SOMATIC COMES FROM THE GREEK WORD SŌMA, WHICH MEANS "BODY", AND IS A HOLISTIC MIND+BODY CENTERED APPROACH TO HEALING TRAUMA AND EMOTIONAL PAIN BY REGULATING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. SOMATIC THERAPY WORKS FROM THE BOTTOM UP VS THE TOP DOWN WHEN IT COMES TO TRADITIONAL TALK THERAPY. BECAUSE THE MIND+BODY ARE CONNECTED, A SOMATIC THERAPIST/COACH HELPS YOU TO RELEASE STORED TRAUMA OR STRESS THAT HAS BECOME TRAPPED IN THE BODY. THIS IS WHY UNHEALED TRAUMA CAN CONTINUE TO TRIGGER PEOPLE YEARS AFTER THE ACTUAL EVENT TOOK PLACE. 

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WHEN THE MIND IS TRIGGERED BY A SMELL, A PLACE, A SOUND; THE BODY RESPONDS AS IF IT IS IN DANGER AGAIN, AUTOMATICALLY PUTTING ITSELF INTO SURVIVAL MODE. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS AND WHY SO MANY PEOPLE SUFFER FOR YEARS WITH UNHEALED TRAUMA, IS THAT THE MIND MAY HAVE PROCESSED THESE EVENTS, BUT THE BODY HASN'T. THIS CAN LEAD TO LIVING IN A CONSTANT STATE OF SURVIVAL MODE, ANXIETY, STRESS, PSTD, AND DEPRESSION.​ IN SOMATIC THERAPY SESSIONS, PEOPLE CAN DISCUSS THEIR TRIGGERS WHILE FOCUSING ON THEIR BODY'S FELT SENSATIONS+SOMATIC EXERCISES. THE MIND+BODY WORK TOGETHER FOR A TRULY HEALING EXPERIENCE.

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