Trauma Touch Therapists™ encourage client empowerment and choice, which aids the client in accessing their somatic issues in a safe, nurturing environment. The work is done on a very individual basis and almost always interfaces with the psychotherapeutic process.

Client traumas include:

• Physical abuse
• Mental/emotional abuse
• Sexual abuse
• Holocaust/post-war traumas
• Environmental traumas
• Surgery trauma
• PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
• Auto accidents
• Physical injury
• Childhood traumas

Trauma Touch Therapists™ support their clients in discovering the power of conscious touch: transforming life’s challenges into stepping stones for growth on all levels. By honoring the body’s innate wisdom, a sacred partnership develops which engenders trust and appreciation.

Client benefits may include:

• Ability to feel more aliveness
• Heightened physical sensations
• Willingness to accept touch
• Greater sense of healthy boundaries
• Decrease in physical pain
• Improvement in sleep patterns
• Improved ability to take in nourishment
• Lessened addictive behaviors
• Augmented self-esteem
• Better quality relationships
• Enhanced ability to integrate experience and memories
• Decreased hyper-vigilance
• Renewed sense of trust/safety
• Improved ability to relax
• Understanding of somatic communication
• Increased ability to "feel" feelings
• Enhanced ability to experience joy and pleasure
• Increased awareness of levels of dissociation
• Reinforcement of psychotherapy

The Trauma Touch Therapist™ is a professional who is already proficient in bodywork before entering the advanced therapeutic program of Trauma Touch Therapy™. TTT™ training is an intense healing process in itself, requiring each individual to deepen their inner sense of authenticity and integrity.
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Shiatsu is a Japanese term combining the word for finger, "shi", and pressure, "atsu". This finger pressure, which also includes the use of thumbs, palms, forearms, knees, or feet, is applied to specific points along the energetic channels of the body known as meridians. Treatment can balance the body and stimulate its innate ability to heal itself.

A Shiatsu treatment differs in several ways from a typical massage therapy treatment. Traditionally, the session is done on a mat, on the floor. The pressure is applied through the clothing, so it is important to wear something loose-fitting and comfortable. No oils or lotions are used.

Hot /Cold Stone Therapy

The use of hot stones during a massage promotes a deep level of relaxation. The stones are placed on the body over a towel and integrated into the massage while held in the therapist's hands.
Cold stones are especially good for the treatment of headaches, sinus pressure, and on areas where there is inflammation or swelling.
 

Prenatal Massage

Prenatal massage can help relieve the normal discomforts of pregnancy and childbirth. It can also help flush the fluids that often cause pressure and discomfort in the legs.