Stay Tuned Therapeutics

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Massage and Bodywork, Somatic Experiencing, and Ployvagal exercises for nervous system regulation, are all currently available at Geoffrey’s new office location at 120 South Beaver St., Flagstaff.

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6 Week Somatics & Polyvagal Theory Workshop Join Us for a Six-Week Somatic Experiencing & Polyvagal Theory Workshop

"Many therapists consider touch of any kind to be inappropriate with clients who have been abused through violations of the body. At the same time however, many therapists and all somatic therapists believe that a client will have great difficulty in fully recovering from such trauma if only verbal or cognitive approaches to therapy are used. As Hunter and Struve (1998) surmise, “Therapeutic efforts to help a client heal from touch-related wounds ultimately ought to include experiential approaches that directly access the body and that provide the client with real-life opportunities to feel nonabusive touch” (p. 218). Clients traumatized in childhood are often unable to make distinctions between affectionate touch and sexual touch (Ball, 2002). “Healing is unlikely to occur if this positive and appropriate touch remains only an idea or intellectual concept” (Hunter & Struve, 1998, p. 218). In a study done by Horton and colleagues (1995), it was found that sexually abused clients were more likely to attribute a corrective or educative role to touch in therapy and to report feeling “touchable”, “lovable” or generally better about themselves as a result of touch than were non-abused clients. Of the clients in this study who reported a history of sexual and/or physical abuse and neglect, 71% wrote that touch repaired self-esteem, trust, and a sense of their own power or agency, especially in setting limits and asking for what they need."

~Dr. Ofer Zur

Call or text 928-699-1999 for appointment or consultation, is touch (still) right for you?

Do you know your ANS? It's been so wonderful to meet people in this way and work with the Polyvagal system as we touch in on concepts of safety and connection, building capacity, tolerance and ultimately joy, perhaps, for experiences in this world. Meeting the way we feel the things that come up, and working with what feel true.

Trauma and the Nervous System: A Polyvagal Perspective This video was developed to give a basic introduction and overview of how trauma and chronic stress affects our nervous system and how those effects impact o...

Here's to new beginnings, again. Rest when needed, lick your wounds, heal up a little, return when you're ready.

I've relocated my practice, Stay Tuned Therapeutics. I have a room full of mats to explore, when you're ready to move. 120 South Beaver. Flagstaff, Arizona

Yep, still doing massage therapy and body work, stretching, movement, somatic experiencing, mindful awareness practice, psychedelic preparation and integration. I'll be with you as you explore the areas in your life that might be a little sticky, perhaps sometimes feeling a little problematic. I'll be with you in the many ways that I can, I'm happy to help.