Somatic Therapy
How Somatic Therapy Can Help
Do you feel held back by old beliefs, traumas, or unconscious struggles that prevent you from reaching your full potential? It is not your fault.
We have old stories and levels of consciousness in our minds and bodies that have not been resolved or updated to our current capabilities. Piecing this together on our own often leaves us frustrated or stuck. We think it should be easier or we begin to blame ourselves for what we can’t overcome.
As a Sex Therapist who specializes in Somatic Therapy and its applications, I am here to guide you through the process of overcoming these challenges.
Gain an Effective Mind Body Connection Through Somatic Therapy
Effective sex therapy treatment requires a mind body connection to be an essential part of the process. Together we will explore where you feel grounded and confident in your body and where you experience tension, numbness, and discomfort. We will incorporate your beliefs, challenges, and body awareness when reviewing your current problem and create a holistic plan for how to solve it. If we only look at your thoughts, we are missing a central part of the problem, which is mirrored in the body. By working with them together, clients say they experience quicker and more profound changes.
Patterns of Behavior Impact Our Physical Bodies
Our unconscious feelings, sensations, and images in our bodies often match where we stopped developing in childhood. This may look like not learning how to ask for help because help wasn’t available when we were younger or we were made to feel worse because we were struggling. Intellectually we understand we need to ask for help but we are not able to actually change this behavior to create the changes we are seeking. Some patterns that can form in your body because of this are shallow breathing, isolating deep inside our body, or not making regular eye contact.
Why should you see a somatic therapist?
Somatic therapy works faster than traditional therapy. Many therapy models teach how to change your thinking, but they don't teach you how to evolve the language of the body. Somatic therapists believe our bodies hold our histories, memories and emotions and require equal attention if we want to truly embody the transformation we desire. Specific movement techniques, breathwork and exercises promote honest self-expression, release energy flow in the body and bring unconscious feeling and belief patterns into greater awareness. This awareness supports a more mindful relationship with yourself and with others, which then informs new behavior. New behavior creates different results in all areas of your life and your full potential begins to be realized.
Somatic Therapy offers a Safe, Judgment Free Environment
I provide a safe, shame free environment where you can begin to explore this connection with your body. I truly love helping clients with this skill because it is a key to a deeper relationship with yourself that will support you throughout your lifespan. When we learn how to listen to our body and begin to practice rest and play, we begin to feel at home in our bodies.
“Trauma is a chronic disruption of connection.” by Stephen Porges
Somatic therapy can seem scary
We all feel self-conscious about what we haven’t been able to resolve or overcome. Inviting a therapist to work with our bodies can sound too vulnerable or too much. I get it. I felt that way too when I first started this work.
I believe your brain and body know better than I do so I follow the pace and readiness of each client. I trust and listen to where you are and how you want to begin this relationship with your body.
You May have done a lot of somatic work but not specifically with sex therapy. What would that look like?
We will examine more specifically the difficulties you have with emotional and physical intimacy and sexuality. As we create a supported environment for this exploration, we begin to unpack the moment to moment struggles such as anxiety, numbness or disconnection that occur. And, we will also focus on connecting to your natural arousal, desire and relationship skills. This often leads to clients learning how to trust themselves and how to communicate effectively with a partner.
My experience as a somatic therapist
Working as a somatic therapist since 2004, I have enjoyed helping many clients experience a full range of feelings, embodiment, and awakened aliveness. Becoming a somatic therapist convinced me to enter the field of psychotherapy because I saw proof of real life changes in myself and in others. I am trained in several forms of somatic therapy such as EMDR, brainspotting and trauma resourcing, and resiliency practices.
Begin Somatic Therapy in Los Angeles Today
Are you struggling to reach your full potential because of old beliefs or traumas? Somatic Therapy is proven effective in overcoming these challenges that are ingrained in us from past experiences and helping us to reconnect our bodies and minds to create profound change. If you are ready to reconnect follow the steps below to begin your journey to healing.
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Other Therapy Services By Cindy Michel, M.A., LMFT, CST
Brainspotting Therapy may not be the only service that you're looking for. I also offer other types of therapy services online such as Individual and Couples Sex Therapy, Online Sex Therapy in California, New Mexico, and Florida, EMDR Therapy, Sexual Trauma Therapy, and Brainspotting. I also provide Sex Coaching Services. Please reach out if you want to learn more about my other services and explore if therapy or coaching is right for you.