Somatic Experiencing (SE) in Indianapolis & Bloomington, IN
Releasing Stored Survival Energy to Restore Nervous System Balance
Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a body-oriented therapeutic model developed by Dr. Peter Levine, designed to heal trauma, chronic stress, and emotional dysregulation at the physiological level. When we encounter overwhelming events, our bodies instinctively mobilize survival energy, fight, flight, or freeze. If that natural physiological response is thwarted or interrupted, the shock remains trapped within our autonomic nervous system, manifesting later as physical tension, hypervigilance, panic, brain fog, or deep exhaustion.
In sessions at Maitri Counseling Collective, SE is practiced through the lens of maitri, unconditional warmth, loving-kindness, and gentle reverence for the body's innate wisdom. Rather than asking you to mentally relive distressing memories, which can often feel re-traumatizing, our therapists guide you to gently track internal physical sensations (interoception) in small, manageable increments (titration). By pendulating between comfortable internal resources and areas of tension, your nervous system learns that it is safe to discharge trapped survival energy through natural physical releases.
This bottom-up approach allows your body to finally complete its interrupted survival cycles, resetting a dysregulated nervous system and re-establishing an organic sense of safety and ease. Whether working through shock trauma, chronic illness, developmental wounds, or persistent anxiety, Somatic Experiencing helps you feel truly at home in your body again, available at our offices in Broad Ripple, South Indianapolis, and Bloomington, or virtually across Indiana and Ohio.
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Individual therapy at Maitri Counseling Collective offers a supportive, grounded space for healing, growth, and meaningful change.
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