Somatic Trauma Therapist in San Diego

• You worry all the time, and the fear gets in the way of what you want to do.
• You can’t choose, because you might choose wrong, even with the little things like what drink to get.
• Your relationships feel one-sided, and people can feel overwhelming or unsafe.
• You’ve had to do it all, for yourself and for the adults in your life.

You knew, whether you were told or not, that your needs had to go unmet. So you stopped noticing them, or expecting anyone else to.

Your body was smart to adapt. What it learned, it can unlearn.

We work toward you making choices that make room for you, and carving out time that’s yours. Taking care of yourself isn’t selfish. It’s like fueling your car and getting the oil changed so it can keep running.

• You can’t plan very far ahead, because you don’t know how you’ll feel in 24 hours.
• You wonder how this happened, and how bad it will get.
• The mental toll is as heavy as the physical symptoms.
• You may never have linked your pain to what you’ve been through.
• Even the thought of a needle, a scan or a medical appointment sets off a strong stress response in your body.

My stress and trauma response resided in my shoulders, so much that my physical therapist was impressed with how braced I was there. I got migraines, and I had chronic body pain. Today I notice the shift in my body before it gets to that point.

Your body may be bracing for something that isn’t likely to happen anymore.

We can’t avoid stress, but we can learn to notice it and work with it.

We use Somatic Experiencing, Brainspotting and neurofeedback, which are designed to help your body practice shifting out of bracing.

• The fear keeps you from doing things with your family, or taking the dream trip.
• Your world keeps getting smaller. You feel left out of the fun, as if the fear holds you prisoner.
• Driving feels impossible after a car accident, or after hard experiences in a car as a child.
• You have the talent and the knowledge, but the fear keeps you from enjoying sharing it.
• Even the thought of a needle, a scan or a procedure sets off a strong response, as if you can’t will your body to go get the care you need.
• You have nightmares or flashbacks after a medical event.

I know this from the inside. I used to nearly pass out at blood draws, and I did Brainspotting on it for myself.

Brainspotting is designed to work with where the fear is held in your body.

There are no guarantees with therapy, but this is a different way in: intensives, Brainspotting, Neurofeedback and Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy, all of which work with the body, not just talk.