Body centered therapies for trauma, stress, and chronic illness:
Supporting you to find resilience, healing, and pleasure.
I offer body and sensory focused therapies, specializing in trauma resolution. My work is often helpful for people who have tried talk therapy with little results. I have been in practice for 20 years. My primary modalities are Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems Therapy, body and energy work, and herbal medicine. Please see my Sessions page for more info about how I work.
Usually when a person is unable to feel calm, centered, and connected with people, it is often because overwhelming experiences from the past are unresolved in the body and nervous system. This often shows up as sleep and digestive issues, emotional overload or shut-down, relational difficulties, chronic pain or illness, addiction, anxiety/depression, etc. Besides abuse, injury, and neglect in family dynamics, this often includes social traumas experienced as a result of living within pervasive systems of oppression and harm, on a daily basis.
Also, sometimes the stress of having a chronic illness or recent diagnosis (sometimes unrelated to trauma) leads someone to feel overwhelmed and seek support to find some relief in their body and not see it as the enemy.
For those with a longing to develop capacity for living a more rich life, I also work with people to find their true longing and life purpose, increase their intuition, feel more ease and joy in their life, connect to their own spirituality, connect more deeply with others, and learn to trust their body and life as it unfolds in the present, free from the binds of the past, but not forgetting where they have come from and how they got there.
I invite you to read my Testimonials page for a sense of how folks have experienced and articulated their journey with me.
My training is extensive (always ongoing) and my understanding of the body and energy field inform my approach to psychological health. I look forward to working with you in a meaningful way, either in-person or remotely. Please be in contact with your questions.
On Healing...
Each person's "healing" experience is unique and is sacred. As someone who has walked the trauma and chronic illness path, I am committed to practicing being a loving, non-judgmental support with deep presence. I meet each person where they are without an agenda to "fix" because I don't see anyone as broken. My intention is for my office to be a safe and welcoming place for you, while knowing that safety is subjective and can never be guaranteed In my practice I strive to provide a place where differences are appreciated. This means that all races, ethnicities, classes, cultures, and languages are embraced. There is room for your religion, and you have a right to your personal practices and beliefs. I welcome you to show up in full expression of your gender identification and sexual identities and I will use the pronouns you identify with. I will do my best to accommodate your needs. I value you, and look forward to knowing you, as a unique human being.
One of my deepest inquiries into the human experience: How can we practice being our full, authentic selves in the face of oppression, abuse, trauma, and illness, and also in the face of connection, care, community, activism, and love?
Usually when a person is unable to feel calm, centered, and connected with people, it is often because overwhelming experiences from the past are unresolved in the body and nervous system. This often shows up as sleep and digestive issues, emotional overload or shut-down, relational difficulties, chronic pain or illness, addiction, anxiety/depression, etc. Besides abuse, injury, and neglect in family dynamics, this often includes social traumas experienced as a result of living within pervasive systems of oppression and harm, on a daily basis.
Also, sometimes the stress of having a chronic illness or recent diagnosis (sometimes unrelated to trauma) leads someone to feel overwhelmed and seek support to find some relief in their body and not see it as the enemy.
For those with a longing to develop capacity for living a more rich life, I also work with people to find their true longing and life purpose, increase their intuition, feel more ease and joy in their life, connect to their own spirituality, connect more deeply with others, and learn to trust their body and life as it unfolds in the present, free from the binds of the past, but not forgetting where they have come from and how they got there.
I invite you to read my Testimonials page for a sense of how folks have experienced and articulated their journey with me.
My training is extensive (always ongoing) and my understanding of the body and energy field inform my approach to psychological health. I look forward to working with you in a meaningful way, either in-person or remotely. Please be in contact with your questions.
On Healing...
Each person's "healing" experience is unique and is sacred. As someone who has walked the trauma and chronic illness path, I am committed to practicing being a loving, non-judgmental support with deep presence. I meet each person where they are without an agenda to "fix" because I don't see anyone as broken. My intention is for my office to be a safe and welcoming place for you, while knowing that safety is subjective and can never be guaranteed In my practice I strive to provide a place where differences are appreciated. This means that all races, ethnicities, classes, cultures, and languages are embraced. There is room for your religion, and you have a right to your personal practices and beliefs. I welcome you to show up in full expression of your gender identification and sexual identities and I will use the pronouns you identify with. I will do my best to accommodate your needs. I value you, and look forward to knowing you, as a unique human being.
One of my deepest inquiries into the human experience: How can we practice being our full, authentic selves in the face of oppression, abuse, trauma, and illness, and also in the face of connection, care, community, activism, and love?
Lisa Newell
167 Main St. Suite 307
Brattleboro, VT 05301
802-380-0546
lisajnewell@gmail.com
167 Main St. Suite 307
Brattleboro, VT 05301
802-380-0546
lisajnewell@gmail.com