Trauma Recovery Through Somatic Therapies:
Healing Body & Mind at Psynergy Centre, Medicine Hat

Psynergy Centre Health & Wellness is Medicine Hat’s leading center for trauma recovery, offering a wide range of somatic therapies facilitated by our specialty-trained, licensed professionals. We understand that trauma is not just stored in the mind; it resides within the body. Our somatic therapies focus on this crucial body-mind connection to promote deep healing and lasting recovery from traumatic experiences. These approaches address the physical manifestations of trauma, allowing for profound emotional and psychological release and well-being. Discover the power of somatic healing at Psynergy Centre.

Somatic Therapies for Trauma Recovery at Psynergy Centre

We offer a diverse range of somatic therapies, each designed to address trauma through the body-mind connection:

• Trauma-Informed Yoga: In small, intimate group settings (1-5 participants), experience gentle yoga poses, mindful breathwork, and meditation techniques. Trauma-informed yoga helps you safely reconnect with your body, regulate your nervous system, and release stored tension and stress. Classes prioritize safety, choice, and empowerment, allowing you to practice at your own pace and comfort level.
• Somatic Experiencing (SE): Engage in this body-centered approach developed by Dr. Peter Levine to release physical tension and restore your body’s natural self-regulation. Our SE therapists guide you to track bodily sensations, movements, and impulses, facilitating the completion of your body’s natural stress response cycle and discharging trapped energy from past traumas.
• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Benefit from a therapy that combines somatic techniques with traditional psychotherapy to address trauma symptoms. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy helps you explore how trauma is held in your body through movement, posture, and sensory experiences. Therapists utilize mindfulness, body awareness, movement, and grounding exercises to facilitate the processing and integration of traumatic memories.
• EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) & ART (Accelerated Resolution Therapy): Experience these memory reconciliation therapies, including EMDR which incorporates somatic elements. During sessions, you may notice physical sensations as you process traumatic memories. Our therapists use grounding techniques to support you while engaging in reprocessing. ART, often requiring fewer sessions and being more directive, along with gentler preparatory interventions like Flash Technique and Image Deconstruction, are also available to tailor your trauma processing experience.
• Trauma Somatic Touch Therapy: Receive safe, nurturing touch in this hands-on bodywork approach designed to release tension and trauma stored in the body. Our Trauma Somatic Touch therapists use gentle touch, massage, and body awareness techniques to help you reconnect with your body and access deep relaxation and a sense of safety. Vagal toning “rocking” techniques, based on Polyvagal Theory, are also integrated within Somatic Touch Therapy.
• Dance/Movement Therapy: Utilize movement and dance as expressive therapies to promote emotional, psychological, and physical healing. In trauma recovery, Dance/Movement Therapy helps you explore and process emotions, memories, and body sensations through movement, creative expression, and exploration. Somatic Movement classes, including Ecstatic Dance and TRE (Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises), may also be incorporated to support somatic release.
• Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness: Engage in mindfulness practices adapted for trauma histories. Trauma-sensitive mindfulness emphasizes grounding, safety, and self-regulation techniques, helping you cultivate present-moment awareness while minimizing the risk of re-traumatization, fostering a sense of inner calm and control.
• Breathwork Therapies: Explore various powerful breathwork techniques such as Holotropic Breathwork, 9D, Integrative Breathwork, and Rebirthing Breathwork. These practices can help you release emotional and physical tension, access deeper states of relaxation, and facilitate profound emotional processing and integration, supporting trauma release and emotional regulation.
• Brainspotting: Experience this gentle yet powerful therapeutic technique that processes and releases trauma, negative emotions, and distressing experiences stored within the brain and body. Brainspotting uses specific eye positions to access brain regions related to emotional processing, facilitating the release of stored trauma and promoting emotional healing by connecting to the brain-body connection.

These somatic therapies can be used individually or combined with other therapeutic approaches to support your trauma recovery and promote holistic healing. It is essential to work with qualified and experienced therapists trained in somatic approaches and trauma-informed care to ensure safe and effective treatment. At Psynergy Centre, our team is dedicated to providing you with expert, compassionate care on your journey to healing.