Do you work with clients online?
Yes. I see clients online and in Person In Palo Alto, CA.
Meeting in the office is not always convenient or comfortable. Online appointments allow you to receive the same quality care as you do in person in the comfort of your home.
Yes. I see clients online and in Person In Palo Alto, CA.
Meeting in the office is not always convenient or comfortable. Online appointments allow you to receive the same quality care as you do in person in the comfort of your home.
How long are your appointments?
- 50 minutes Somatic Experiencing, Hakomi, Internal Family Systems (Informed)
- 45 minutes for Feldenkrais Method, Anat Baniel Method and myofascial therapies.
Appointment cost.
Somatic Experiencing, Hakomi, IFS Informed Therapy $150.
Feldenkrais Method, Anat Baniel Method and Bodywork Therapy $165
Somatic Experiencing, Hakomi, IFS Informed Therapy $150.
Feldenkrais Method, Anat Baniel Method and Bodywork Therapy $165
How do I make a payment for an appointment?
Payments can be made before your appointment through PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, card or check/cash.
Payments can be made before your appointment through PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, card or check/cash.
How do I make an appointment?
If you are a new client you need to set up a free phone consultation before making an appointment. Email me to set up a time: bradbeldner@yahoo.com
If you are a new client you need to set up a free phone consultation before making an appointment. Email me to set up a time: bradbeldner@yahoo.com
Do you take insurance or create supper bills?
I do not take insurance or create super bills at this time.
I can send you an invoice after your appointment with appointment cost.
I do not take insurance or create super bills at this time.
I can send you an invoice after your appointment with appointment cost.
How often do people see you?
Many clients see me once a week, but some opt for every other week, once a month or on an as needed basis. The frequency is up to you depending on the resources you need.
Many clients see me once a week, but some opt for every other week, once a month or on an as needed basis. The frequency is up to you depending on the resources you need.
Do you work both in-person and online?
Yes. I see clients in person in Palo Alto, CA, throughout the United States and Internationally online.
Yes. I see clients in person in Palo Alto, CA, throughout the United States and Internationally online.
How can somatic body oriented methods help me?
As well as cognitive thinking, our bodies use feelings, sensations and movement to let your deepest needs become known to you and the outer world. Our bodies send messages via feelings and sensations to make requests, tell stories, protest, get angry, dissociate, create defensive and offensive protective strategies, feel grief and ask for help.
Our bodies can also hide or cut us off from feelings and sensations when they are perceived as being dangerous or too overwhelming for us which can create a dissociative, surreal or flat experience of the world. Dissociation can also present as numbness, depression, being in your head or having inability to be present or ADHD.
The body oriented methods I use are very effective in safely connecting again with our bodies and getting to the root of challenging internal problems. Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, Hakomi and Feldenkrais methods create transformation by working directly with your body-mind physiology as well as cognitive process.
Body-Mind methods supports, problem-solving skills, and enhanced coping strategies for issues such as depression, anxiety, relationship troubles, unresolved childhood issues, grief, trauma, sexual abuse, auto-immune disorders, chronic pain, stress management, body image issues and creative blocks.
Many people find that body-mind methods can be a tremendous asset to managing personal growth, interpersonal relationships, family concerns, marriage issues, and the challenges of daily life. It can provide a fresh perspective on a difficult problem or point you in the direction of a solution. The benefits you obtain depend on how well you use the process and put into practice what you learn.
Benefits include:
As well as cognitive thinking, our bodies use feelings, sensations and movement to let your deepest needs become known to you and the outer world. Our bodies send messages via feelings and sensations to make requests, tell stories, protest, get angry, dissociate, create defensive and offensive protective strategies, feel grief and ask for help.
Our bodies can also hide or cut us off from feelings and sensations when they are perceived as being dangerous or too overwhelming for us which can create a dissociative, surreal or flat experience of the world. Dissociation can also present as numbness, depression, being in your head or having inability to be present or ADHD.
The body oriented methods I use are very effective in safely connecting again with our bodies and getting to the root of challenging internal problems. Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, Hakomi and Feldenkrais methods create transformation by working directly with your body-mind physiology as well as cognitive process.
Body-Mind methods supports, problem-solving skills, and enhanced coping strategies for issues such as depression, anxiety, relationship troubles, unresolved childhood issues, grief, trauma, sexual abuse, auto-immune disorders, chronic pain, stress management, body image issues and creative blocks.
Many people find that body-mind methods can be a tremendous asset to managing personal growth, interpersonal relationships, family concerns, marriage issues, and the challenges of daily life. It can provide a fresh perspective on a difficult problem or point you in the direction of a solution. The benefits you obtain depend on how well you use the process and put into practice what you learn.
Benefits include:
- Attaining a better understanding of yourself, your goals and values.
- Developing skills for improving your relationships.
- Finding resolution to the issues or concerns.
- Learning new ways to cope with stress and anxiety.
- Managing anger, grief, depression, and other emotional pressures
- Improving communications and listening skills
- Changing old behavior patterns and developing new ones.
- Discovering new ways to solve problems in your family or marriage.
- Improving your self-esteem and boosting self-confidence.
