Turn Personal Crises into Transformation and Growth

Trauma Integration

Post-traumatic growth - Trauma integration
Volker Dammann,
Heilpraktiker für Psychotherapie
Solutions for Injuries of the Soul

Trauma Integration

“I offer body-oriented psychotherapy to support you in the integration of overwhelming experiences, shocks and developmental traumas, with the goal of enabling post-traumatic growth.”

Trauma Integration & Body Psychotherapy

Shock
Trauma

Developmental
Trauma

Traumatized
Inner Parts

Post-Traumatic
Growth

Trauma Integration & Body Psychotherapy

My work is for those who wish to process overwhelming experiences, developmental trauma or post-traumatic stress and want to reconnect with their inner strength.

Body-oriented psychotherapy takes a holistic approach: thoughts, emotions, body awareness, and your personal context are all part of the therapeutic process. The body is not only a mirror of your inner world – it also holds the key to nervous system regulation and the development of new inner resources.

Compassionate support on your journey towards healing and personal growth.

Embodied Awareness and Exploration of Mind and Emotions

Enhancing one’s bodily awareness aims to strengthen self-connection and to support emotional, cognitive and behavioural transformations. Gentle guidance and experiential exercises allow you to explore the messages of your body and access additional levels of emotional perception. This aims to make it possible to experience ourselves differently in contact with other people.

Resilience Through Emotional Self-Regulation

One of the key benefits of body psychotherapy is the cultivation of improved emotional regulation. To achieve this, you will use specific tools such as tracking bodily sensations, conscious breath work, holding emotions, and adopting various perceptual positions. You will learn about resources like grounding, centering, and establishing healthy boundaries. These resources aim to strengthen your ability to cope with traumatic stress and foster a sense of balance in your daily life.

Processing Trauma at the Level of the Body

The trauma-sensitive psychotherapy approaches of Somatic Experiencing® and Bodynamic® support the building of resources in the body:

  • Somatic Experiencing® recognises trauma as a cognitive or emotional experience, that is deeply imprinted in the body. During therapeutic sessions, we aim to gently release trauma stored in the body. Somatic Experiencing is an important tool for the work with shock-trauma.
  • Bodynamic® provides a framework concept of developmental phases and ego functions. Through bodily exercises you can build somatic resources to support rebuilding stability and resilience. This is an important prerequisite for working with shock trauma and an important element in working with developmental trauma.

Trauma affects the whole person, and my psychotherapy approach integrates mind, body and a systemic perspective. We address the interconnectedness of these aspects in a trauma-sensitive way, promoting comprehensive integration and personal growth.

Reasons for Body Psychotherapy

Find Freedom From Emotional Injuries

  • Trauma can leave deep emotional scars that through avoidance of triggers or unsuitable survival strategies impact various aspects of your life, such as relationships, self-esteem, and overall well-being.
  • Engaging in trauma therapy provides a safe and supportive space to explore the origins and current impact of psychological trauma.
  • With body-based practices, you can learn to take care of emotional wounds. This way you can lay a solid foundation for personal growth. You can gradually regain a sense of control and move towards freedom in your life.

  • Do you struggle with overwhelming emotions, mood swings, or difficulty in regulating your feelings or dealing with stress?
  • Body-oriented psychotherapy can guide you in exploring the connection between your emotions, thoughts, and body sensations. It can help you to develop awareness and understanding of your triggers and reactions.
  • Do you struggle with overwhelming emotions, mood swings, or difficulty in regulating your feelings or dealing with stress?

  • Unresolved trauma often leads to a repetition of negative patterns in relationships, behaviours, and emotional responses. Difficult situations somehow repeat itself.
  • Trauma therapy allows you to learn to recognise problematic patterns before they get out of hand. You can learn to identify triggers and become more conscious about your own behaviour.
  • Supported by body-oriented trauma therapy you can start making more conscious choices and develop healthier ways of relating to yourself and others.

  • Do you want to find new meaning and reorganize your life story? Do you want to discover how you can emerge from your traumatic experiences stronger and with renewed purpose?
  • Engaging in trauma therapy can guide you on this transformative path. It can help you exploring your innate capacity to grow and thrive – despite the terrible experiences.
  • Through personalised processes, body-oriented psychotherapy can assist you in processing and integrating your traumatic experiences. You can start discovering what helped you to get through the traumatic event.

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Trauma Psychotherapy – Accompanying Offers

Psychotherapy Approaches

Somatic Experiencing®

Somatic integration and gradually processing of shock trauma stored in the body – strengthening of self-regulation

Self-Regulation

Bodynamic®

Somatic integration of developmental trauma, attachment trauma – strengthening the body ego through muscle activation in contact – building conscious competences

Body-Competences

Systemic Therapy

Integration of traumatized inner parts, trauma in the ancestral line and collective trauma – integration of split-off parts

Inner Parts

Personality Development

Tailor-made regular therapy sessions for sustainable development of your personality

Bespoke Solution