Embodied Therapy

12/06/2025

I've been finding lately that many clients haven't necessarily been exposed to the concept of self-care or self-care practices or they have a much different view of what self-care means. I felt compelled to write this short bit on the concept of shifting the vernacular to self-investment practices which in my work aids in helping people consider that value of self is worthy and necessary for healing.

While there has been in the last decade a constant cultural buzz on the importance of self-care and the variety of ways in which that can be defined, I still find many clients who consider self-care as a reductionist set of practices that focus solely on personal hygiene (i.e. showing, bathing, faci...

21/04/2025

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed with life causing you to feel irritable, unwilling to connect, or trapped in feeling stuck?

Understanding how your nervous system works to protect you (and sometimes over-protect you) is key to self-compassion around emotional dysregulation and states of overwhelm. The pathway to finding more ease in our mental health struggles is through the body and building a somatic vocabulary alongside developing sensory awareness skills will help in finding balance.

Join me, a licensed somatic mental health counselor specializing in trauma, in an online five-week psycho-educational course on Understanding Your Nervous System. Here in Japan the course is five Monday evenings 6:30-8pm (June 2-30).

For more information: https://www.embodied-therapy.com/service-page/understanding-your-nervous-system?referral=service_list_widget

Course participation requires an application and pre-screening process. Email Michelle with interest: embodiedtherapyinfo@gmail.com

Facilitated by Licensed Somatic Mental Health Counselor, Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner Whether you live with anxiety, depression, past trauma, chronic pain and stress, constant overwhelm, or relationship issues, a key component to finding more stability in mood and outlook is understanding how your nervo...

03/11/2024

Therapists and those in the Helping Professions....there is a place for you to slow down and replenish! Join me for this monthly 60 minute online Somatic Practices aimed to provide body connection, emotional regulation, and self-care techniques. Next class meets tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov 5th at 9am in Japan and Monday, Nov 4th at 6pm CST in N. America. NOTE TIME CHANGE IN N. AMERICA DUE TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS.

Easy online registration up to one hour before class begins: https://lnkd.in/g8QyubmH

Feel free to share with colleagues in this profession; let's help each other find the resources for staving off burnout! ❤️

30/09/2024

Therapists and Mental Health Professionals need a place to recharge, regulate, and decompress after continued work of holding space for others. This 60-minute monthly class is open to working therapists, social workers, psychologists, and those in helping professions. It is designed to use somatic and embodiment practices for self-care and body connection.

Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner, somatically-trained licensed mental health counselor and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner™, will guide participants in a themed practice using sensory awareness, body-based movements, mindfulness, and breath work for the purpose of settling the nervous system. Participants are encouraged to attend monthly as each practice will have its unique focus.

NEXT CLASS IN US/N. AMERICA: Mon Sept 30 at 7pm CST
NEXT CLASS IN ASIA: Tues Oct 1 at 9am CST

$15USD per person. Online registration up to one hour prior to class start time: https://www.embodied-therapy.com/book-online

25/09/2024

Therapists and Mental Health Professionals, you provide space for others where are you finding yours?

Stave off depletion and burnout with this online monthly class designed just for therapists, mental health professionals, and those in the helping profession that provides approachable somatic (body-oriented) practices for regulating your nervous system.

The next session is Monday evening, Sept 30th at 7pm CST in North America and Tuesday, Oct 1 at 9am JST in Asia. $15USD per person. Easy online registration up until one hour before class begins: https://lnkd.in/g8QyubmH

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02/09/2024

Therapists and Kind People in the Helping Professions...the first of the monthly 60-minute online Somatic Practices for Therapists sessions is tomorrow: Tues, Sept 3 at 9am JAPAN/ASIA and Mon, Sept 2 at 7pm CST US/North America.

Come replenish, settle your nervous system, and let this space be a place where someone holds space for YOU!!!

You can register up until 1 hour before class begins: https://www.embodied-therapy.com/book-online

28/08/2024

CALLING ALL THERAPISTS, because you work hard holding space and listening to others, this is a monthly opportunity to replenish yourself. First one is September 2 in US/September 3 in Japan. For more information:

Therapists and Mental Health Professionals need a place to recharge, regulate, and decompress after continued work of holding space for others. This 60-minute monthly class is open to working therapists, social workers, psychologists, and those in helping professions. It is designed to use somatic a...

18/08/2024

THERAPISTS & MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS....Come and replenish yourself! This is an online monthly Somatic Practices class for therapists and mental health professionals.

NEXT CLASS IS Monday Sept 2 CST North America/Tuesday Sept 3 JST Asia.

To register: https://www.embodied-therapy.com/book-online

22/04/2024

It’s the second Tuesday of the month! Join me for a 45-minute Somatic Practice for Emotional Balance aimed at regulating the nervous system. This is an easy approachable class open to any curious person wanting to become more connected to their body. Tuesday, April 23 at 12noon JAPAN. You can register up until one-hour prior: https://www.embodied-therapy.com/book-online

17/03/2024

Feeling overwhelmed, dysregulated, scattered, anxious, or out of sorts? Join me for a jumpstart with my online class Somatic Practices for Emotional Balance. It's just 45-minutes over the noon hour here in Japan on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Next one is tomorrow, Tuesday March 19th. Just $10USD. Easy registration here: https://www.embodied-therapy.com/book-online

08/03/2024

Happy International Women’s Day! I’m blessed to know a lot of amazing, strong, insightful, resourceful, and courageous women who continually inspire me in both quiet and loud ways. ❤️ Very likely if you are a woman reading this, YOU are one of them! ✨

28/02/2024

MARCH is just around the corner! Two opportunities to join me for the 45-minute Online Somatic Practices for Emotional Balance Class: March 5 & 19 at 12noon JAPAN time. Easy registration open now at: https://www.embodied-therapy.com/book-online