Marisa Ranieri
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Ashburton VIC 3147
03 9885 7897
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I am a practising Somatic Psychotherapist and a Clinical Member of the Australian Association of Somatic Psychotherapists (AASP).
I have also been a shiatsu therapist since 1993 and first worked in a natural therapies clinic in Kew. After my father died I moved my practice to home in Ashburton with many of my clients following me there. As I began to see my clients over a number of years, sharing their life experiences I began to feel that there was something missing in the service that I was providing but I didn't know what.
One day a client came in a most distressed state and told me that her daughter had threatened to kill herself with a kitchen knife in front of her. I felt at a complete loss - how could I be of help to this woman who was in pain - pain I could not massage away? It had been suggested to me by a friend that a psychotherapy course might be helpful. In 1999 I took up her suggestion and contacted the Australian College of Contemporary Somatic Psychotherapists for information and so began the journey to my practise as a somatic psychotherapist.
Somatic Psychotherapy approaches a person from a body/mind perspective: that is, that a person is body and mind and that our experiences all throughout life form our sense of who we are – our sense of Self.
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Emotions – our emotions are the embodied experience of our lives. It is our emotions that inform us whether our experiences are positive or negative – it is our emotions that provide us with the means of responding to these experiences. Experiences of trauma and neglect may create in us the feeling that expressing our emotions is unbearable.
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Development – we all grow and develop within the dynamics of our family of origin. Our relationships with our caregivers, siblings, extended family and peers influence how we form relationships and how we operate in the world as adults. Experiences of trauma and neglect can create states of low self-esteem which impede our desire to explore the world and our ability to achieve our ambitions.
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Attachments – from our earliest beginnings we form attachments to others in order to feel protected and safe and our need for attachment and relationships does not disappear in adulthood. Our need for safety whether with a partner or within a group is an evolutionary behaviour which ensures our survival. Experiences of trauma and neglect can instil within us the feeling that we are alone; that no-one will ever understand us; that all is hopeless.
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A perspective of Somatic Psychotherapy is one of compassion, non-judgement and an understanding that we all wish to be well and do well in the world.
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It is through relationships that we are formed and it is through relationships that change can occur.
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Neurobiology – studies show that the adult brain has a capacity to change – the brain retains a certain plasticity that allows change to occur – there is hope.
It has been through my own personal therapy that I know change is possible; I know that self-esteem, self-regulation and self agency can be kindled or re-kindled.
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