Therapy services for women.
Neurobiologically informed psychotherapy, expressive arts therapy, and somatic (body-based) talk therapy; creative and somatic modalities are optional and can enhance traditional psychotherapy through attuning to nonverbal and developmental wounds.
Services available in person and via tele-med.
Humans go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. ~St. Augustine
301-785-1720
KENSINGTONARTTHERAPY@GMAIL.COM
10335 Kensington Parkway Kensington, MD 20895
Whole person therapy
Sometimes natural growth and healing are truncated, disorganized, or deterred due to a traumatic event or overwhelming experience. Non-verbal and kinesthetic therapy modalities tend to the whole imprint left by such events and provide reparative opportunities through new experiences. The process is collaborative, led with warmth and curiosity, and centered around individual goals and values.
A psycho-neurobiological approach attends to needs of the mind and body together as a whole. This provides flexibility to work both ‘top-down’ (from cognition/ the pre-frontal cortex to survival responses/ brain stem) and ‘bottom-up’ (from survival responses to cognition). Most talk therapies take a ‘top-down’ approach but research has shown this is not effective when persons are experiencing traumatic dysregulation of the nervous system.
Working ‘bottom-up’ is a trauma-attuned approach. ‘Bottom-up’ relates to both the overall structure of the brain as well as the order of development from brain stem (survival responses), to limbic system or mid-brain (emotional/ relational), and up to our pre-frontal cortex (thinking, executive functioning). Attending to the resource and regulatory needs of the nervous system develops a foundation for stability to make therapeutic progress possible and sustainable. All treatment begins with a focus on stabilization to establish a safe environment for growth.
