Specialties

Psychotherapy encompasses a wide range of specialties, each with its unique focus and approach. Here are a few examples of the approaches we use here at Indigo Therapy:

  • Psychoanalytic Therapy: This approach explores unconscious conflicts and past experiences to understand current behaviors and emotions.

  • Psychodynamic Therapy: Similar to psychoanalysis, but with a shorter-term focus, it aims to understand how past relationships and experiences influence present ones.

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): This popular approach focuses on identifying and changing negative thought patterns and behaviors.

  • Humanistic Therapy: This approach emphasizes personal growth, self-acceptance, and the inherent potential for positive change within individuals.

  • Existential Therapy: This approach explores fundamental questions about life, death, freedom, and meaning.

  • Trauma-Focused Therapies: These approaches help individuals process and heal from traumatic experiences, such as PTSD.

Mind / Body / Spirit

Somatic Therapy Approach

Somatic therapy, also known as somatic experiencing therapy, is a body-centered approach to mental health that focuses on the connection between mind and body.

Here's a breakdown:

  • Core Principle: Trauma can get "stuck" in the body, leading to physical and emotional symptoms. Somatic therapy aims to help individuals release this trapped energy and restore balance to their nervous system.

  • Key Concepts:

    • Mind-Body Connection: Recognizes that emotions and physical sensations are intertwined.

    • Trauma Response: Explores how the body reacts to stress and trauma, including the fight-flight-freeze response.

    • Gentle Release: Emphasizes gradual and gentle release of pent-up tension, rather than forcing the processing of trauma.

  • Techniques:

    • Body Awareness: Practices that increase awareness of bodily sensations, such as breathwork, mindfulness, and gentle movement.

    • Grounding: Techniques to help individuals feel more present in their bodies and connected to the present moment.

    • Tracking: Gently following the sensations of tension and stress as they move through the body.

    • Resource Activation: Helping individuals access their internal resources for self-regulation and healing.

Who might benefit from Somatic Therapy?

  • Individuals with trauma histories, such as PTSD, anxiety, and depression

  • Those experiencing chronic pain or unexplained physical symptoms

  • People who struggle with emotional regulation

  • Anyone interested in deepening their mind-body connection