Stuck in Cycles of Anxiety and Depression?

These are natural human coping mechanisms to overwhelming, prolonged stress – there’s absolutely nothing wrong with you.

These cycles often originate from childhood. As impressionable young ones, everything we experience seeps into the unconscious. This is especially true in connection to early caregivers. They inform the way we’ll relate to ourself and others for the rest of our lives.

Maybe our primary caregivers prioritized their career while we went to stressful daycare environments during our first years of life. Maybe our parents had their own mental health problems and couldn’t be emotionally available for us. Maybe we were outright abused.

With little to no resilience, a baby wholly relies on their caregivers. And when they aren’t responsive, the baby’s fragile nervous system suffers.

The baby recognizes that a normal stress response isn’t getting their caregiver’s attention. Crying turns to wailing and they become inconsolable, even if their caregiver does arrive. The baby’s trust in them is diminishing. This is the beginning of anxiety.

The young baby realizes it can’t go on like this forever. They need to shut off this attachment system with their caregiver. The baby numbs its feelings and needs; they tighten up the body and conserve their energy. This is the start of depression.

I now want to tell you about Transforming Touch® – a groundbreaking therapeutic modality that uses gentle, nurturing touch to heal the nervous system.

Trauma happens in relationship, and so does healing. Transforming Touch® attends to early attachment wounds and conditioned patterns of stress in the nervous system. This touch offers the co-regulation we so desperately needed from our caregivers as a young child.

As healing begins, many report a greater capacity for life’s daily stressors. They feel more connected to themselves and others. The mind calms down as the body releases trauma. They feel a deeper sense of presence.

Long held patterns of stress begin to melt against the backdrop of a budding ‘okayness’ and sense of regulation.

If you’re interested in learning more, reach out through the contact form below and tell me what brought you here. Include a few times you’re available this week if you’d like a free 15 minute consultation. I can answer any questions you have and we can see if it makes sense to work together.

I honor your healing journey and I’m grateful you’re here.

Blessings,

Gunnar

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