Most of our psychological patterns are rooted in the deeper emotional and and visceral aspects of our minds.  By addressing our cognitive mind talk therapy does eventually affect these other aspects of our minds, but one area of research I’ve explored is more direct methods of affecting our emotional/visceral minds that can be particularly effective when added to talk therapy.  I have trained in Somatic Experiencing and Hakomi therapy with this goal in mind, but through my research and experimentation I found music and sound to be unique in their visceral/emotional effectiveness, yet typically therapeutic use of music and sound doesn’t address specific processes and issues.  I believed that particularly effective change would be available by combining cognitive aspects of the mind with music’s emotional evocation, so I developed a therapy combining music and sound with guided imagery and cognitive framing that is especially effective in helping to further a sense of self and teaches deep self-nurturance, both of which reduce anxiety, increase a deep sense of peace, increase confidence and increase creativity.  This therapy also allows clients to learn the technique as a tool for their own continued work outside of and beyond therapy.  This technique has proved particularly powerful, both in the change I’ve seen in clients and in clients explanations of how it has helped them and their requests to integrate this technique into their ongoing work.
