Katharine Bainbridge Jungian Analysis & Somatic Experiencing

How can we begin or continue to make friends with our bodies especially when we have accumulated traumas and stress? What is a pleasant way to experience my body outside of SE session time? Read my new blog on befriending our bodies through gentle yoga classes.

Somatic Experiencing is a solution to emotional/physical trauma and PTSD. It is a gentile approach to helping our nervous systems discharge trauma and regulate itself back into a sense of wholeness, coherence, and a profound sense of trusting life again.

I don’t know if any tickets are still available, but join me tonight for a discussion after the play Extremities. We will be having a conversation after the play about violence, #MeToo, resolving trauma, and hopefully forgiveness. Looking forward to seeing you there!

"Don’t be discouraged by the terrible news we hear; in reality, that reflects a small portion of the human story. Beneath the ugly tip of that glacier lies a vast reservoir of sensitivity and kindness." - Dalai Lama

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. Rollo May Photo: Katharine Bainbridge

What healing service best suits you today? My website now includes a fun online quiz! Check it out @ http://katharinebainbridge.com/services/

Social engagement is a very important component to working with trauma states. People need to know that they are supported and not alone. Simple things such as eye contact, touch, a human voice, presence, crying and listening can deeply assist in regulating our nervous systems from a trauma response to feeling more human.

Compassion brings inner peace and whatever else is going on, that peace of mind allows us to see the whole picture more clearly.

This we all know. All things are connected like the blood that unites us. We do not weave the webs of life. We are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. ... Chief Seattle (1790-1866)

A further sign of health is that we don't become undone by fear and trembling, but we take it as a message that it's time to stop struggling and look directly at what's threatening us. ~Pema Chödrön

Assimilate every mistake without dwelling on it. By all means, you should do whatever you can to get off your own back. - Richard M. Swinn