Somatization is the experience of psychological symptoms presenting as physical symptoms. Somatization Disorder can be particularly frustrating for those dealing with it, as they genuinely experience the physical symptoms, and nothing is medically wrong with them.
Available Treatment Options
Therapy offers a safe space for the person to feel validated in their experience. Many people with Somatization Disorder have experienced other people thinking they are “faking” it. Therapists validate their feelings and develop a strong therapeutic relationship based on trust with the person.
Depending on the individual, counseling interventions could include family therapy, trauma therapy, or cognitive and behavioral interventions.
Therapists Who Specialize in Helping Those Who Struggle With Somatization
Alice utilizes both traditional and innovative methods that are research validated. She offers EMDR intervention for both trauma resolution as well as for a variety of mood disorders and medical treatment stress issues.
I work with clients to help them regain a strong sense of self trust and personal freedom, which has often been ruptured as a result of enduring life traumas. Clients are presented with a compassionate environment to express their vulnerability and most authentic self, without judgement. As an interactive and holistic therapist, I aim to bring both humanistic and empowering energies into sessio...
Anxiety, trauma, panic attacks, relationship stress? I am able to help. For more than two decades I have had the honor of supporting adults, teens and children in overcoming their struggles and begin to move toward the life they wish to create.
I work with adolescents and adults struggling with trauma, anxiety, grief and loss, relational struggles, depression, religious trauma, life transitions, questions of meaning, personality disorders, and other difficulties. I also have experience working with those pursuing creative careers.
We all have suffering in our lives-- it's part of human experience. Too often, however, there is a layer of unnecessary psychological pain caused by unconscious defenses. We often resist painful feelings and the realities they point to. When we get stuck in our resistance we get emotionally sick and our suffering increases. I work together with patients to honestly and compassionately untangle,...
I specialize in working with adults, college students and adolescents dealing with trauma, abuse and dissociation issues, mood disorders, and life changes including transitions, grief and loss issues. Clients seeking lasting change in their lives or just looking for help to identify goals towards finding balance in their daily lives, as well as individuals seeking to align with and live their...
Now Scheduling in person and telehealth appointments. Help available for anxiety, depression, perfectionism, self-esteem, guilt, academic/work pressure, people pleasing, and grief. My specialty area is in working with adult children of alcoholics and those who grew up with other forms of trauma, abuse, or neglect. All political, cultural, religious viewpoints are welcome in my office without ju...