Are you a survivor of childhood abuse or neglect, or experienced stressful events in your past?

Perhaps, you have noticed an amazing connection between the physical sensations of pain tension, or other unusual symptoms like headaches or stomach aches, and the things that make you anxious. Maybe you know that stress effects your thinking and mental state. Maybe you know you’ve had ‘real’ injuries and accidents, but it seems like the pain goes on much longer.

If you’ve had many health issues like stomach aches, chronic pains, adrenal issues, and you also have had chronic anxiety, you might be amazed and interested in the connection between mind, body, energy and the potential for emotional healing.

These are not “psychosomatic” in the sense of just being in your head. These effects are because the impact of emotional trauma is real. The mind/body connection is real. So the answer to “is anxiety causing my back pain” can be yes.

My journey to becoming a mind/body psychotherapist began during over 20 years working with people with chronic pain using the Feldenkrais Method(R), an exceptional body awareness system for supporting people learn new neuro pathways of moving with ease. Over those years, it became obvious how many people with chronic pain also had emotional trauma, that led to ongoing flareups.

This has led me to become a discover multiple cutting edge systems from somatic psychotherapy traditions that address the patterns of how the body attempts to “bear the burden” and repress or react to overwhelming, or painful emotions, sometimes unconscious, from past trauma. Trauma from childhood often involves complex feelings like pain grief rage and love mixed together that are incredibly difficult to bear.

Many times people know about the triggers - perhaps a pivotal moment with a parent - a major transition, and seek bodywork, or do talk therapy, without realizing that there is a pathway to deeper resolution.

It is possible to work through the core of what drives our bodies to defend or feel overwhelmed and reach a deeper sense of ease, and heal those inner wounds.

If you’re looking for a guide in mind and body, for deep transformation, I invite you to learn more.