PSYCHOTHERAPY for TRAUMA

Nancy Christie
Fallingbrook Road
Toronto Ontario, Canada
M1N2T9
Phone:416-691-3768
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Profile Gender Female Areas Of Interest Abuse Victim ~ Addiction ~ Anxiety ~ Anger Methods Of Practice Body Centered Approaches Models Of Therapy Body Centered Qualification Description Masters in Therapeutic Counseling, Clinical Member of the Ontario Society of Psychotherapists, and Canadian Association of Psychodynamic Therapists, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Dip, CYW Dip. Payment Methods Private_Pay Description Of Practice Therapy for trauma consists of gaining freedom from feelings that interfere with enjoying life so you can feel positive, relaxed, playful, connected, social, safe, creative and fulfilled. When your mind knows that you are safe but your inner feeling is the opposite, chances are that trauma in your history is the root cause of not being able to fully relax. Since trauma symptoms left alone don’t fade with time, you need a targeted mind-body therapy that works directly with your experience in order to change those stubborn patterns that repeat for you. Internal feelings of threat and danger interfere with objectivity. This makes it difficult to deal with everyday stress and interferes with the enjoyment of life. Trauma treatment methods are needed to separate out what happened to you from who you really are, by separating out those viscerally experienced effects of the bad things that happened to you from your authentic self. Since trauma is physiological in its after effects, the body needs to find its way home to a feeling of safety. The Mindfulness Based method that I use is called Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Trauma. New neurobiological research has informed this method making it very useful for what might otherwise be considered irresolvable difficulties. We have come to understand that therapy methods that change thought patterns alone have not been as useful for psychological trauma as creating a change in how the body feels. The work is collaborative, unique to each person and builds on feelings of safety and positive emotions. If you would like to consider starting therapy, you are welcome to meet with me for an initial consultation for no fee. That gives us a chance to talk things over and find out how I might help you. How often you see me and for how long depends on your wants and needs. When people would like to see me for more than they can afford, I try to make suggestions for alternate supports to their healing. Additional Information You may wonder how working with your body could possibly help you when it feels like your enemy. Trauma feelings are either too much or not enough, either overwhelming or flat and numb. You may have used addictive substances or activities in an attempt to tame this enemy, or withdrawn from people and situations. When we use Sensorimotor Psychotherapy processes we make some room for your body to sort itself out without having you re-experience the trauma itself. There will be something that your body knows it needs, perhaps a movement or simply an awareness of something new. This way we can defuse the charge that keeps igniting the big out-of-proportion reactions. Although there are important principles to follow treating trauma, each person’s needs for recovery is unique. That’s why we will collaborate together to stay with you in the moment of your experience always asking what feels safe and right. I am welcoming of different cultural, racial, and sexual orientations.

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