Barbara Schmidt Counselling Somatic

Barbara Schmidt Counselling Somatic Trauma & Nervous System recovery, Somatic Experiencing, Brainspotting & EMDR practitioner, Medicare

I have developed a unique and holistic approach around grief and trauma recovery over the last 25 years. Somatic Experiencing, EMDR and gentle Emotional Release in conjunction with Mindfulness and Visualization build the foundation of my work and I enjoy working on a deep and lasting level in therapy and supervision sessions. I am very confident and relaxed in guiding you through your process with loving gentleness, understanding and professionalism, making you feel safe, grounded and held. Being an accredited Mental Health Social Worker Medicare Rebates may be available to you. As all trauma is stored in the body I focus on working somatic. The body has a unique ability to heal itself and is our greatest link to our subconscious. With the right gentle support the body can be coaxed back to its natural self-regulation and balance without having to repeat the overwhelming details of the traumatic story. By observing the body’s needs, pent-up energy can safely and gradually be released. This helps build new positive neural pathways in the brain - hence enabling lasting change, removal of trauma symptoms and a movement forward. Life is wonderful with a relaxed nervous system that can bounce back from life’s smaller ups and downs easily.

STOP thinking your feelings. Incredible how convincing they can be, but thinking your feelings leads you only down the r...
25/11/2024

STOP thinking your feelings. Incredible how convincing they can be, but thinking your feelings leads you only down the rabbit hole and never to a healthy solution.

Right now, you're living in survival mode,You’re numb, lifeless, exhausted.Now and again you feel that panic,when you re...
06/09/2024

Right now, you're living in survival mode,
You’re numb, lifeless, exhausted.
Now and again you feel that panic,
when you realise how far you’ve sailed from your old self.
But this is temporary.

You’re doing what your human instinct told you to do.
You’re hunkered down, getting through, enduring.
It’s not permanent.
When your world feels safe again,
when you take the first tentative steps back out there,
you’ll resurface.
Your spark will reignite.
Lightly at first but then brighter than ever before.

Right now, you’re living in survival mode
and that’s ok my friend.

You’ll be back.

You never really left.

~ 'Numb' by Donna Ashworth from 'Life'

I was in the very first Australian Somatic Experiencing module in Melbourne. Three amazing years!And then in 2016 I did ...
03/02/2024

I was in the very first Australian Somatic Experiencing module in Melbourne. Three amazing years!
And then in 2016 I did it all over again - this time as an assistant. I learnt a heap more supporting new participants over the next three years becoming practitioners.
And then life took me on some journeys of its own - I am not sure where they will take me.

It's been an adventure for sure.

A more regulated nervous system helps you bounce back from life's ups and downs so much quicker. I am amazed how easily ...
19/01/2024

A more regulated nervous system helps you bounce back from life's ups and downs so much quicker.
I am amazed how easily I have managed a huge house move. My nervous system is so different to what it used to be like before learning somatic experiencing. And my own deep griefing journey has transformed me from the inside out: This was the biggest teacher by far.
Curious how life will unfold from here💜💞.

IFFirmation: "What if everything turns out alright?"
12/01/2024

IFFirmation: "What if everything turns out alright?"

Graph showing how effective Somatic Experiencing therapy is to treat PTSD. Attached a research study. This is something ...
14/07/2023

Graph showing how effective Somatic Experiencing therapy is to treat PTSD. Attached a research study. This is something I see daily in my private practice work over and over again. Working with tuning into the body is magic deep healing work.
I couldn't find the original post, hence the photos. Hope you can read it.

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18 Stickland Street
Denmark, WA
ALSOFREMANTLE

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Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

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