Working with Touch in Somatic Experiencing: Clinical Approach and Practical Application Working with touch in Somatic Experiencing. Touch represents one of the most powerful tools for accessing the deepest states of shock stored in the body. This therapeutic technique enables us direct access to tissue conditions and physical patterns associated with traumatic experiences in ways…
Key Strategies for Healing Sexual Trauma: A Holistic Approach to Recovery Healing Sexual Trauma. Sexual trauma represents one of the most complex forms of psychological injury that affects not only mental health but profoundly disrupts the relationship with one’s own body, sexuality, and intimate connections. Healing from such experiences requires a carefully designed, gradual…
Finding Your Neutral: Your Key to Peace and Recovery Finding Your Neutral. In daily life, we often feel caught between extremes – either we’re too tense and agitated, or we feel empty and withdrawn. But there’s a third state, an often overlooked place between these extremes: the neutral state. This isn’t a boring or passive…
Working with Eyes in Somatic Experiencing: Neurobiological Approach and Clinical Application Working with eyes in Somatic Experiencing represents one of the most direct pathways for accessing deep patterns of dysregulation in the client’s physiology. Eyes are, in the fullest sense of the word, windows to the soul and the primary sensory organ that enables…
So, what if you have narcissistic mother? Do you have a narcissistic mother ? The relationship between a mother and child forms the fundamental template for how we experience love, safety, and our own sense of worth. When this primary relationship is distorted by narcissistic patterns, the consequences ripple through every aspect of a person’s…
Understanding Relationship Problems: When Contact Becomes a Threat Human relationships represent the most complex and important dimension of our existence, simultaneously being the source of our greatest joys and deepest suffering. Relationship problems arise when our natural patterns of contact and withdrawal become rigid and maladaptive, preventing us from experiencing genuine meeting with other people.…
Understanding Hospital Trauma: When Healing Becomes a Source of Pain Hospital environments, while designed for healing, can become places where deep psychological trauma is born. Hospital trauma occurs when a person experiences medical procedures as threats to their safety, dignity, or control over their own body. This type of trauma often remains unrecognized and…
Why am I always broke? Money as Weapon: How Narcissistic Parents Use Finances for Control and How it Affects Children Why am I always broke? In healthy families, money serves as a practical tool for meeting basic needs, ensuring security, and creating opportunities for growth. In narcissistic families, money becomes something entirely different – it…
The Healing Power of “Boring” Relationships – Redefining Relationship Excitement In our culture saturated with dramatic love stories and passionate tales of tumultuous romance, we have been conditioned to equate intensity with love and chaos with passion. Yet, what if the very thing we’ve been taught to fear in relationships—the absence of constant drama, the predictable…
How to Overcome Depression: A Complete Guide to Recovery and Bringing Joy Back to Life Depression is one of the most common and serious mental health problems of our time. If you’re currently struggling with depression, you may feel like you’re trapped in a dark tunnel with no end. It’s important that you know –…