Somatic therapy can improve awareness of defense mechanisms, as well as provide a method for processing the feelings these defenses are covering up.
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In this blog post, we delve into some of the theory behind Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), shedding light on how this approach encourages a profound, genuine connection between therapist and client.
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By delving into the physical sensations and bodily experiences associated with anxiety, somatic therapy can offer a pathway to calmness and relief from insomnia.
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Most couples recognize that they are relating to one another in a subconscious habitual way that keeps them feeling stuck. Somatic therapy can offer strategies to help couples become unstuck and reconnect with each other.
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For queer identifying people, the dating landscape often comes with unique experiences and complexities that can feel isolating, exhausting and disembodying. Somatic therapy offers some ways to manage this.
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Understanding Piaget and Erikson's ages and stages of development provides a valuable framework for somatic therapists. By incorporating these theories into their practice, therapists can tailor interventions to suit their clients' cognitive and psychosocial needs.
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Lifestyle changes have repeatedly been shown to help manage anxiety, but to get to the root of what is bothering you, it helps to work with a therapist who can support you in going deeper.
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Rushing Woman's Syndrome is a reality for many navigating the fast-paced rhythm of New York City. What’s behind the rushing? At Downtown Somatic Therapy, we believe in using this potent tool within somatic therapies that powerfully utilizes the mind-body connection.
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What is the role of anger in an emotionally healthy person and how can somatic therapy help someone develop a positive relationship with anger?
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Many men displaying anger or engaging in escapist or risky behaviors might be unaware that these behaviors are actually symptoms of underlying depression.
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What exactly is anxiety and why does it present so differently? At Downtown Somatic Therapy, we define anxiety by what happens in the body and we measure the severity of that anxiety by how it manifests physically.
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Polyvagal theory, created by Stephen Porges, has distilled cutting-edge research about the nervous system into language that helps people make sense of their moment to moment living experience within their bodies, environment, and in relationships.
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People can cause themselves suffering when they judge, avoid or try to suppress what they perceive as negative emotions or unpleasant feelings, and fare better when they learn to make peace with them.
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Do you feel resistance to processing your emotions through your body? At Downtown Somatic Therapy, we believe in the healing through the body with the awareness that it can be quite fear-inducing for most.
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Medical trauma is any trauma that happens in connection with a medical or health experience. Like other traumas, it overwhelms the body, putting it in a state of fight, flight, or freeze. The form it takes is as diverse as the experiences of the people who endure it.
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If both individuals in a couple lean toward an avoidant attachment style, a therapist may be helpful in helping to draw out the feelings gently over time from each partner one at a time.
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Generally speaking, “Yes”, says therapist Stefan Allen-Hickey of Downtown Somatic Therapy in New York City: “the success of a relationship with this attachment style configuration relies on the couple coming to understand the emotions that underlie their partner’s response to stress”.
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Trauma-informed therapy refers to a therapeutic style that aims to avoid re-traumatization over the course of treatment by emphasizing a person-specific approach.
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When we feel shame we may withdraw from others, avoid intimacy, or become defensive or angry.
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