. To boil these experiences down to "just DID in denial" is to downplay and minimize the history of these cultures and their beliefs, and to forcefully apply a definition of selfhood that may not be widely used within that culture.

I feel that to view endogenic systems only through the lens of DID is to not only miss the wide variety of experiences that the endogenic label covers (from spirituality to psychological views to anything in-between) but also to unfairly minimize DID down to "just having alters".

If an endogenic system only claims to have a system, with no amnesia, no chronic dissociation, no commonly comorbid mental health issues, no posttraumatic symptoms, no somatic symptoms, etc etc etc, and they are not just not recognizing symptoms or denying symptoms, then that simply is not DID. To say otherwise is to boil DID down to just "alters disorder", which really ignores the complexity of the disorder.

I do believe that there are many systems who start out identifying as endogenic who do discover later on that they are traumagenic and DID (I've been there, my friends have been there, many of the systems I've met have been there), however I also firmly believe that fakeclaiming experiences are never the way to have a system come to terms with being traumagenic DID if that's what they truly are. I needed therapy, a safe space to explore being traumagenic and DID, and friends who didn't really care what I identified as in order to come to terms with it.

With trauma in general, you need safety first in order to begin addressing trauma, and constantly making someone question their own experiences or forcing them to face their trauma before they're ready is never the way to go about this. It is actively dangerous and no good therapist would ever approve of it. You need to do basic groundwork establishing coping skills, support systems, and ways to begin learning how to safely regulate emotions before doing any trauma work, and this is not done in online discourse surrounding system origins.

If a system truly is traumagenic DID, you may be forcing them to come to terms with something they cannot yet handle. If a system truly is endogenic, you've just been an asshole to someone who really did not deserve it. Discourse surrounding the validity of endogenic systems does not really do anyone any good at all.

[butchcharliee]

re: therapist i want to first say that the moment you really need a therapist is the time when it can be the most arduous/frustrating to find one (feeling especially anxious, situations coming to a head, being under resourced) so i hope you’re very gentle w yourself rn

i’ve come up with a few standard questions that i ask therapists during intake calls/interviewing stage to see if we’d be a good fit. these are based on my experiences/needs/preferences so please take them with a grain of salt and adjust them for yourself, but i find that having some questions prepared ahead of time helps me use the time to best gauge compatibility on that first call rather than having to come up w questions on the spot

1. tell me about your practice and how you work with your clients (it’s nice to let them do some talking on the front end and it might answer some later questions)

2. what types of therapy/modalities do you work with? (i like to hear that they blend different practices and draw from multiple strategies depending on the clients’ needs - i’ve had very little success with therapists that only practice Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and i personally really needed to incorporate somatic practices to get long term healing)

3. what experience do you have working with queer and trans clients? (how they respond says a lot about how safe it will be)

4. what are your views on spirituality/how do you work with clients of different religious backgrounds? (i’ve had the best experiences with therapists that say something to the effect of ‘i let the client lead with their own beliefs/background and support them by incorporating their values into the sessions, but i don’t discuss/impose my own spiritual practices so as not to influence the client.’ in my experience, 100% of the time someone says something like ‘well i think everyone needs a spiritual/religious practice to find real healing’ they are a Christian and going to insist on imposing that in session. if that’s going to hinder your healing, don’t work with them.)

5. how does scheduling work with you? do you have consistent sessions available at the same time each week? (if consistency is important to your mental health, maybe don’t see someone who has different time slots each week)

6. how can i schedule an emergency session if that comes up? how do we make up for a session if you have to cancel?

7. how can i contact you outside of sessions? voicemail/text/email/online form? (if they’re 100% not available outside of scheduled sessions that has left me feeling unsupported. esp bc i don’t want to spend session time on logistical things i could send ahead by email)

8. are you available to write professional letters on my behalf (ESA, work/school accommodations, healthcare/surgery letters)? what is the process for requesting those and are they an extra cost?

good luck!!!

Thank you 🥹🩷 yall are so kind to me helping me out omg

[cytser]

did isn't 'alter disorder'. did isn't about having fictional introjects. it isn't cool, it isn't quirky, it isn't a personality trait. did isn't about having alters with different aesthetics or picking out different neopronouns.

did is a disorder that develops as the result of severe childhood trauma. it's having your sense of self fractured, or of never having had the chance to form one cohesive sense of self. it's of switching between different ways of perceiving yourself and the world around you.

it's flashbacks, chronic dissociation, somatic symptoms. it's confusion, isolation, shame. it's anger, fawning, self-hatred. it's different for everyone because it's informed by our trauma and everyone has different trauma.

i cannot talk about how i realised i have did publicly because it is too triggering to disclose. i can barely talk about it in therapy.

i try to ignore the online did community, because it hurts to see the way that people bastardise a condition that has made my life living hell. but it's impossible to ignore it completely, especially when it leaks into general spaces.

i wish that some of these people could live with my condition for a day. maybe then they'd change how they talk about it.

