
It is not possible to process trauma without addressing the body. This introduction to the body is meaningful work. Trauma often hijacks our ability to feel safe and cultural systems have encouraged or demanded us to disconnect from ourselves >> more
When we have survived many painful events, whether medical or emotional, we often disconnect from our body very easily. This group is an introduction to finding more resources and safety in the body by using Sensorimotor methods and mindfulness. Each week you will explore 2 different resources and each week you will find something that supports you, even if it is small.
- Increased mind/body connection
- Building language for internal experiences/sensations
- Increase sense of safety and trust with the body
- Practice attuning to the body
- Identify resources in the body
- Strengthening window of tolerance with the body
- Struggling to connect to their body
- Feeling lost, dissociating/Disconnected from the body or self, or numb
- Feeling unsafe in your body or hypervigilance, or high anxiety
- Struggles to ground or come back to the present
- Difficulty to identify or communicate what is happening in your body
“This group is a great way to connect with your body and bring about more realization of the mind/body connection.”
“Impactful, grounding, calming, connecting.”
- Time: 6 weeks, 1 hour each
- Cost: $85/session; or $510 total

Even after most of us have done a lot of work in therapy and have many tools, we can still feel overwhelmed or stuck with intensity in our body when we experience triggers. This is often an ongoing pattern that can be very frustrating and makes us feel powerless. >> more
- Identify next steps in moving energy and tension out of your body safely
- Learn and practice new tools to connect with your body mindfully
- Increase your confidence in hearing your body’s needs/signals
- Increase your mind/body connection
- Already attended Reconnecting to the Body
- Curious about your body’s needs
- Feel tension held in the body when/after being triggered
- Time: 6 weeks, 1 hour each
- Cost: $85/session; or $510 total

Boundary workshop to prepare for the Holidays
The holiday season often brings up complex and difficult emotions and causes stress with relationships that have ongoing conflict or tension.
Since relationships do not remain stagnant, we often need to revisit our needs and boundaries to see if they are realistic and helpful. >> more
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Information about boundaries
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Tools to identify needs and capacity
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A plan for the holidays that fits
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New language for communicating your boundaries clearly and kindly
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Struggle to show up for family events
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Feel stuck in a role and do not know what to do
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Have high conflict families
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Have avoidant families who pretend everything is fine
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Often feel manipulated by family members
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Who struggle to say no
- Time: 3 hour workshop
- Cost: $200 total
- Max: 8 people