Debbie | NYC Therapist
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missboushi :
As a reminder, somatic therapy is not good for BIPOC.
2026-04-30 00:08:02
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J :
I just start guessing. My stomach???
2026-05-01 00:25:37
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kristiklutz :
I’m a therapist and my therapist asks me this and sometimes i just guess or make something up 💀
2026-04-30 15:41:35
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Lex :
literally made me stop somatic therapy after 3 seasons because I was so lost and just made stuff up 😞
2026-05-02 11:29:02
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Alexandra Herzog :
THANK YOU. “Where is that in your body?” It’s not. It’s nowhere and this question makes me feel broken/alien, like something is inherently wrong w me in comparison to others. 😭
2026-05-02 15:50:35
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lifewithtedanddougal :
what do you even mean, in our body? my feelings are feelings, not physical sensations
2026-05-10 19:08:51
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✨NOELLE✨ :
No where, the point is we’ve disassociated from our feelings for so long we’ve become numb to them.
2026-04-29 20:33:44
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KatWoman1019 :
I’m a lifelong intellectualizer, and my therapist did this when I first started with her! I had been dissociated from my body for a vast majority of my life, and I used to get SO angry when I would get asked where I felt something in my body. Through her using the “making contact” technique, she helped me a lot, and now I’m able to tell her exactly where I’m feeling things in my body, and when I’m intellectualizing instead of feeling.
2026-06-26 18:49:52
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Dominique L. ♋️ :
As a trauma therapist attunement is key!
2026-04-30 16:26:10
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timidtiger3 :
Where can a therapist learn more about this? Any books/textbooks you recommend? I just finished a Linda Thai training on somatic embodiment but I still have a lot of learning to do.
2026-04-29 23:47:09
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Amber Cheri :
I’m a therapist who intellectualizes. My therapist will mirror me in session and it’s helped to bring awareness to my body!
2026-05-04 13:19:30
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Nickibeth :
My therapist does both. She’s reading my body language, autonomic responses while asking to attempt to get me out of my brain a little.
2026-06-24 02:48:21
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meow :
I intellectualize a lot, and my therapist can tell when I am starting to dissociate. So she will ask me what is coming up for me in that moment. And then I will talk about what I am thinking or feeling and then she will ask me where I feel that and to sit with that and that really helps me first
2026-04-29 22:54:11
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🐀 :
Literally how do we find therapists who know and can do this
2026-06-25 05:41:46
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Lauren G :
Wow my therapist uses this strategy on me and I didn’t know it was an intentional strategy!
2026-04-30 21:26:50
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Kennedy Kilpatrick :
Omg thank you for this - I always felt like I was making up a place in my body that would make sense symbolically
2026-04-29 23:20:26
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Future Therapist Files :
What somatic therapy books would you recommend to someone entering grad school thinking they want to do somatic work?
2026-04-30 00:33:07
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Michaela :
This is really helpful. Thank you!
2026-04-30 17:50:00
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bailey.audhdtherapist :
Yes 👏🙌 these are great tips! We have to teach our clients how to do these things, how to feel (physically and emotionally) their emotions 👏👏
2026-04-30 11:23:04
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beechime🇵🇸🫒🇨🇦🪶 :
I actually combine these. I ask first before offering observations to dig in to. It lets us work with the dissonance and keeps them centred as the expert of their experience. You say you don't, but here's what I saw you doing. You didn't feel yourself do that? What does that mean to you? Let's build awareness. etc. It starts an internal tracking process while not overriding their autonomy.
2026-04-30 17:30:18
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Zoey_Redbird215 :
I love my intellectualizing clients make no active response to their emotions in sessions. I use somatic charts with descriptions of sensations. "what do you notice coming up physically for you right now as you recall this experience" "how do you notice yourself reacting as we talk about this" can also be good ones
2026-06-08 20:57:11
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kddddddd :
Please please please. I NEED A BOOK ON INTELLECTUALIZERSSSSS.
2026-05-05 20:22:08
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haley :
This is also important for neurodivergent clients as well
2026-05-10 15:46:00
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Mandy Alvarado :
Thank you so much for explaining this, sometimes I get stuck with words and can’t seem to get the feelings in my body.
2026-05-07 02:34:32
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Emma :
You are the best Therapist
2026-04-30 13:02:46
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