Psychotherapy that starts in the body

Welcome to Mindmeetsbody.com, the virtual home of the body-focused psychotherapy practice of Douglas Smith.

Just below the surface of any emotional state, pleasant or unpleasant, there is a corresponding feeling in the body. This is the body’s voice, sending the message that we are a unified whole — when one part is affected so are they all. Body focused, or somatic, therapy listens to this voice first.

Sometimes these messages from the body are unconscious and don’t become apparent until they appear as symptoms: feelings of stress, tension, physical discomfort, low energy, or actual heart, digestive and other organ system disease can develop slowly and outside of awareness.

With somatic therapy symptoms and sensations in the body can be worked with directly from within, and re-integrated with (tolerated by) the whole body. Just as in medicine, the earlier you detect a problem the more complete the healing.