Somatic Experiencing® Trauma Healing

Hummingbird Trauma Resolution

An independent APRN practice specializing in a mind-body approach to resolving trauma/PTSD, physical pain and chronic stress.

Individual sessions

Somatic Experiencing sessions in English and Spanish, for individuals aged 18 and up, mostly virtual on Zoom or Doxy HIPPA approved video platforms. The number of sessions varies greatly from six to ten for resolution of a single event trauma like a motor vehicle accident or a fall, to a year or more for traumatizing experiences that were ongoing in childhood, adolescence, or adulthood, and for co-existing medical illnesses such as chronic physical pain, digestive disorders, autoimmune issues, and Long Covid. When starting work with a new client I like to schedule weekly appointments if possible for the first month or so to establish momentum, and then shift to bi-weekly appointments.

I am in-network with Medicare, some Medicare Advantage plans, CT Medicaid/Husky, and many of the plans of private insurance companies, including Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, ConnectiCare, Cigna, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and United Health Care. For uninsured clients there is a sliding scale fee determined on a case-by-case basis.

Experiential Educational Groups

Online and in person Somatic Experiencing groups. Much healing can be done through nervous system education and experiential practices for physiologic self- regulation; thus group work is very effective, without participants sharing personal histories. The curriculum is six or eight weekly 90-minute class sessions. In these groups there is often a mixture of people seeking trauma healing and professionals wanting to learn more about Somatic Experiencing, or Somatic Experiencing practitioners and trainees interested in how SE is done as an educational group format.

Professional Trainings

Experiential conference presentations and professional trainings for social workers, psychotherapists, counselors, educators, doctors, nurses and nurse practitioners, naturopathic and chiropractic doctors, case managers, lawyers, substance abuse counselors, physical and occupational therapists, yoga and meditation teachers, massage therapists, Alexander Teachers, and other bodyworkers.

Topics of these trainings include:

  • Somatic Experiencing Trauma Healing; Introduction to Principles and Practices
  • Integrating Somatic Experiencing into Clinical Work
  • Polyvagal Informed Trauma Recovery
  • The Ventral Vagal Social Engagement System: Safety, Connection, and Trauma Recovery
  • Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness
  • Sensorimotor Activities for Trauma Recovery
  • Somatic Experiencing for Chronic Physical Pain

List of Organizations / Agencies Served

  • The Community Health Center, Meriden, CT
  • CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), Hartford, CT
  • Easter Seals Medical Rehabilitation Center, Meriden, CT
  • Nurse Practitioner Residency Program, Community Health Center, Middletown, CT
  • Postdoctoral Clinical Psychology Residency Program, Community Health Center, Middletown, CT
  • The CT Women’s Consortium, Hamden, CT
  • The Unitarian Universalist Society, New Haven, CT
  • The Weitzman Institute, Middletown, CT
  • Yale University Divinity School

Sample flyers for trainings done at The CT Women’s Consortium:
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Staff Trainings for Non-profit Organizations

These experiential trainings are offered in English and Spanish to staffs of health centers, social service agencies, and other organizations who serve communities exposed to high levels of trauma. The trainings vary from a 90-minute to three hour introductory workshop to a more in- depth program of six to eight weekly 90-minute sessions. I have done staff trainings for the following organizations:

  • All Our Kin, New Haven, CT. National nonprofit organization for family childcare educators.
  • Building One Community Immigrant and Refugee Resettlement, Stamford, CT
  • Connecticut Council for Non-Adversarial Divorce, Naugatuck, CT
  • Family Centered Services of CT, New Haven, CT
  • Neighbors Link Immigrant and Refugee Resettlement, Mt. Kisco, NY

Case Consultation

I offer individual case consolations to medical and mental health professionals, physical and occupational therapists, speech therapists, chiropractors, and other health care workers. These consultations are usually one hour long, with a case presentation, my suggestions, and demonstration or role-play. I also do joint sessions with the psychotherapist or physical therapist and their client, either in person or virtual.

Specialties

  • Adults
  • Adults abused as children
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Chronic Fatigue
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Pain/Fibromyalgia
  • Complex PTSD
  • Depression
  • Domestic Violence
  • Early Childhood Attachment Disturbances
  • Eating Disorders
  • Grief and Loss
  • Homelessness
  • Immigrants & Refugees
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • Long Covid
  • Medical Procedure Trauma
  • Motor Vehicle Collisions
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sleep/Insomnia
  • Spirituality
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Veterans
  • Womens’ Issues

For Beth’s Somatic Experiencing® publications, see the Publications page.