like falls, head injuries, car accidents, assaults, …
I recently assisted in a training that I had participated in in 2021. The name has changed from Touch Skills for Trauma Therapists to Online Somatic Skills because everything taught in it is for working with someone somatically via video on the Internet.
It’s so interesting to see how almost the same content is heard and assimilated differently years later. The understanding changes.
That’s why I am so happy to have assisted because it refreshed and deepened my work, especially when working with accidents.
For example, falls, car accidents, and even assault.
What I particularly like is that it can be done in person or online, and that I don’t need to know the details or the story of the event. This is mindful work with body sensations, allowing emotions to surface while focusing on the body and somatic experiences. We then renegotiate so that the body can let go of no-longer-serving holding patterns or of being unable to defend or protect itself.
In fact, when we had an accident and hurt ourselves, our body codes it as something that didn’t work. Even if it was the right thing to do.
For example:
We fell on an icy road and broke a bone in our arm because we wanted to protect our bodies from real harm, like a head injury or back injury. So, in a way, that protection was helpful, but because we hurt ourselves, the body codes it as unsuccessful. And in another future fall, the body won’t use our arms to protect itself, which could possibly lead to greater damage.
In the session, we find a way together that allows the body to use all its natural protective movements. Often, there are a few layers to the accident. Events that happened before, during, or immediately after the accident also left a negative impression. We look at all of these social and emotional components, always in the context of bringing the body back into its natural balance and stability; into self-protection; and into alignment and centring, so it can be in its strength.
If this speaks to you, please contact me to schedule your initial 50% discount session in my office in Mont Tremblant on Tuesdays or online!
