EmbodiedSelf Therapy
Therapy
Embodied Self Therapies’ approach to treatment can be best described as holistic and integrative. We draw from multiple modalities and apply them when it feels most applicable. We are client-centered, solution-focused, and trauma-informed. We pull from multiple practices of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, Brain Spotting, Somatic, and Narrative Therapy.
Radical and embodied self-love begins in owning your shadows, befriending your wounds and feeling empowered about your inherent authenticity.
You will learn to:
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Increase understanding of self, emotions and patterns of behavior
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Respond to stressors calmly, effectively, and in knowing your needs.
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Increase self-care and reduce unpleasant feelings, thoughts, and experiences
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Shift past trauma-related blocks
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Create a balance in the present moment, body and mind.
What We Do
We are a trauma based therapy practice that focuses on mind, body, and soul alignment. We use tools including EMDR, Brainspotting, Somatic Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and client focused treatment in order to support clients to release the grip that their trauma has had on them for quite some time. We are client centered, trauma informed, and take an eastern-western approach toward therapy. We believe that the common thread within mental health issues is rooted within the trauma lens, and thus in order to provide adequate care we must always have trauma informed care in mind.
Though we may have varied ways of supporting clients, our general therapeutic approach takes into account neuroscience, nutrition, and intergenerational/ systemic trauma. We view human difficulties through a bio-psycho-social-spiritual and systemic lens, honoring the fact that all these aspects can co-currently impact one individual. This provides concrete tools, understanding, and a shifting of all that impacts people in their lives. We are committed to serving all human beings, and welcome all genders, ethnicities, and sexual orientations.
Who We Are:
Embodied Self Therapy is a private practice and therapist training center, owned and operated by Mealani Smith, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. We have offices in both Santa Rosa and Windsor, CA. I, Mealani, hold my own caseload of clients while also providing clinical supervision for associates in the process of obtaining their clinical licensure. I chose to open Embodied Self Therapy because I firmly believe in adequate, well rounded, and affordable options for Sonoma County Communities. We have a wide range of financial options, a wide range of therapeutic support and tools, and variety in approach. Adequate access to therapy treatment is a huge part of our value system here.
Embodied Self Therapy includes both Licensed Clinical Social Workers and Associate Clinical Social Workers, which are therapist’s working towards clinical licensure. Each therapist’s approach is varied in style and character with one common goal: aiding clients in emotional stabilization, relief from symptoms that have been holding them back, and thus building a life of purpose, connection, and embodiment.