Somatic Psychology: Using the Body to Heal the Mind with Elizabeth Ferreira

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Somatic therapist Elizabeth Ferreira returns to the podcast and joins Forrest for a deep dive into somatic psychology. They explore what a somatic therapy session looks like in practice, how it differs from traditional talk therapy, the connection between the body and the mind, and why people with complex trauma are sometimes better served by body-based approaches.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hansen.
0:10.2	If you're new to the podcast, thanks for listening today, and if you've listened before, welcome
0:15.2	back.
0:16.2	I'm joined for today's episode Live and in studio.
0:20.0	By my wonderful partner, Elizabeth Ferrara, Elizabeth, how are you doing today?
0:23.5	Pretty good, pretty excited.
0:25.4	You're excited to do this?
0:26.4	Yeah, no, I mean, we have a new setup.
0:29.9	Finally, we get to kind of like feel cozy together, surrounded by my plans.
0:35.2	Yeah, all of the plans are Elizabeth.
0:37.3	Sometimes people ask me how I take such great care of the plans in the studio and the
0:41.5	answers that I don't, exactly none of it is me, exactly all of it is Elizabeth.
0:46.1	So if you want the person with the green thumb, it's definitely her.
0:49.0	They get good vibes though, you know?
0:50.4	Yeah, yeah, they kind of absorb the good vibes from the conversations that we have in
0:54.4	the studio.
0:55.4	Okay, what are we talking about today?
0:57.0	We've referenced Sematic Psychology and Body Based Interventions, a ton on the podcast.
1:03.2	And then I was looking back through our archives and I realized something horrible.
1:07.4	We've never actually done an episode of Sematic Psychology and I live with a Sematic Therapist.
1:13.3	So hey, that's probably a good idea.
1:15.7	So for people who might not know, Elizabeth is currently working in her associate ship.
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