Working from the bottom-up

Sometimes natural growth and healing are truncated, disorganized, or deterred due to a traumatic event or overwhelming experience. Non-verbal and kinesthetic oriented therapy modalities tend to the whole imprint left by such events and provide reparative opportunities through new experiences in a supportive and creatively attuned environment.

This approach supports integration and attends to nonverbal developmental needs. The process is collaborative, led with warmth and curiosity, and centered around each client’s goals.

‘Bottom-up’ relates to both the overall structure of our brain and nervous system as well as the order of development from the brain stem (survival responses) up to our pre-frontal cortex (thinking, executive functioning). Attending to regulation needs of the nervous system first can develop a foundation for stability.