Especially for chronic illness, pain, insomnia, anxiety, depression, stress, and trauma, Mind Body Medicine brings a richly therapeutic approach designed to engage the mind’s ability to affect bodily functions and symptoms.
The techniques you’ll learn address trauma and stress-induced biological damage and its psychological consequences. These practices are the antidotes to the fight-or-flight, stress, and freeze responses. They reestablish broken brain connections and promote the healthy integration of thoughts and feelings. They revive functions that have been compromised—memory, focus, self-awareness, judgment, emotional intelligence, and compassion. They will free you from the loop of hopeless, self- defeating thoughts that bind you to trauma.
These therapies can significantly enhance the effectiveness of other medical treatments, helping support the mechanisms within the body and mind that help us heal.
We positively impact our physical and mental health and well being, immune health, mood, digestion and metabolism, neurotransmitters and hormones, energy levels, inflammation, and pain perception.
Meditation and Mindfulness - made simple
Deep relaxation
Body awareness - What is my body telling me?
Emotional awareness and expression, emotions and feelings as guides
Mental imagery - the healing power of imagination
Biofeedback and Autogenics
Creativity
Journaling
Movement for well-being
Relationship with Food - Mindful Eating - Trauma Healing Diet
Genograms - Family history - to help us better understand ourselves
Spirituality/spiritual emotions and practices - forgiveness, gratitude, compassion, loving kindness
Group support
I offer individualized Mind Body Medicine focused sessions, in 3 or 7 session packages.
I also facilitate online and in person Mind Body Skills Groups.
See the Connect page for appointments and more info.
MIND BODY SKILLS GROUPS
Lower levels of stress, improve mood, enhance resiliency and optimism, and help prevent and improve chronic health conditions.
Developed by Dr. Jim Gordon of The Center for Mind Body Medicine, Mind Body Skills Groups offer a powerful and effective combination of research-based mind-body techniques to help people deal with life changes, stress, and illnesses in an intimate and supportive group setting.
The sessions focus on experiential practice and self-reflection.
The group dynamic is supportive and allows participants to share their thoughts, feelings and emotions when and if they feel comfortable doing so.
Two hour group sessions are held once a week for seven weeks.
See the Groups/Classes page for info on upcoming Mind Body Skills Groups.