Somatic therapy sessions at Sauna Therapy take therapy off the couch 🛋️ and into a healing studio where attention to dysfunction is oriented in trauma-informed manner utilizing a bottom-up/ ground-up approach to processing. The therapy uniquely addresses nervous system dysfunction and regulation. A therapy session at sauna is intimate, collaborative and adds another dimension to the healing journey 🪽 Simple things like - breath work - guided meditations - bodily awareness - integration of stuck trauma - manual EMDR - ketamine therapy Could all be a part of simple somatic therapy session. For more information, book online. #somaticexperiencing #somatichealing #somatictherapy #therapy #dallastherapist

When working with those who suffer with Dissociative Identity Disorder, it is important to understand the various underlining mechanisms and theories surrounding the etiology of how various different personalities emerge through childhood trauma like sexual abuse. The above will explore the definition of Dissociative Identity Disorder, the underlining attachment theories, the neurobiological implications and how one might begin prepping for treatment.

Here is the truth: I see some highly, highly intelligent clients 🧠. People who are truly at the top of their respective fields, and yet, they’re experiencing lack luster feelings about their occupation. And in turn, increasing feelings of anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation. If you’ve been to my office, you find out pretty quickly from my bookshelf that I am a philosophy buff. And I always feel like that sparks the interest of many of my clients, which is why I want to begin explaining psychological constructs through philosophical lenses. The above is an analysis of the work economy, Marxist philosophy, Sartre and more explaining the relationship between working, use of work, the use world or the matrix of needing to work and how being in this embedded reality can lead to suicidal thoughts, self-blame and feelings of defeat. 🪽

Is this you? Your body is experiencing an immense amount of stress and you are feeling chaotic and overwhelmed? Is sounds like you are stressed out! 😖 That’s because your body is in “fight or flight,” and we need to orient it back towards a center by stimulating the vagus nerve. This allows you to leave “fight or flight,” and enter into a state of “rest or digest.”

When understanding mental ailments across the DSM, we can fit psychological dysfunction into a basic understanding of two main themes: rigidity and chaos. Depending upon how the individual was raised, integration of these dysfunctions are paramount to achieving optimal well-being. If we know that the brain or mind is a self-regulating entity that can experience a sense of consciousness, we can understand that integration of disharmony is the activation of a conscious way of being/ mental life. 🤍 Let’s demonstrate this with a thought experience integrating the above slides: Take for instance, we are on a beach trip and are struggling with how we are being perceived in any given moment. For many therapists, we may look at the narratives that are being developed for narrative therapy or the behaviors caused by the thoughts for behavioral therapists. If we are on a beach trip, we can begin experiencing consciousness based on our sensory experience with the surroundings around us I.e., tapping into known or felt senses. When for instance, we begin to mentally construct about our experience integrating previous memory, attitudes and beliefs, we may begin to lose a sense of openness to experience i.e., now we are thinking about how our friends did not text us back, that there is hair in your face or that you don't like the way your body looks in your swimsuit. Allowing our minds to be conduits of these kind of constructions takes us away from openness to experience. If we maintain a sense of openness to experience, we maintain a degree of level of consciousness that allows us to begin integrating psychological dysfunctions at the sensory level. These are small examples of how to combine both types of minds into a wise integrated mind through maintaining focus and connection with what is known or what is present.

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