Sensorimotor Psychotherapy is
a method of treating the way in which a traumatic event is held in a person's body. A trauma that has not been processed,
can continue to be re-experienced on a somatic level, with symptoms such as, but not limited to, physical pain, numbing, hyperarousal
of emotions or rapid heart beat.
Sensorimotor
Psychotherapy interventions guide an individual in becoming aware of how their body communicates emotion, particularly
those that resulted from a traumatic experience, and then focuses on assisting the client in learning how to manage those
feelings and the somatic expression. Treatment is designed to prevent re-traumatization by building resources for the modulation
of emotion and arousal. For additional information go to: www.sensorimotorpsychotherapy.org.