Somatic Therapy

Somatic psychotherapies focus on the connection between mind and body. Working with body awareness helps transform grief, trauma, and painful life events as the body stores and reflects our memories, emotions, and beliefs. 

We offer Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy.

Hakomi is an effective method for both brief and long-term therapy. Hakomi uses mindfulness to transform core material, limiting beliefs, negative inner voices, and symptoms from painful life events including developmental/childhood wounds. 

Hakomi was originated by Ron Kurtz in the 1970’s and is an effective therapy that is used internationally. Hakomi originates from general systems theory, modern body-centered therapies, as well as Taoism and Buddhism; Hakomi does not impose nor require any belief systems.

How does Hakomi work?

Hakomi uses tools in mindfulness to help evoke experiences that lead to self-discovery, which often results in change and transformation. Self-discovery, experiments, and integrating these changes are core facets of Hakomi. Clients may be guided to focus on what is going on in their body in the therapy session. The goal is to produce long lasting shifts that facilitate new perspectives and ways of being, building resilience and balance.

Hakomi is rooted in five principles:

1. Mindfulness: Mindfulness helps guide the discovery of underlying emotions and historical patterns that are contributing to what you are struggling with.  
2. Non-violence: Non-violence permits safety to turn our attention inwards and time is taken to establish a good, trusting working relationship.
3. Unity: Unity honours that all parts of the self and living systems are important and included. 
4. Organicity: Organicity believes that healing happens from within while also working with what is arising in the present moment. 
5. Mind-Body Holism: Mind-Body Holism acknowledges that components of both the mind and body are essential in healing and transforming emotional and traumatic wounds.

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