Abstract
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy values body-related communications and the “somatic narrative”: the story told by posture, gesture, facial expressions, movement and eye gaze. In Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, the correlations between the body, beliefs, and emotions are paramount. To elucidate the challenges and their possible solutions, the chapter presents a composite case study of a client – “Lea” – who suffers from a history of trauma, attachment disturbances, and the diagnosis of obsessive compulsive disorder. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy is an attachment-focused approach that emphasizes the role of the therapeutic relationship to foster safety and heal the aftermath of adverse experience. In Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, tracking the body’s posture, expression and movement is essential. In Sensorimotor Psychotherapy clients and therapists collaborate to discover somatic resources. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy as a body-oriented therapy may not seem to lend itself well to videoconferencing, because working with movement, posture, and gesture is essential to this method.
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