Play Episode 1 Here In this first podcast I look at the issue of spontaneity and its critical importance in Somatic Experiencing sessions. I take on 3 main ideas in this 20 minute episode: To start with we don’t want […]
001: The Importance of Spontaneity See More »
Summary: Some SE sessions cause dramatic, even magical, changes. Some of those changes are permanent from the start, which is wonderful. However many magic changes are not permanent and gently preparing clients for the swing back to discomfort is an
Preparing for the Good Change to Go Away Again See More »
Summary: Renegotiation of Freeze/Immobility states is a central piece of the work we do as SE Practitioners and one of the great gifts that SE has to offer. The relief that comes from quelling the compulsion of Freeze is essentially unmatched
Needs for Successful Renegotiation of Freeze See More »
Summary: As SEP’s we have a desire to consistently reinforce empowerment, autonomy and self-direction to the extent possible and intelligible. This makes it so we look to maintain a certain economy of feedback that favors client discovery and limits practitioner
Summary: If you look up Stress and Trauma independently on Google you get dramatically different results: Stress = 590,000,000 Trauma = 133,000,000 I think this says something about where the dominant culture directs their attention and how they think of their situation. When
Marketing SE – Do We Call it Accumulated Stress or Trauma? See More »
[Update: Sweigh Emily Spilken wrote an excellent piece on the subject of individual and community healing after the flood in Boulder, Colorado. You can find it here.] “Twig, I am looking forward to your blog. I have a question. Can
Working with people after natural disasters See More »
There are times when I know that I’ll need to interrupt my client for some reason or another. Either I need to redirect his attention away from reinforcing over-activation or I need to be able to ask for her to
A contract for getting started See More »