[inpsychotherapy]

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[ms-hells-bells]

tourette's and tics in general are a living hell and i want to throat punch everyone who fakes them or mocks them. actually no i want to make them live through infinite middle school with tourette's and migraines. that'd be justice imo

it is mostly teen girls who very much want attention, that they are not getting the right kind of (they feel like if they don't have some type of 'identity', they are a privileged, bad, future karen that doesn't deserve support), so i feel sympathy (especially when a lot of it is somatic symptom disorder, meaning they THINK it's real, because with mass psychogenic, or social contagion events, they can have significant psychosomatic effects, where your brain is essentially tricked into acting certain ways out of your general control. many of these girls literally need therapy to go through the logic of what's happening to convince them that they can stop, and that's what makes them stop)

but also immense frustration with them, because of the damage of what they do to communities who genuinely have those conditions. i think if teen girls were more mentally supported, in terms of not being mocked online for their personalities and likes, and if they were taken seriously in terms of depression and anxiety (a well as removing the notion that the more oppressed = the more morally good as a person), then they would stop these sorts of actions, which would greatly benefit the disabled community.

[softlittleheartsandsparkles]

can i ask whats the difference between inner child healing and uh age regression? your pinned post stated it's not the same thing.

It's hard to example. I guess for me it's mostly that 'age regression' is more of a lifestyle, and even more so an aesthetic that done online. I struggle with terms like "life styles" being used when folks use terms interchangeable with other terms like "therapy" or "inner child healing" because it's really not if you understand inner child healing or therapy. I've poked a bit at inner child healing, I have books on this topic. The online community I find isn't really inner child healing. It's aesthetic. I mean I do think some things folks like are healing, coloring has been shown to reduce feelings of anxiety, & it can bring on feelings of mindfulness. Watching comforting programs is emotion regulation skills. (as long as it's not used to avoid responsibilities) etc. These are fine coping methods. But, I feel like a lot of age regression is misguided because therapy isn't pretty, it's not pastel and cute. (neither is it ugly. It's treatment thus it changes person to person. Its just an experience. ) Especially when you start seeing terms like "CG" "flip" (sfw term for 'switch' which is a *ish term. ) "little gear" "sfw punishments" (*ish term again adopted) etc. These aren't therapy. I'd argue too they can create more problems. Especially 'punishments' - this applies more shame and embarrassment. Or they are more towards a power dynamic thus they lean more towards *ish. I've done therapy before. And while therapy (intense therapy) does mean you make changes to your life style. (behaviour wise) and you have to work that therapy into a schedule and you do learn new skills and repeat them,(to become masterful) trouble shoot and remove ones you don't find helpful... etc. and grated these things are hard, and people do need reminders. It's certainty not an "aesthetic". It's also not something someone else should have control over. (yes, this is "shade" to 'cgs' and people who claim they need them in order to 'heal'. This isn't healthy and can feel like co-dependency. Which isn't good and can lead to further issues...) Like there is a dynamic that happens with therapy. But I'd argue it's three way. Your outer self, inner self, and then the therapist who speicalizes in fields to help you & who your choosing to work with. But you have the most control, as you are the ones looking to discuss issues with a therapist and your seeking out change. Inner child therapy/healing is a legitimated therapy. It's more around targeting attachment wounds and styles we've picked up thru childhood. (think of things like abandonment etc) It's also about going inner, and exploring pains and feelings you have, that could've been labeled as 'wrong' 'bad' or 'too much'. (i.e. things that bring up shame&embrassement.) Inner child therapies are more so: trauma therapy, Parts Work, Internal Family Systems, EMDR, sensorimotor psychotherapy, somatic work, Gestalt work, art therapy, and story or narrative therapy

[figs-and-cigs]

you can ignore this ask if you want but do you have any good resources for being in a polyamorous relationship with someone with bpd? im also disabled with fibromyalgia and sometimes it hurts too much to even cuddle and they give me that space but it makes them miserable and i just have no clue what to do and your one post from months ago about relationships says reading is important but i dont know what to read or where to start and i dont want to run into misinformation that will make my relationships worse (also to clarify i dont have bpd, im pretty sure i have aspd so its still cluster b but i dont think i understand much about bpd other than the symptoms, idk how to help them heal) (also we cant afford therapists rn rip)

Unfortunately when it comes to books about BPD (or any cluster B pd) and relationships I've yet to find any that are worth recommending. The closest I've come is watching Crazy Ex Girlfriend on Netflix with my partner and regularly pausing it to talk about how my symptoms relate or differ. (And even then the show is dramatized but at least it's funny!)

