Kinesiopsychotherapy
Movement and Psychology
Physiological expression indicates inner experience.
Kinesiopsychotherapy is a movement-oriented psychotherapy approach.
The culture within families, societies, and nations shapes our regulatory system, and our body stores our experiences. We develop patterns of responses and relationships based on childhood attachment experiences. Then, how can we re-pattern our dysfunctional patterns when notice?
Many of us know "what" to do to be better but less of "how" to do it.
In a dyadic relationship between child and parent, the attachment figure needs to be physically and psychologically available to support dysregulated child manage their distress. In Kinesiopsychotherapy, the therapist provides opportunities to discover responsive patterns, their associated narratives, and more satisfying ways to respond to these through embodiment and reflective practice.
The observation is shared with client to assist their self-directed discovery and meaning-making process. In result, client becomes more aware of their own association between movement and psychology which leads them to learn more about their unconsciousness or what was dismissed. These new information allow them to make a bridge between unconsciousness and consciousness. From this point, clients can practice and integrate more functional responses into their existing or dysfunctional patterns of bodily response, which is why I believe utilizing LBMA in psychotherapy is very effective for clients dealing with stress responses including fight, flight, freeze, and fawn. The unconscious responses can be treated by conscious effort. With repeated practice and clear intention, we can repattern our dysfunctional patterns.
I am an Associate Marriage & Family Therapist (AMFT137496).
I am in the process of accumulating hours towards licensure to become a licensed psychotherapist.