ART • DANCE • YOGA
Experiential Therapies at Repose
“When words aren’t enough to tell the story of the soul.”
What is Experiential Therapy?
Experiential Therapy in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut is a therapeutic technique that utilizes expressive activities and tools to re-enact, re-experience, work through, past circumstances or past relationships. The use of experiential methods allows the client to use more than just language when addressing and accessing their trauma. A client working with an experiential therapist can expect to begin to explore and let go of painful feelings of shame, hurt, anger, that may have been previously blocked or inaccessible. Experiential therapy offered at Repose includes art therapy, dance movement therapy, yoga therapy, and breath work.
When is Experiential Therapy used?
This type of therapeutic intervention is commonly used in the treatment of substance use addiction, eating disorders, trauma, anger management, grief & loss, and also various other types of compulsive behaviors, or behavioral addictions. It is also a useful intervention for any and all folks, who have not felt like “traditional” therapy is the right fit. Experiential therapy is suited for folks that wish to loosen the shackles of painful past experiences. Plus therapy can change the nature of your current or future relationships.
Benefits of Experiential Therapy
For folks that have experienced trauma, language may feel inaccessible in their healing journey. Research shows that one part of the left frontal lobe of the brain called the Broca’s area quite literally shuts down when one is faced with trauma. This is the same brain region that handles the function of putting our feelings and thoughts into words. For people with this experience, healing is still important and necessary. Experiential therapy is one way to do just that.
The Many Faces of Experiential Therapy
What can you expect from experiential therapy from Repose in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York?
This type of technique hosts a variety of interventions within it. There is no one size fits all way of delivering experiential therapy. Some may expect more focus on somatic movement, others may expect a more “hands-on” approach with expressive tools coupled with talk therapy. These interventions allow folks to gain deeper access into their emotional processes, creativity, relationships, and more. This is done whilst also encouraging personal autonomy, self-determination, and choice in the therapeutic process. Experiential therapy in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut may be in the form of individual, couples, or group counseling.
How does Experiential Therapy work?
A core presumption of this experiential therapy is that one’s perceptions determine one’s behaviors. By accessing, and releasing suppressed or repressed negative emotions from the past, one allows oneself to better experience positive feelings of the present. This in turn helps folks reshape their present perception of reality. Experiential or expressive therapy honors the client's journey and the client's voice, if you are interested in knowing more, schedule a free consultation with our Client Care team.
Do I Need To Be An Expert to Do Experiential Therapy?
Simply put. Absolutely not. If you are a trained yoga teacher, someone that is skeptical about Somatics, or someone that has dabbled in breathwork, Experiential therapy welcomes all. From novice to expert, Experiential therapy in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut serve all folks. Art therapy, Dance Movement Therapy, Therapeutic Yoga, and breathwork mold their delivery to the client they are serving and they take the form to the experience and comfortability of the client. Your experiential therapist will work with you to determine a treatment plan that is tailor-made for you and matches your personal comfortability. To learn more schedule a 15-minute consultation with our client concierge here.
“Experiential therapy enables you to comfortably sit in the pauses of life with ease and let it move you to a life of meaning and creativity. Give yourself permission to take the road less traveled. ”
Try Art Therapy, Dance Therapy, Yoga, & More with Experiential Therapy in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut Today!
Are you ready to get the support you have needed? Holistic psychotherapy may be the strategy for you. At Repose Therapy in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut we do art therapy, dance therapy, breathwork, somatic experiencing, and yoga therapy via online therapy. At Repose Therapy you will be working with our skilled and certified experiential therapists who will help you overcome issues such as grief, trauma, anxiety, depression, and more. When you’re ready to get started follow these simple steps: