Evelyn Karpel, LMHC-D
Psychotherapist
Individual Therapy
Experience a mind-body approach to healing
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Mindful, Somatic, Experiential Therapy
Somatic therapy is an emotionally centered approach to healing that utilizes and honors the deep connection between the mind and body. Somatic therapy helps you turn toward the physical sensations of your emotions. In time, this leads you to recognize nervous system patterns that keep you stuck in states of stress, anxiety and trauma. From birth, we learn ways of managing, suppressing and changing our Selves in order to receive love. These strategies get stored in our body and become part of how we interact with the world and others.
Somatic therapy can help if you:
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Struggle with chronic stress or anxiety
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Feel disconnected from yourself and emotions
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Are healing from relational or acute trauma
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Need a deeper, more embodied approach than talk therapy
How does somatic therapy work?
The effects of trauma, neglect, and emotionally abusive or painful relationships with childhood caregivers are held in our bodies. Our nervous system, posture, movement habits, as well as in relationship patterns all work together to protect us, but often get in the way of the life we truly want to live. To change these patterns, clients learn to mindfully follow the interconnected processes of the body and mind. New information that often remains unnoticed in conventional therapies is allowed to transform by paying attention to the natural wisdom of the body.
If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand.
If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow it to flourish.
If you want to take something, you must first allow it to be given.
— Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, verse 36
Depth Psychology
Grounded in the principles of Depth Psychology, my work centers on bringing the unconscious parts of the psyche into awareness. Many of us unknowingly expend energy keeping our wounded parts hidden—because acknowledging them can be painful. Yet it’s often through facing that pain that meaningful healing begins.
With compassion as our guide, we explore experiences of grief, loneliness, and emotional pain. This process not only brings you closer to a sense of wholeness, but also illuminates unmet needs and unresolved wounds rooted in trauma or past relationships. From here, we begin to uncover what’s needed to move forward with greater clarity and self-understanding.
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Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Other Modalities I Use
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Interpersonal Therapy
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Compassion Focused
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Internal Family Systems (IFS)
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Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)