Jenifer FennellPhD (she, her)

About

We all feel stuck or anxious or hopeless sometimes, but when the feelings take over your life, you might have unresolved trauma. Trauma involves system overwhelm - something that was too much, too fast, or that happened when you were too young to cope. Left unaddressed, it undermines your sense of safety and wellbeing and hijacks your nervous system. Talk therapies address the story-telling mind, but we need to work with trauma where it lives: in the body, outside of conscious awareness. If you've tried traditional therapy and it only got you so far, this might be why. Somatic Experiencing is a gentle and powerful body-centered approach to healing, with attention to physical sensations and nonverbal nervous system cues as well what we say. Developing embodied awareness allows you to sense the space between feelings and reactions, release the past, and live more fully and with more joy in the present.

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