Into the Mind
Notes on the Lived Experience
By Erin B. Rupert
Welcome to exploring therapy from the inside out. Walk with with me as I explore my connection with nature, art, skiing, and practices that aim to build resilience, connection, and expansion both in the therapy room and out.
Feel free to rummage through my words, take what you need, leave what you don’t, and connect if it feels right.
Somatic Experiencing 101
What does an SE session look like? Somatics can mean a lot as it’s integrated into therapeutic processes, so here I attempt to give a basic picture of what we do in SE in our initial sessions. This will still look different for everyone, but this outline a basic framework to help your orient to this process.
Up and Down - A Functioning System
Our nervous system is designed to move. It identifies threat, prompts responses, and negotiates what needs to happen once the threat is resolved. The challenge comes when we don’t understand what our system is trying to do and when we override or inhibit the natural cycle.
In this post, I explore the response of my own nervous system to a threatening event and illustrate the consequences and resolution.
Somatic Connection
Somatics are explored within a therapeutic relationship so it is specific to you and reliant on the safety of the therapeutic container.
