Trauma Therapy for neurodivergent clients that is somatic and experiential
My practice provides trauma therapy for neurodivergent clients while also supporting them with understanding their sensory needs, helping with pacing/burnout issues, communication differences, etc. Neurodivergent clients with complex trauma are often struggling with feeling detached from their bodies or emotions, finding it hard to have a voice in their relationships or maybe just settling for whatever kinds of relationships they feel they can get, no matter if they are unhealthy or unfulfilling. Or clients may experience emotions that are so intense they cannot calm them on their own; their body and mind feeling like a prison they are trapped in. The people who care about them the most may struggle to understand what it’s like for these clients, or may become exhausted themselves from trying to support the clients emotionally.
There is within all of us a drive to heal, to bring to resolution our past experiences/traumas that remain unresolved. What gets in the way of that is when we are constantly stuck in states where we feel too intensely or are too detached. My practice aims to help clients shift out of being stuck in dysregulation and help them successfully work through past traumas so they can finally start to feel different.
“The impulse to heal is real and powerful, and lies within the client. Our job is to evoke that healing power, to meet its tests and needs and to support it in its expression and development. We are not healers. We are the context in which healing is inspired.”
Ron Kurtz, Body-Centered Psychotherapy
Typical Client Issues…
Clients struggling with the impacts of complex trauma such as emotional dysregulation, who frequently feel flooded by intense emotions or who go emotionally numb, feeling disconnected from their bodies. Clients experiencing intrusive symptoms like flashbacks, obsessions, nightmares, etc.
Clients struggling with marriage issues, divorce, grief, or parenting struggles. Clients who feel a lot of shame and guilt and struggle to feel confident, have self-esteem, or take in the positive regard of others.
Clients who struggle with being flexible or going with the flow and who would like to be more spontaneous and playful. Clients who struggle with social anxiety, or who tend to focus on others needs more than their own.
Clients who fear being rejected by others, who’d rather tell themselves they are fine being alone than face the struggles that come with trying to find connection.
Clients struggling with anxiety, having sleepless nights because they are facing some challenge in life that leaves them asking, “What do I do now?” and are unable to find an answer.
Clients who feel disillusioned by politics and the state of the world. Clients feeling the impacts of discrimination, trauma, violence, neglect. Clients feeling like they have no place in the world or that their entire life has felt like trying to swim upstream.
Bonus points if these clients are also neurodivergent and/or LGBTQIA+! No matter what identities you hold, all are welcome here!
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