What does it mean to embody emotions rather than simply understand them? I explore Integral Somatic Psychology (ISP), its focus on emotional experience and affect tolerance, and reflect on how I integrate this approach into my psychotherapy practice.

On shame and guilt, starting from a distinction that I find particularly important: the difference between the experience of having done something wrong and the feeling that there is something wrong with who we are.

Parentification occurs when a child takes on responsibilities that go beyond their developmental role. This article explores emotional and instrumental parentification, role reversal, family dynamics, and how early caregiving adaptations may continue to shape relationships in adulthood.

One important pattern I repeatedly observe is that a dysregulated nervous system almost always goes hand in hand with rigid perceptions about ourselves, the world, and relationships.

I frequently notice, in trauma and body-oriented work, a particular expectation related to the idea of “release”: releasing trauma, releasing emotions stored in the body, or having an intense emotional discharge that would produce almost immediate transformation and healing.