Sensorimotor Therapy
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy integrates sensorimotor processing with cognitive and emotional processing in the treatment of trauma. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy uses the body (rather than thoughts or emotions) as a primary entry point in processing trauma. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy directly treats the effects of trauma on the body, which in turn facilitates emotional and cognitive processing. This method is especially beneficial for clinicians working with dissociation, emotional reactivity or flat affect, frozen states or hyperarousal and other PTSD symptoms. In this article, we discuss Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, emphasizing sensorimotor processing techniques which can be integrated with traditional approaches that treat these symptoms. Because the therapist’s ability to interactively regulate clients’ dysregulated states and also to cultivate clients’ self-awareness of inner body sensations is crucial to this approach, three sessions are described illustrating the clinical application of this method.
Treatment Modalities
- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Somatic Experiencing Therapy
- Sensorimotor Therapy
- Dialectal Behavioral Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
- Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
- Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT)
- Therapeutic Yoga
- Neurofeedback
- Process Group
- Therapeutic Writing Group
- Trauma Group
- Food and Feelings Group
- Life Skills and Planning Group
- Exploration of Gender and Sexuality Group
- Bipolar Group
- Recovery Group
- Family Systems
- Timeline Group
- Coping with Shame and Anger Group
- Patterns Group
- Identity and Self Group
- Mindfulness Group
- Seeking Safety Group
- Sleep Hygiene Group
- Coping with Grief and Loss
- Suicide Resilience Group
- Anger Management Group
- Smoking Cessation Group
- PCH Alumni Group
- Mentalization Based Family Support Group
- Chronic Pain Group