• anxiety disorders (non-clinical issues like chronic worry, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, OCD, pure O, panic disorder, insomnia)

• stress disorders (general difficulty with overwhelm and pressure, acute stress, chronic stress, traumatic stress)

• healing from dysfunctional, immature, absent, or abusive families

• attachment injuries

• intimate partner abuse

• infidelity

• divorce

• narcissistic abuse

• chronic illness

• terminal illness

• death and dying

• grief and loss

• maternal mental health including postpartum depression/anxiety/OCD

• infertility and IVF

• pregnancy loss

perfectionism

people pleasing

never enough-ness

lack of worthiness

shame

fawn response

codependence

• gain cognitive and behavioral tools to lessen overwhelm and distress

• learn to bring your nervous system back into a balanced state

• replace core beliefs that perpetuate the stress response

• build resilience through strength identification and excercises to improve self concept, confidence, and agency

• emotional and social intelligence

• effective communication

• conflict resolution

• overcoming codependence

• identifying boundaries, setting and holding boundaries

• managing family dynamics

• dating

• divorce

• parenting (coparenting, parallel, and solo parenting, burnout)

• creating healthy behaviors and self-care during pregnancy and postpartum

• maintaining emotional equilibrium during IVF treatment, miscarriage, and high risk pregnancy

• navigating your new identity as a parent which can include grieving the loss of your old self

• parenting skills

• navigating stages of development such as entering adulthood, moving out on your own

• navigating big life milestones (entering the workforce, commitment in partnerships, job and location changes, parenting, retirement)

• discovering and expressing new identities while promoting positive growth

• relationship status changes

• new medical diagnosis, living with chronic illness, changes in physical ability

• coping with loss and death

• clarification of values

• understanding your personality and preferences

• understanding how your lived experiences are still influencing your current self, potentially working on letting go of the past to feel empowered in the present

• building self worth and authentic self expression

• finding purpose and meaning

Stress often shows up in the body as tension, muscle pain, headaches, upset stomach, and an inability to feel relaxed. With somatic practices, the body can learn to let go of tightly held muscles, learn to move into more relaxed postures, soften ridigity and slow down the fast pace stress often demands.

Anxiety presents as fear and activation in the body. With somatic work, we can teach our nervous system to calm down and experience a felt sense of safety. Anxiety and fear are automatic responses when the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) turns on and the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) shuts down. With practice we can quiet the SNS and learn to stimulate the PNS. Somatic work can greatly alleviate the intensity of anxiety and panic.

Trauma is held in the body, and often shows up as long held aches and pains as well as chronic illness. By incorporating the body in the healing of trauma, somatic therapies can help release the deeply held physical memories of emotional trauma.

We live in a pretty "heady" culture, meaning that we often pay most attention to our mind, our thoughts, and whatever it is that keeps us in our thinking/daydreaming preoccupied part of the self. This can leave us very disconnected from our body, which limits the amount of information and wisdom we have available to us. Through somatic practices we can learn to be aware of interoception (sensations within the body), exteroception (where our body is in space), and proprioception (how our body moves through space). With increased embodiment, we can pick up on physical distress more quickly and also help ourselves experience peace, calm and safety.

• diagnosis of DMS disorders

• specializing in identification of neurodiversity

• referrals for further assessment

• advantages and concerns with considering medication

• education on types of treatment indicated for diagnosis

• exploration of clinical treatment options and at-home treatment options

• paperwork for leave of absence

• FMLA

• testing accomodations (LSAT, GRE, MCAT)

• Emotional Support Animal (for housing, not air travel)

• in-depth psychiatric evaluations and formal assessment measures

• medication evaluation

• individual treatment

• group treatment

• intensive outpatient

• inpatient programs