Hakomi
The Somatic Approach to Psychotherapy
The somatic approach to psychotherapy is based in the belief that mind, body and spirit operate together, not as disconnected parts. I have found that an integrated body/mind/spirit approach to counseling and psychotherapy can be especially effective in working with many difficult life problems.
I am an NASW Qualified Licensed Clinical Social Worker with years of comprehensive training and experience in the Hakomi Method of body-centered psychotherapy. Learn more about my experience, training, and approach.
Contact Me
Call me at 415-242-9866 or e-mail me at jimchristrup-deleteme[at]-deleteme-gmail [dot] com to schedule a free 20-minute phone consultation or to schedule an appointment for somatic psychotherapy in San Francisco.
How Somatic Psychotherapy Works
Somatic psychotherapy uses first-hand, felt experience to enable the process of self-discovery and change. Because it deals with more than thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, somatics may open you up to information that can be overlooked in most analytic psychotherapy.
In somatics, the added awareness of sensations and felt experiences within the body are used to deepen the work. This can provide a channel of cooperation between the unconscious and conscious, and help facilitate communication among parts of yourself that may be lost, hidden, or isolated.
The Hakomi Method
The Hakomi Method is based on seven principles that underlie all aspects of the work and guide the practitioner to approach both the client and the process with a sense of wholeness, respect, and humility:
- Unity: an inclusive awareness of the interrelatedness of things
- Organicity: the recognition and honoring or each person’s individuality
- Mind/Body/Spirit Holism: the assumption that all elements of experience are essential
- Mindfulness: the value of being genuinely aware of exactly what is happening
- Nonviolence: a commitment to respect and loving regard
- Truth: the pursuit of the actual nature of things
- Change: the trust that things can and will move and evolve
Learn more about the Hakomi Method.