How are the somatic body based methods you use different from traditional Talk therapies, Analysis, CBT, DBT etc.?
The somatic body based methods and the tools I use create transformation in clients by safely letting them get in touch directly with emotions and protective-defensive patterns, dissociative patterns and subconscious strategies that are stored deep in the brain and body and subconscious.
Talk oriented cognitive therapies are very helpful for many people but they usually don't give you direct access to the origin of the challenges you are working with. This is especially true for PTSD, complex chronic pain and auto immune and dissociative disorders.
I get many referrals from therapists that are cognitive focused that need to refer their clients to somebody the specializes in trauma healing and is body oriented.
The somatic body based methods and the tools I use create transformation in clients by safely letting them get in touch directly with emotions and protective-defensive patterns, dissociative patterns and subconscious strategies that are stored deep in the brain and body and subconscious.
Talk oriented cognitive therapies are very helpful for many people but they usually don't give you direct access to the origin of the challenges you are working with. This is especially true for PTSD, complex chronic pain and auto immune and dissociative disorders.
I get many referrals from therapists that are cognitive focused that need to refer their clients to somebody the specializes in trauma healing and is body oriented.
I am interested in getting in touch with my body, feelings and emotions but a feel stuck in my head most of the time.
I work with many people that feel they cant access their bodies, feelings and emotions. The methods I use offer many effective strategies and tools for gently getting in touch with deeper aspects of your self.
I work with many people that feel they cant access their bodies, feelings and emotions. The methods I use offer many effective strategies and tools for gently getting in touch with deeper aspects of your self.
What is the difference between Somatic Experiencing, Hakomi, Internal Family systems, Feldenkrais and Body work modalities?
Somatic Experiencing, Hakomi and Internal Family systems are body orient methods that are excellent modalities for helping clients resolve symptoms of trauma/PTSD, dissociation, anxiety, attachment wounds and help you get a deeper and clearer insights into to yourself and body and the way it organizes it self around challenging external and internal challenges.
Feldenkrais and AnatBaniel Methods are more bodywork oriented and focus on helping resolve movement and pain issues that arise from chronic habitual physical pattens. These methods help your brian and body move beyond challenging habits and into clear freer movement and self perception. I teach weekly in-person and online public movement classes using these methods.
Myofascial and cranial sacral methods are bodywork forms that work directly with changing and rehabilitating injuries through hands on work.
Somatic Experiencing, Hakomi and Internal Family systems are body orient methods that are excellent modalities for helping clients resolve symptoms of trauma/PTSD, dissociation, anxiety, attachment wounds and help you get a deeper and clearer insights into to yourself and body and the way it organizes it self around challenging external and internal challenges.
Feldenkrais and AnatBaniel Methods are more bodywork oriented and focus on helping resolve movement and pain issues that arise from chronic habitual physical pattens. These methods help your brian and body move beyond challenging habits and into clear freer movement and self perception. I teach weekly in-person and online public movement classes using these methods.
Myofascial and cranial sacral methods are bodywork forms that work directly with changing and rehabilitating injuries through hands on work.
How long does it take to feel better and create permanent changes?
The length of treatment differs for each person and each problem.
One of the most important factors in transforming your life is the quality of fit between a client and therapist.
The speed of progress depends on a number of factors including:
After your first session you should have a sense of the amount of one on one sessions and self work that will be involved and if the methods I use are helpful for you.
The length of treatment differs for each person and each problem.
One of the most important factors in transforming your life is the quality of fit between a client and therapist.
The speed of progress depends on a number of factors including:
- How well you use the healing process and put into practice what you learn.
- How early and severe your patterning, wounding or trauma is?
- The nature of the problem itself (simple versus complicated).
- How long the problem has been with you (newly developed versus chronic and longstanding)
- The type of challenges you are working with including: prenatal, early, later life or generational trauma, attachment issues, sexual abuse, autoimmune disorder, personal injury or accident, predatory attack, cultural or religious challenges, addiction or combination of these factors.
- How much work you put into solving the problem outside of appointments. I believe it is essential when working with my clients that we work together to understand your goals and to track those goals so we can accurately assess whether we are achieving those goals or not.
- Are you on medication?
- Do you have self help practices that help you regulate your body?
- Do you have friends, community or family support?
After your first session you should have a sense of the amount of one on one sessions and self work that will be involved and if the methods I use are helpful for you.
I feel I may have trauma, been sexually abused, have emotional of physical challenges but I don't have memories or know the specific incidents that caused them.
Using body based tracking methods you do not need to have memories about the inciting incidents that created the wounding.
To work with feelings like :
I show clients the tools they need to observe how their body responds and organizes it self from past wounds, fears and beliefs.
Using body based tracking methods you do not need to have memories about the inciting incidents that created the wounding.
To work with feelings like :
- Anxiety / Fear / Panic
- Hyper vigilance / Defending / protecting
- Fight, Flight, Freeze and Dissociation
- OCD, ADHD
- Perpetual thinking / Strategizing / Worry
I show clients the tools they need to observe how their body responds and organizes it self from past wounds, fears and beliefs.