April Agranoff, M.A. Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Star Aligned Therapy & Consulting
Therapy for thoughtful, ambitious women, with a mystical side
It's not in your head... it's actually in your body:
Did you know that universal emotions such as fear, sadness and happiness activate specific areas of the body?
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See full research article here: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1321664111
I work with:
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Trauma and Stress Responses: Fight, Flight, Freeze (and fawn).
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The emotional side of body symptoms
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Becoming more attuned to the needs of the emotional body
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Accessing and reorienting to embodied relief, peace, and comfort
I have led trauma-informed yoga support groups for women, and focused my graduate studies on body-based therapies for sexual trauma. However, body-based therapy can be helpful for all kinds of trauma.
Some clients are called to this process because movement and body awareness can feel less overwhelming than conceptualizing "what happened," while others may have a sense of feeling physically disconnected from themselves, and want to come back.
Working with the body can also help one develop coping tools to access and return to peace before verbally processing unresolved pain.
Start exploring body-based healing by taking one of my somatic focused yoga classes:
Individual therapy of course will follow a different structure, and generally involves conversation, while integrating a body focus when applicable for the individual's needs.