Aimee Pearson

Trauma can result from external events like an auto accident, natural disaster or loss of a loved one.
More subtly, it can occur due to witnessing domestic violence or from poor attachment experiences as a child.
Emotional, physical or sexual abuse can cause trauma as well as war experiences and medical surgery.
Hyperarousal: this can take the form of physical symptoms of increased heart rate, sweating, difficulty breathing, cold sweats, tingling and muscular tension.
It also can manifest mentally with increased repetitious thoughts, racing minds, and worry.

The goal of Mind Body psychotherapies is to blend traditional talk therapy with the engagement of an individual's posture, gesture, and micro-movement processes of the body.
Pesso Boyden Psychomotor Systems: Provides a time and space for "structures", a symbolic reenactment procedure that uses the resources of the body, mind and soul to fulfill innate needs.
Eye Movement and Reprocessing: An eight phase approach that addresses the experiential contributors of a wide range of pathologies.
It attends to the past experiences that have set the groundwork for pathology, the current situations that trigger dysfunctional emotions, beliefs and sensations, and the positive experience needed to enhance future adaptive behaviors and mental health.

I use many approaches in psychotherapy, including psychodynamic, gestalt, cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused and family systems.
This is because they each have useful principles and tools.
If you are curious about these approaches, then you can read my brief effort at describing them below.
Psychodynamic Perspective helps me invite individuals to experience how they feel about something and then track the possible anxiety or defenses that can arise to try to prevent them from sensing their feelings.

I facilitate two groups designed to help heal and change family of origin relational patterns that are not working in your life.
It is structured to be safe, employs many creative resources and uses symbolic representations to help with the inner workings of individuals thinking, feelings and coping strategies.
This group employs a very effective, mind-body approach, known as Peso-Boyden Psychomotor System, which enables the individual to experience a corrective, positive restructuring of early traumatic events.

I interview a client to assess their history to determine individualized treatment and intervention.
This assessment encompasses areas of personality, temperament, trauma and relational issues.
I am able to give standardized testing to determine the impact of attachment trauma to relational and developmental issues.
I may employ a multidisciplinary and multisystemic treatment approach once I have a clear understanding of a client's needs.
A multidisciplinary approach can include collaborating with professionals from different areas and disciplines such as psychiatry, neuropsychology, eating disorders, attachment, couples and body/sensory practioners.