![]() "'Healing is possible.' I tell survivors of trauma, 'You're here. You survived. That means you're more powerful than what happened to you.' Victimization is a terrible thing. Surviving and then healing has pain as a part of it, but the trauma does not need to run you and your life. A holistic and somatic approach to healing trauma allows for the automatic survival reactions to change and for you to get to choose and design you life based on the things that are important to you and the people you love. Healing trauma, rather than avoiding or managing it, is possible through this Somatic approach. Many people try to "understand" what happened to them, or "put it behind them" but to truly feel at home and safe again, connected to yourself, others and place, takes healing the experience through your psycho-biology. The body remembers and will continue to react from trauma, until this is processed through the body/mind/spirit.'" ~Staci Haines |
I currently maintain a private practice in both Burlington and Montpelier. I see clients in my office in downtown Burlington, 65 Pearl Street on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. I see clients in my office in Montpelier, 28 East State Street, on Thursdays and Fridays. I also am accepting remote clients for online video and phone sessions.
I have been in study and practice with Generative Somatics, Denise Benson, Embodiment International, Strozzi Institute, Meredith Broome, the MacKinnon Body Therapy Center, and the Upledger Institute since 2007. I currently see both individuals and couples (romantic relationships of various sizes, best friends, family groups). I also do work with small groups and organizations upon request. I ask that payment is provided in cash or check at each session. I do not accept insurance however in line with my values around economic justice and access, I have a limited amount of need-based sliding scale spots. Neither of my offices are wheelchair accessible (my Montpelier office is on the ground floor but has three porch steps to enter and my Burlington office is a basement suite). If you need a wheelchair accessible space, please contact me and I will do my best to accommodate you. I am in conversation with my Montpelier office about ramping the porch and will update this space as that progresses. Both of my offices are fragrance free spaces. Fragrances make many of my clients extremely sick, and I ask for your support in providing an accessible space for us all. The East Bay Center for Meditation has a fantastic list of fragrance-free resources, including product information and more information about EI that I encourage you to check out: http://eastbaymeditation.org/accessibility/fragrancefree.html Please be in touch if you have additional questions about EI or other access needs. |