For myself I had to learn that I am 100% responsible for my mental and physical health issues. I'm the only one who can truly understand myself and my needs - and with that I'm the only one who can clearly express to others how they can help. The best thing my partner(s) can do it make it clear that they are a safe place to communicate - and when.

Today my primary and I had a kid free day and I had expected we would spend it doing things together. Instead, I woke up midday and he spent all of his time tending to his garden - even long after I woke up. I felt immense rejection! While my initial impulse was to pout and behave negatively - I had enough coping skills to recognize that my partner was not ignoring me (he was doing things he likes to do in his free time like a normal person!), and to busy myself with things I enjoy. When he finally took some time to sit I communicated I was feeling a little ignored because I expected the day to go differently (how could he know this? He can't read my mind.) I then asked to watch a movie (solution to connect for a bit today). His response was empathetic and without judgement. Hug, kiss, movie time.

I have to remember that as partners we can't read each other's minds nor solve each other's problems. There has to be a good balance between recognizing our own autonomy/responsibility and collaboration. Which only works through communication.

In short, your partner is the only one who can help you understand them.

Things that have helped in lieu of therapy. Polysecure is a book high on my recommendation list. I've personally found a lot of help and support in groups like Codependents Anonymous and Emotions Anonymous. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills can be learned online and there are some fantastic workbooks (DBT was created for BPD). I also really like the Emotional Freedom Technique and Somatic Therapy skills.

I think those of us with Fibro and Chronic Pain issues end up in a lot of similar situations where our partner(s) feel rejected when we can't be physical. No matter how much validation or words of affirmation we might give. I like putting my legs on someone's lap or hand holding when full cuddling is too much. When touching at all is too much sharing a weighted blanket (or giving them one) or a big stuffed animal has been a decent workaround.

Hope something in all of that helps. I appreciate you reaching out!

[streightiffsylvan]

Somatic healing is a therapeutic approach that focuses on the connection between the mind and body to promote healing and well-being. Somatic healing involves practices that help individuals become more aware of their bodily sensations and how they relate to emotions and trauma. Techniques used in somatic healing can include breathwork, movement, touch, and mindfulness. The goal is to release stored tension and trauma from the body, improve emotional regulation, and enhance overall physical and mental health.

[johnypage95]

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[tordenvejr]

How do we find a good therapist? This question is for my mom, who said she's wants to try therapy and is going through a tough time right now with processing lifelong anger at her mother right after her mother passed, and other betrayals from her family. I don't know how she can find someone that really clicks with her.

there is no general guide because everyone is so different, it depends who your mother is and where she is in her life. but if it's her first time in therapy, i'd say go for someone similar in age and gender to make her feel comfortable, and prioritize in person work! i've had sessions with people in their 30s-60s who've had good experiences working online, but if she isn't tech savvy it isn't optimal; not to mention she might need a physical hand on the shoulder for support. look for a bodily therapist! so that would be practitioners who do emdr, somatic experiencing, eft or tft, etc. just talking about the anger and the grief isn't enough she has to feel it so it can pass through. do intro sessions with different therapists and keep doing them until she feels comfortable moving forward with someone

if you're seeking a literal way of finding therapists, ask around in her network, seek out websites that list different therapists in her area. kudos to your mom for being ready to do the work 💛

[queeringpsychology]

My name is Pierre. I’m a licensed therapist in New York & Georgia (LMHC, LPC) and registered to practice therapy virtually in Florida. I’m also a licensed NYS notary public.

I became a therapist to provide somatic trauma therapy to Black people as a way do my part so Black folks can find what they need to heal on a personal, interpersonal, and community level so the roots of systemic problems can eventually be addressed.

I started a private practice called Mental Health Counseling For Our Communities, PLLC (MHC4OC) to provide free therapy to Black folks with low incomes

I also provide private pay psychotherapy sessions to Black clients at a virtual private practice

And I’m the founder of QueeringPsychology, a blog I started in 2018 to share free psychology/psychotherapy information online

[acubodyltd]

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California Psychotherapist 

California Psychotherapist 

CopeHouse Collective is a California based Therapy Practice working with children, teens, adults, couples, and families.

We are in-network with a variety of insurance companies and offer sliding-scale services.

Our Therapists offer EMDR, Art Therapy, Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, Somatic Therapy, and other evidence-based and trauma-informed modalities.

"We are a group psychotherapy practice offering virtual therapy sessions throughout CA. We are In-Network with Aetna, CenCal, and Medi-Cal. Our therapists are trained in a variety of different treatment modalities including EMDR, Art Therapy, Somatic Therapy, and Ketamine-Assisted Therapy. Areas of focus include Attachment, Body Image, Disordered Eating, Sex-Work, Relationships, Neurodivergent populations, and more."