Janaki Lene Jarstein - Body-Oriented Trauma Therapist
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
NARM Master Practitioner
Compassionate Inquiry In-training
Polyvagal Informed
Yoga and Meditation Teacher
Workshop Facilitator
Trauma is in its essence disconnection; from parts of ourselves, from other people, from the world around us, and from our very essence or spirit. The symptoms are myriad, among them are depression, anxiety, panic attacks, sleeping disorders, as well as the often mysterious and medically unexplainable digestive issues and other very physical aches and pains.
Healing trauma is a path of reconnection; reclaiming safety in our body, our authentic expression, and right to our essential self.
In this process, it is essential to include the body because this is where we hold the energy of the traumas. Our trauma is not in the story of what happened to us; it sits in our very cells, in the dysregulation of our nervous system, and the disembodiment of our spirit.
With my work I aim to
- Help you find a feeling of safety in your own body again, so that it may be a safe home to live in.
- Help you embody and process strong emotions and strong waves of energy.
- Be a compassionate and attuned abiding presence in your process of opening up to and integrating difficult experiences that have been shut down and thus not completed.
- Assist you in reconnecting with your resources and building more capacity for contact and relationships.
- Offer encouragement to express and manifest your authentic self.
I am trained and adept in working with
- PTSD and shock trauma,
- Emotional trauma (emotional embodiment, emotional completion, emotional healing),
- Addiction,
- Chronic pain (fibromyalgia, etc),
- Anxiety,
- Depression,
- Childhood and developmental trauma,
- Relationship trauma
- Sexual abuse and sexuality trauma,
- Spiritual trauma (and integrating spiritual and psychedelic experiences)
"Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside for the lack of a compassionate caring witness."
I offer individual and couples trauma therapy sessions in person and online.
