ABOUT
"SOMATIC THERAPY CHANGED MY LIFE
from deep disconnection,unconscious behavior patterns and struggle -
TO CONNECTION, VULNERABITLITY AND JOY."
CARA GEREAU, LMFT
Cara Gereau ditched her Corporate Executive career in pursuit of healing and freedom. Her goal is to use her own healing experiences in trauma and relationships to support others.
Cara is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who attended California Institute of Integral Studies, one of the few Graduate programs in the country to offer a focus in Somatic Psychology. Cara has post graduate training in EMDR, Advanced EMDR trauma treatments, EFT, Relational Life Couples Therapy Level I, II and III, Certification in the Treatment of Child and Adolescent Anxiety and OCD, Hypnosis, Janina Fisher's Complex Trauma Certification Training Levels I and II, as well as Supervisory Training. Cara has decades of training in Equine Training and Horsemanship including
She has previously served as the Board Chair and President of Seeds of Awareness. She has Guest Lectured in graduate level studies on Somatic techniques in Equine Facilitated Somatic Psychotherapy.
She is the author of “I Love Your Heart and All Your Feeling Parts” a children’s book that gives both parents and children a gentle introduction into the theory of parts work.
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Cara is sensitive to issues of marginalization, belonging and strives to have cultural humility. She has been married for two decades and is a mother to two children.
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ABOUT THE JOURNEY
Image by Tanya Anguita, Frogsong Photography
Wanting change is hard.
Not only did I used to believe life couldn’t be different, I convinced myself
I didn't want it to be. It seemed like some kind of dream that things could be even a little different. Somatic Therapy was the magic that brought me through complex trauma and back to myself, to my emotions and to the possibility for connection and joy. Somatic Therapy was also the path to healing and connection in my marriage.
When I work with you, I bring my training but I also bring my whole self. I am warm, compassionate, and above all present. Coming to therapy is a radical act of bravery and trust. I have the utmost respect for this act and will meet you with both my big heart and protective spirit.
OUR WORK
You will find me direct, engaged and curious about all you bring.
We will use what both your body and your words tell us to support your path
to healing. This can involve talking, moving, quiet, and other forms of inquiry.
I know that this healing work can make things better. It’s not easy or simple
but my own body has shown me the depth of how we hold our trauma and
how that impacts the way we live in our worlds.
I have experienced the challenges and victories of in-depth somatic work personally. I know well the pain of disconnection and the path to healing.
Let's explore together how your body and mind can bring forth wisdom, connection and balance