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Body-centered Psychotherapy

The body never lies.

— Martha Graham

Body-centered Psychotherapy is a way to help you process your experience through your body. It aims at creating change within the deepest parts of your being.

  • Have you talked about your problems over and over and not experienced any change in your life?
  • Do you keep getting stuck in the same old patterns and can’t find your way out?
  • Do you, deep down, know that more is possible in your life?

“Talk Therapy” is a very valuable form of psychotherapy and sometimes it only goes so far, because it mostly engages the cognitive part of ourselves. There is so much more to us.  Many limiting patterns and negative belief systems are held in the unconscious parts of ourselves, including our physical bodies. Our bodies hold our stories – literally in our tissues, our emotional body, our nervous system, our dream world.

Body-centered Psychotherapy bypasses the rationalizing, analytical mind and lets you connect to the direct experience in your body and emotions.  It does not focus on your story and analyzing the past, but works with the way your past shows up in you in this very moment.  Right now – what becomes possible when you become present to your experience.

Your entire history has shaped the the make-up of your body, your emotions, your belief systems, your relationship to the world and to others.  Through working with the way that history has molded your body, limiting patterns can be processes directly on a body level and discharged from the cells and the nervous system.  Releasing patterns from that core level allows your entire being to re-organize.

My approach to body-centered psychotherapy has been mostly influenced by Hakomi Therapy and body oriented trauma therapy.  Hakomi Therapy places trust in the body’s ( and mind’s) ability to heal and re-organize through it’s natural intelligence when enough support and presence are available.

Then new choices become available to be incorporated into your present life.

In my practice I am able to use body-centered psychotherapy in conjunction with hands-on bodywork.  That combination has the potential for very powerful transformation to occur, because we are working very directly with different aspects of your make-up for the most effective results.  Often, when the body releases a structural pattern, there will be shifts in the emotional body and the belief system that might have been held in the physical pattern.

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Renewal Healing Arts

Ines Manteuffel CMT, BCST, RPP
303-746-4626

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Testimonials

I was really pleased with the results of my 5-month old daughter having six sessions with Ines. Before we came in, my daughter, Cailyn, held her head to the right side much more often than the left and seemed to have a sensitive spot at the back of her head. At times she had a hard time calming down or going to sleep. After Ines helped to release some tension, we noticed her movements were much more symmetrical, the extra sensitivity at the back of her head was gone and there was a dramatic diff… Read more
Megan M.
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I got into a car accident in which I suffered impact from significant whiplash. I worked extensively with both a neuromuscular massage therapist and a chiropractor. After one year of care, I noticed that I had sustained injury. This is when I began to work with Ines. I specifically sought out working with Ines because of her combined expertise in massage, craniosacral therapy, and trauma re-negotiation. I knew that the combination of these three modalities, given from an expert practitioner, cou… Read more
Blythe
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Last spring I experienced severe low back pain for the first time in my life, where I could not sleep, I could not sit or work.  I went to see Ines for Ortho-Bionomy sessions to find relief.  I was expecting that fire must be fought with fire – that only deep pressure would make a difference to pain this intense.  When Ines started to work with subtle movements I thought I got roped into some Boulder BS, that this surely wouldn’t effect any change.  To my surprise I found that after 2 sessions m… Read more

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I started seeing Ines for massage therapy, but quickly found that she offers much, much more. I’ve continued working with her during a time of stressful life changes because her unique ability to combine massage with other powerful therapeutic techniques provides such a deeply nourishing experience. Ines is a healer with remarkable skill, insight and genuine warmth… her approach is empowering! This work integrates support for mind, body and spirit… helps me connect to my inner strengths…… Read more
Mary K.
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I am a creative and ambitious person with a tendency to work too hard, fill my calendar with too much, and drink way too much coffee to get through it all. Overall I have a healthy lifestyle, but my stressful (and fun) lifestyle is hard on my nervous system. When I saw Ines, I was looking for an enjoyable massage that might relax some knots I carry in my calves and shoulders. What I received was far more than I could have imagined. I received the enjoyable massage for sure, but Ines also introdu… Read more
Myka M.
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Before we started working with Ines, my son was experiencing some pronounced anxiety, hyperactivity, inability to follow classroom expectations and sensory processing challenges. Through cranio sacral therapy, Ines was able to significantly help reduce my son’s challenging behaviors. He was noticeably calmer, better focused and less anxious in the days following a session with Ines. We even saw improvements in his fine motor skills and a significant decrease in his emotional meltdowns. Our … Read more
Lisa Scholz, LCSW
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Pain Relief

Tired of having your energy drained by chronic pain?  Of not being able to perform your work as you would like and enjoy your life fully? Would you like to recover from a recent injury, accident or surgery as quickly and completely as … Read More...

Stress Management

Are you feeling overwhelmed, under pressure, always on the go and finding it hard to slow down? Is it challenging to focus fully on your work or relax into time with friends and loved ones after work? It is time to … Read More...

Trauma Therapy

Are you experiencing any of these common trauma symptoms ? chronic pain and tension feeling anxious and hyper-vigilant, or depressed chronic emotional or mental overwhelm not being able to relax feeling … Read More...

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