“I help people step out of stuckness and win back trust in themselves and relationships.”

  • ‘I'm on the other side, now what?’

    Being newly on the other side of a big life transition can feel exciting and full of possibilities. It can also feel daunting, overwhelming and confusing.

    Maybe you relate to the question, “now what?”

    It’s like you’ve been launched across a giant river to the other side- to a completely different world and you don’t have the tools to navigate in a way that honors what you know you want for yourself now. Maybe it feels more like an ocean than a river. It’s big.

    There’s satisfaction in making it to the other side, out of whatever it is that was so painful, yet a lot of things that you found comforting and were used to from that previous river side no longer apply to how you want to be anymore.

    Maybe you’re freshly sober, newly single, had a spiritual awakening while recovering from health issues or while recuperating after a disaster.

    You’re cognitively different now- the world just isn’t the same in so many ways.

    You feel stuck between worlds.

    The old ways don’t work anymore and the new ways aren’t clicked in yet.

    You’re looking for a map to re-calibrate your internal system, integrate what you’ve learned from this experience and move forward, out of the stuckness, into this new way of being that you can only imagine and know is possible.

    This is where I can help.

    Together we can build a bridge between these two worlds and welcome your nervous system to the other side.

    Congratulations! You made it!

    Our work together will help calibrate your nervous system, sense of identity, and relationships. Together we can build a trustworthy bridge from the debris of the past, organize and integrate, and move towards deeper self trust and more fulfilling relationships in your life.

    Welcome. I’m glad you’re here.

How I Can Help You:

  • As children, our environments failed over and over. Our parents did the best they could with the resources they had and we adapted the best we knew how.

    These adaptations; believing we don’t belong in the world or that we’re not good enough or deserving of love, difficulty trusting ourselves or others, perfectionsim, addictions like workaholism and substance abuse, people pleasing and fear of speaking up, pressuring ourselves endlessly and ambivalence, etc. made sense at the time we adpoted them. Now they get in the way of what we want as adults.

    In a NARM session we explore what’s getting in the way of what you truly want for yourself.

    The first question then becomes:

    What do you truly want for yourself?

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    Together we can explore what’s getting in the way in a trauma-informed relational conversation.

    See more on NARM below

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    Let’s meet Online over Zoom ( $135 / hr)

    or

    Let’s go for a walk together (Tucson clients only)

  • Click this link for my video:

    A case for Craniosacral Therapy for pre-verbal trauma.

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    In a meditative state, I contact your body with light touch, listening for the subtle movements of fluids, tissues, and energies. Witnessing these movements in a relational ‘we space’, the body’s innate intelligence reorganizes and heals from within.

    The therapy creates a safe space for traumatic experiences to emerge and resolve smoothly without being overwhelming or re-stimulating.

    I’m currently healing chronic inflammation from biotoxin (mold) illness, mast cell activation, and Lyme which has had me debilitated. Low to no energy, intense brain fog, difficulty recalling words, sinus pressure and headaches, and lung pain were the symptoms I went in with.

    My brain measured in the 99th percentile for inflammation among males my age. Getting the fluids moving again and settling the nervous system helped me reclaim my life. I continue to receive craniosacral therapy myself as a cornerstone of my ecology of well-being practices.

    Craniosacral therapy is great for stress, anxiety, and deep healing.

    Inquire about packages via email:

    somaticheartfulness@pm.me

  • Somatic Heartfulness Video Catalog

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    Transforming Trauma Podcast Video

    Other Videos:

    TED Talk: How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime

    Defining the Terms: Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy

    NFL Player Ricky Williams on CranioSacral Therapy

    The Neuroscience of Trauma

    Bonnita Roy on the Reality of Animism

    Descend Into the Soul Canyon to Find Meaning with Bill Plotkin

Hi, I’m Patrick. Are you ready for a shift?

“When our relationship to our internal world changes, old patterns fade and more choices become available in the space between stimulus and response. The external world shifts as we make changes within our internal world.”

Understand how we work together by reading my Substack article.

Click the Link Below to learn more:

‘What does it mean to be trauma-informed’

“We do not have to be ashamed of what we are.” - Chögyam Trungpa

 
 
 

Guiding Principles:

  • We transform through awareness and curiosity rather than effort alone.

  • Organic systems heal from within. We are organic systems. And with the right environmental conditions, we heal organically.

  • We are all connected. From the parts we disown, to the people we don’t like, to the environment in which we live and beyond. This interconnectedness is always orienting toward wholeness and evolution.

