About Trauma Touch Therapy
Realizing that the constant retelling of her own traumatic history and the big, cathartic releases in her own therapy weren’t actually helping her, Chris Smith began to look for another approach to trauma therapy. As a longtime bodywork practitioner and educator, she gravitated toward a body-centered approach, and the result was Trauma Touch Therapy. Instead of going for the cathartic release, Trauma Touch Therapy develops resilience through an individually crafted blend of therapeutic breathing, movement, touch, art, and play. Since 1993, Trauma Touch has been continually practiced and refined by a wide range of bodyworkers and psychotherapists across the United States and around the world.
Of course none of that really tells you what your session will look like…
I wish I could spell out exactly what your session will look like, but it’s not that kind of therapy. What we do will depend on your needs that particular day. We might just work on being with that feeling of heaviness in your stomach. We might breathe into it and see how that changes your experience. As you build awareness of your own body, we might branch out into movement, conscious contact, art, or play. Here’s what I can tell you for sure:
- You get to co-create your own therapeutic process. You never have to do anything you don’t want to.
- You will learn new ways of sensing and speaking about what you feel in your body.
- That new awareness of your body literally rewires your brain to make it easier to cope with things that used to overwhelm you.
- You don’t have to tell your story. I’m absolutely willing to listen, but you don’t have to share if you don’t want to. The therapy works either way.
- This is bodywork, but it’s not a typical massage. You will be fully clothed, and you might not ever get on a massage table. I might not even touch you, depending on the needs of the session.
- You will be engaged throughout the session. This is not something I can do to you; the therapy depends on your participation.
About Your Practitioner
Hi! My name is Tim Nichols. As a lifelong student of human movement and healing arts, I’ve had the opportunity to train in a number of different disciplines: martial arts, exercise, dance, healing modalities and movement programs of various kinds.
I find that a body-centered approach to healing trauma brings together all my previous training and produces substantial results in a reasonable timeframe. I’ve experienced the benefits of this approach for myself, and I’ve seen my clients benefit many times over the years. I can’t wait to share it with you!
I look forward to working with you!
Blessings,
Tim
Sanctuary Soul Care 