The S.O.M.A Method
A 4-part breath and parts work moving meditation
Sense.Open.Move.Awaken™
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"This somatic method invokes the best of both breathwork and parts work. Truly transformative."
- Susan Gallagher, LMFT
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The S.O.M.A Method
The S.O.M.A Method teaches a powerful embodied processing sequence combining four somatic modalities.
Sense: Connect with the felt sense of whatever parts are present
Open: Learn how you have closed down connection and how to open back up through vulnerability
Move: Using breathwork, awaken the bodies voice through sound, movement, and emotion
Awaken: Attune to the voice of the wise mind or higher self and awaken into authenticity.
The S.O.M.A Method course covers each phase of S.O.M.A and includes 8 audio and video lessons. A guided S.O.M.A Practice® with music led by Dr. Carolyn Kutsko is included. Use anytime to reduce rumination, anxiety, shift addictive patterns, lift your mood or change your state.
Parts Work
The Method begins by identifying the story (core beliefs), shape (survival strategies) and shadow (exiled) parts of self.
Breathwork
Rhythmic breathing and breath holds help awaken the felt sense and somatic awareness.
Somatics
A variety of practices are incorporated: qi gong, tapping, gesturing, movement and chanting/sounding.
The S.O.M.A Method
IFS & Mindfulness
Use guided meditation to access present moment awareness of protective and shadow parts.
Neuro-Linguistic-Programing
Include phrases to go deeper into processing.
Somatic Practices
Learn tapping, qi-gong, shaking, sounding and release practices.
Breathwork
Use rhythmic breathing and breath-holds to calm, elevate, and integrate emotions.
Trauma & Polyvagel Theory
Discover the connection between protective somatic shapes, trauma, and the nervous system. Understand the role of attachment styles.
Sensory Tracking
Use Gendlin’s Felt Sense protocol to deepen interoceptive awareness and insight.
MEET
Carolyn Kutsko, PhD
Dr. Kutsko created the S.O.M.A Method from hundreds of her own client sessions. She holds her PhD in Somatic Psychology with certificates in: EMDR, Relational Somatic Psychotherapy, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, BodyWay Emotional Eating Recovery, The Daring Way, Thai Massage, and Somatic Breathwork.
She wrote her dissertation on “Full Emotional Expression,” an exploration in relational support within catharsis, where she challenges theories cautioning expressive emoting and demonstrates through a phenomenological study the efficacy of relationally supported catharsis and the often miss-used and miss-understood use of "window of tolerance".
She describes S.O.M.A Method as a powerful processing sequence unwinding the contractions of the adaptive self through the voice of the body. She shares, "we can not verbally talk our way out of a non-verbal wound. The body must speak because implicit memory (where trauma and defensive strategies are stored) is experienced physiologically and conveyed through sensation and emotion, not words".
Dr. Kutsko’s SomaTalk™ training was both extremely informative and also engaging. She provided a mixture of interesting didactic education and experiential exercises demonstrating how to get clients unstuck and able to express what has been held inside. I feel I have lerned a whole new language.
Nick L.
I am so excited about the SomaTalk™ Foundations course provided for my clients to help prepare them for this powerful work. An incredible bonus to becoming a SomaTalk™ Practitioner.
Jess Thomas