  • As we bring more of ourselves into awareness the process evolves naturally.

  • Slowing down and working somatically- deep patterns can shift quickly and over time creating space for new relationships with ourselves and others to emerge.

  • Inviting the wisdom of the body in a trauma-informed, titrated manner is a vehicle for lasting embodied change.

 
 
 
 

“The price of freedom is eternal mindfulness.” -Laurence Heller PH.D

  • What is NARM?

“The spontaneous movement in all of us is toward connection and health. No matter how withdrawn and isolating we have become, or how serious the trauma we have experienced, on the deepest level, just as a plant spontaneously moves towards the sun, there is in each of us an impulse moving toward connection. This organismic impulse is the fuel of The NeuroAffective Relational Model™.”

What is Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy?

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy is a gentle non-invasive, hands-on session for the body/mind.  Performed on a massage table, the client is fully clothed and the practitioner touch is light and still.  The session focus is to support the inherent health of the whole being, especially the nervous system (NS).  The NS dictates all of the body’s functioning, constantly sending and receiving information.

Biodynamic Craniosacral practitioners understand how an optimally functioning healthy nervous system performs.  We are trained for years on how to use acute perception skills to perceive subtle physiological changes.  We also are aware of the energetic map that underlies one‘s basic health and symptomology.  We believe that health is never lost no matter what symptoms are showing up.  We assist the system in bringing itself back into balance. This supports greater ease and helps the body decrease symptoms and ultimately find homeostasis for increased well-being.

"I am a licensed clinician with a private practice that works with over 100 clients a month. Patrick is a clinician and a man that I trust. His integrity, intuition and open heart is on full display when working with him… a high caliber therapeutic experience that goes well beyond traditional psychotherapy." Tom Jameson MS, LMHC ~ “Patrick is a brilliant facilitator with deep insight into effecting transformative change in those he serves. I find Patrick’s vision of working with not only boys and men, but allies of boys and men, a life-model and an inspiration.” -Leah Blackburn DSc, MSc Sr. Healthcare Consultant, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland ~ "The primary quality that comes through from Patrick is a very calming presence, coupled with great listening and questions, allowing me to dip toes into past issues and persistent feelings, and then come back to a very supportive "now." These sessions all happen on Zoom, and I am amazed by how connected I felt..." Steven W. ~ “As someone who works in this field as well, it has been a challenge at times to find someone who I feel has the missing puzzle piece that I don’t have. Which is why I’m reaching out for help in the first place, I’m searching for a tool I don’t currently have access to. Patrick’s biggest gift is his solid unwavering presence. I feel safe to unravel and reweave with him. To unpack the crazy, the brilliant, the tender and the messy pieces. He knows when to just let me feel, and when to ask the right questions that bring all the puzzle pieces together. His work, for me, is nothing short of the most humble genius. I would highly recommend Patrick to anyone seeking a safe space to explore, integrate and rest in your own soul’s perfection.” -Leah Dietzen

"I am a licensed clinician with a private practice that works with over 100 clients a month. Patrick is a clinician and a man that I trust. His integrity, intuition and open heart is on full display when working with him… a high caliber therapeutic experience that goes well beyond traditional psychotherapy." Tom Jameson MS, LMHC ~ “Patrick is a brilliant facilitator with deep insight into effecting transformative change in those he serves. I find Patrick’s vision of working with not only boys and men, but allies of boys and men, a life-model and an inspiration.” -Leah Blackburn DSc, MSc Sr. Healthcare Consultant, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland ~ "The primary quality that comes through from Patrick is a very calming presence, coupled with great listening and questions, allowing me to dip toes into past issues and persistent feelings, and then come back to a very supportive "now." These sessions all happen on Zoom, and I am amazed by how connected I felt..." Steven W. ~ “As someone who works in this field as well, it has been a challenge at times to find someone who I feel has the missing puzzle piece that I don’t have. Which is why I’m reaching out for help in the first place, I’m searching for a tool I don’t currently have access to. Patrick’s biggest gift is his solid unwavering presence. I feel safe to unravel and reweave with him. To unpack the crazy, the brilliant, the tender and the messy pieces. He knows when to just let me feel, and when to ask the right questions that bring all the puzzle pieces together. His work, for me, is nothing short of the most humble genius. I would highly recommend Patrick to anyone seeking a safe space to explore, integrate and rest in your own soul’s perfection.” -Leah Dietzen