From over 25 years of clinical experience, Manuela Mischke- Reeds, MA, LMFT, has created the go-to resource for mental health therapists who want to incorporate somatic techniques into their daily practice. Highly-effective for clients dealing with trauma and stress disorders, somatic psychotherapy is the future of healing the entire person-body and mind.

Section-by-section, this toolbox guides the clinician through:
Targeted somatic interventions for trauma, stress and PTSD
Steps to incorporate the body into your current therapeutic approach
Mindfulness techniques and breath work
Starting guidelines, safety concerns and keys to success
Getting to know their own body to better use body work with clients

Embodied Psychedelic Therapy is a guide to holding space for people taking psychedelics for personal exploration, spiritual expansion, and healing. Covering preparation, the psychedelic journey itself, and integration afterward, it details how a focus on embodiment greatly benefits work with expanded states of consciousness. The book emerges from the intersection of psychedelics and somatics, weaving body--centered practices into the various stages of psychedelic work. It delves into ethics, adverse events, trauma, the use of touch, and other themes relevant to psychedelic--assisted therapy, drawing on practices both ancient and modern to support healing and transformation. This text represents the best practices for maximizing the potential of psychedelic--assisted therapy: how to create safer, more therapeutic experiences for those pursuing greater well--being and expansion.

Becoming mindful is about the small, everyday things such as pausing to take a breath before you drive off in a hurry or considering the food that will nourish your body before a meal. Or it can mean checking in with yourself before responding to a challenging email or text. Every moment of our lives can become an opportunity to practice mindfulness. This book will invite you to sharpen your awareness and ask yourself with more frequency, What do I notice right now? or How do I need to respond or be with this situation? These seemingly tiny moments of noticing yourself can have a major impact on your life as you learn to track habitual patterns and awaken to change. Practicing mindfulness is not about being better by figuring it all out. It is about tolerating the moments when you don't know or learning to be more curious about the struggle. Here you will learn how to establish a basic practice with guidelines for posture and breathing as well as various options for meditations that involve sitting, walking, gently moving or lying down. You can try these exercises at your lunch break, before you rise or fall asleep. But best of all is for you to sprinkle mindfulness throughout your day. Whether you are new to mindfulness or a seasoned practitioner, you can make the conscious decision to change your approach to life. Moment by moment you have the opportunity to cultivate awareness that will make a difference in how you engage with the world on a daily basis.