Somatic Experiencing®
Amitabh Amidor, SEP, MSW
My name is Amitabh and I am a Somatic Experiencing® practitioner located in Maui, Hawai’i, working online with clients nationally and internationally. I am a co-founder of Hawai’i Psychotherapy and Wellbeing and founder of Somatic Therapy Maui, through which I offer my Somatic Experiences services. My work supports individuals in finding inner peace by strengthening their ability to cope with life’s endeavors in healthy and constructive ways. My professional training and experience are reflected in my practice which combines the cutting-edge scientific and evidence-based trauma resolution modality of Somatic Experiencing® with eastern methodologies/practices and a psychodynamic approach.
My personal journey towards healing has spanned globally over two decades. During this time, I participated in indigenous healing practices and spent years in India, where I studied and received formal meditation/mindfulness training. Being dedicated to the educational training of Somatic Experiencing, I am a training assistant for Somatic Experiencing International, and I am an approved personal session provider for all levels.
My love for the therapeutic process lies in my belief that people can heal through gaining the tools and insights needed to create pathways for change and ultimately a life with greater fulfillment. I invite you to Contact Me and together we will create your individualized path towards resilience and well-being.
Four essentials when walking the path towards healing:
Mindfulness
When you are aware of your inner state, you make mindful choices instead of reacting unconsciously.
Self-Care
Nourishing self- care practices support your nervous system in returning to a state of balance.
Dedication
Dedicating yourself to your healing process through commitment and consistency is the basis for change.
Regulation
The ability to self-regulate in moments of emotional distress supports your mental and physical health.
Somatic Experiencing®
Working with Trauma, PTSD, and stress-related issues
Somatic Experiencing® (SE) is a gentle body awareness methodology that helps heal physical and emotional trauma, overwhelming emotions, and other stress-related conditions.
The SE method offers a framework that works directly with the nervous system; it identifies where a person is "stuck", either in the fight, flight, or freeze responses. SE provides clinical tools to reduce and resolve the symptoms and conditions that arise as a result of stress and trauma, bringing you back into balance. The SE approach strengthens the system and releases shock, which is key to transforming trauma symptoms, emotional wounds, and early developmental maladaptation.
SE makes the connection between body and mind, including all of your being and not solely the intellect. During sessions, I will guide you through the tracking of your system by giving importance to bodily sensations, images, thoughts, and feelings. By creating a dialogue between intellect and body, space is created for organic and natural healing to occur.
Somatic Experiencing® is the life’s work of Dr. Peter Levine, resulting from his multidisciplinary study of stress physiology, psychology, biology, neuroscience, indigenous healing practices, and medical biophysics, together with over 45 years of successful clinical application.
I am approved to give sessions in the beginning and intermediate levels of the Somatic Experiencing® training.
For more information about Somatic Experiencing® visit www.TraumaHealing.org
To read more about Dr. Peter Levine visit www.SomaticExperiencing.com
Psychodynamic Approach
The root of our difficulties lies in our unconscious
A psychodynamic approach in therapy focuses on the psychological roots of emotional suffering. By examining your childhood pains and your reaction to those pains we will have a better understanding as to what isn’t working in your life and where you find yourself currently stuck.
During sessions we will visit your past in order to find the root causes of your emotional pain which you are experiencing in the present moment. By doing so, we will bring the unconscious up to your conscious awareness, where the pain can be felt and let go of. This process allows for the creation of new, healthier responses to all that life brings.
Mindfulness
Connecting to the present moment
Mindfulness is our basic ability to be present in the here and now. Even though mindfulness is something we all possess, it is more available to us if we practice it on a daily basis. Whenever we bring awareness to our direct experience through observing our thoughts, sensations, and emotions, or by using our senses, we are being mindful.
Research shows that by practicing mindfulness we strengthen our emotional regulation abilities and remodel our brain’s structure. Unfortunately, trauma and stress strip us from our mindfulness abilities, and may even create an aversion to being present. During sessions we will practice specific mindfulness techniques which will help you to feel safe and regulated and move you back to the present moment.
Areas I commonly support clients with are:
PTSD
anxiety
accidents
depression
shock trauma
high sensitivity
codependency
medical trauma
managing stress
stress-related issues
developmental trauma
spiritual and religious trauma
self-care
spirituality
life purpose
self-esteem
mindfulness
life transitions
self-regulation
self-acceptance
existential inquiry
managing emotions
nervous system support
healthy boundaries and relating
Let’s discuss what you would like to work on, Contact Me to schedule your initial session.