Haritha Jonnalagadda

Trauma disrupts the myriad of layers of our development and well being and therefore healing from trauma demands a myriad of interventions and supports. It impacts our body at a more primal physiological level.

A stand alone talk based therapeutic approach that facilitates recovery from top- down ( brain to the body) is not only insufficient or ineffective- it is no longer evidence based for trauma recovery!

After recognizing the gaps in traditional talk therapies both as a client and practitioner, I hoped to create a more integrated & holistic therapy practice that intervened the impacts of trauma from a bottom to top (body to brain) approach.

Bottom to Top or Body Based or Somatic approaches appreciate the significant role of our internal body world in helping us resolve our unresolved traumas. The way we experience ourselves, our relationships and our life experiences are not limited to our thoughts, feelings and perceptions that then dictate our behaviors.

We experience them deep within our body in the form of sensations, movements, habitual postures, breath, heart rate, pain & inflammation, muscle preparation & arousal energy states created by our nervous system.

Traumafurther impacts us at a cellular and systemic level- digestion, immunity, endocrinology, reproductive, respiratory & pulmonary, cardiovascular & lymphatic systems.

The cost of traumatic stress is paid by our whole body.

A Peek Into My Practice…

Somatic Psychotherapy interventions help reorganize and integrate our internal experiences of the external or our relational world. It works safely with the way our nervous system reacts in the present moment as informed by our past unresolved traumas that show up as body memories.

The word “Somatic” means “ of the body''. My approach combines movement interventions and somatic therapies, to create a deep understanding of your nervous system and offer it opportunities to develop skills to regulate through the shifting impacts of trauma.

I use a unique blend of functional training, strength training, prehab & rehab skills as well as somatic movements in fusion with somatic psychotherapy to help support the nervous system and physiological regulation, creating opportunities for a deeper understanding of your body.