Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox: 125 Worksheets and Exercises to Treat Trauma & Stress

I am not a psychotherapist, but I ordered the workbook to learn more about somatics. It’s a very good resource from what I’ve experienced so far. I love how the concepts are plainly explained in (mostly) everyday language. I’m a helper and healer by nature, and I think I will get a lot of mileage out of the well-presented activities in the book. If you’re not a professional but are looking for ways to expand your knowledge of healing, trauma response, and the human body, you’ll like the practical nature of this one.

Filled with many creative interventions

This is exactly what I was looking for. The information is great, and I highly recommend it to others.

I have enjoyed having this book as a resource for planning group therapy activities for counseling. It is very informative and provides templates to use right away.

I am currently a practicum student and I have known for some time that I wanted to incorporate somatic practices in my counseling orientation. This book takes that knowledge and research and gives you a practical application. It not only has multiple tools to help clients, it has several techniques and strategies to manage your own body experience as the counselor. It includes examples of language to use. I could not have asked for a better introduction and resource for somatic counseling. Worth every penny, highly recommend.

I normally do not write reviews on Amazon, but thought I would do so in this case. I bought the book a few months ago and have really begun to digest the amazing quality of work that has been put into this. Prior to purchase I almost did not buy since someone else noted in their review that there are no PDFs. I reached out to the author, and she was very responsive and warm to my concern and advised there is a link within the book to download the PDFs. Sure enough, the book arrived and I was able to download the digital files! I have used to book and its tools to create two therapy groups that are heavily influenced by the content. After running both groups three times, I nothing but good things to say about this resource. My clients, who initially were resistant to somatic work, have all come around to love this group. In fact, they are two of the more popular groups at my program! Individuals who have been so traumatized that their usual report of "I feel nothing" has shifted. One client has been able to turn her whole narrative of her body being the enemy (for betraying her per trauma) to "my body empowers me. Even when I don't like what it is telling me, it is protecting me and moving me through life." I am so grateful for this book and the different perspective that it provided me in my practice.

I like the succinct,user friendly way the book was laid out, making it easy to use.

Just what I needed in my Art therapist library!