Comments on: The Birth of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

By: Mandi Dale

Mandi Dale — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 22:41:22 +0000

Does anyone know of Wiltshire based support in this area of work. As a person diagnosed with Complex PTSD this sort of therapy would be really supportive. Keen to recover and trying very hard via NHS. Resources as ever are difficult to obtain as much as the workforce tries.

By: Toni Thatcher

Toni Thatcher — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 03:29:50 +0000

I would be grateful for all information relating to trauma and disordered thinking
kind regards
toni

By: Benjamin Fry

Benjamin Fry — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 07:57:37 +0000

In reply to Jean Goldman. Khiron House offers low cost group therapy in London. Many individual practitioners will offer some low cost therapy too. Otherwise you can approach the NHS and ask if they have any specialist practitioners in this area. Also you can ask your GP to apply for funding for your treatment and are entitles to have a patient advocate help you with this application. Google your local NHS trust for more information.

By: Jean Goldman

Jean Goldman — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 14:42:12 +0000

I experienced great trauma after the death of my mother when I was three, plus more of the same with a stepmother and then my abusive husband. I cannot afford therapy, what alternatives are available to help me?

By: Fi

Fi — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:22:44 +0000

The main problem seems to be that for a long time psychology was believed to be all and only about the mind and brain as if they were separate entities from the rest of the body.there has been knowledge of therapies honouring the whole person but unfortunately not well known or publicised,so it is now being presented as” rediscovering the wheel” sensorimotor therapy is but one of the modalities dealing with the whole person.
Neurodevelopmental delay NDD,has been around for a while,I was lucky enough to bytrain in such therapy with the original developer,Dr Peter Blythe who was able to help endless children and adults with such technique by addressing the wisdom of the body and integrating it with the mind

By: Benjamin Fry

Benjamin Fry — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 06:54:48 +0000

In reply to Hilary. If you register with Get Stable, you can provide these therapies via the NHS to service users in Kent (if they are willing to travel to you). You must be accredited, supervised and insured to register. There is openness in the NHS and in government for stepping outside of NICE guidelines because so many people recognise that IAPT doesn't work well enough, however it is a fragile and new beginning with many powerful opponents... See the CSJ's paper on this for more information.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 17:34:02 +0000

There are two tragedies here. One is that body-based psychotherapies have been available in the UK for decades, but have remained virtually unknown until now because neuroscience is only just catching up with their discoveries. The other is that NICE guidelines make it unlikely that these therapies will become available via the NHS to those who cannot afford private therapy.

By: ros

ros — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:41:25 +0000

When I read this stuff about the body, I feel ‘thank god !’ ‘finally’. Finally there may be a way for so many to heal .
Until now, for so many, it has been like walking in a strange world where no-one understands and there is no way out of the prison of the mind.
Therapy has been offered but it has often been the opposite of what is felt to be needed. This has only exacerbated the pain for so many.
This deep inner tension can surely only be cured through the body. What a relief that these new therapies are finally reaching a wider audience.