The Nonverbal Voice:
Listening Into Experience
Angela Bigford, MA, LPCBilingual Somatic Counselor
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Welcome! I am a licensed Somatic Counselor, trained in Whole-Brained methods:
Expressive Therapies (SandPlay, Family Constellation work, Play Therapy, & Hakomi
Experiential Therapy), EMDR for significant life experience recovery, and PSYCH-K®
core belief work -
I help clients explore what personal patterns might be trying to say, move through the chronically challenging ones, and develop new ways of engaging that feel more supportive.
Clients: individuals & partners, children & adolescents
Treatment Focus: chronic patterns (behaviors/emotional states, physical pain, family relationships), interpersonal communication awareness and support (verbal and nonverbal), significant life event recovery (physical and/or relational), sensory sensitivities (excess or lack of nervous system response in daily experience), and grief & loss
My Approach:
Humanistic and Social Constructivist, working from the understanding of both interpersonal bond development and how beliefs formed from experience shape our ongoing experience
Methods:
Working with the Behavioral Narrative of Family Systems -
Expressive Therapies (SandPlay, Family Constellation work, Play Therapy, & Hakomi
Experiential Therapy), EMDR for significant life experience recovery, and PSYCH-K®
core belief work -
I help clients explore what personal patterns might be trying to say, move through the chronically challenging ones, and develop new ways of engaging that feel more supportive.
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Clients: individuals & partners, children & adolescents
Treatment Focus: chronic patterns (behaviors/emotional states, physical pain, family relationships), interpersonal communication awareness and support (verbal and nonverbal), significant life event recovery (physical and/or relational), sensory sensitivities (excess or lack of nervous system response in daily experience), and grief & loss
My Approach:
Humanistic and Social Constructivist, working from the understanding of both interpersonal bond development and how beliefs formed from experience shape our ongoing experience
Methods:
Working with the Behavioral Narrative of Family Systems -
- Constructivist Expressive Therapies for Individuals and Partners
- Play Therapy for children 5-11 years
- Adolescent Therapy for adolescents 12+ years
Whole-Brained methods for Integrating Change:
- Expressive Therapies (SandPlay, Family Constellation work, Play Therapy, Hakomi Experiential Therapy)
- PSYCH-K ®, transforming core beliefs
- EMDR, integrating traumatic life experiences
- Grief and Loss work, processing life events (including physical health challenges)
- Sensory Sensitivity work, awareness & development of resources and skills for improved relations
- Skills for Self-Regulation, awareness & development of tolerance for stressful nervous system states
- Skills for Enhanced Interpersonal Communication
- Mindfulness and Relaxation practices
Presentations:
"Understanding Behaviors and Supporting Children with Sensory Processing Disorders"
STAR (Sensory Therapies and Research) Center, Denver, CO spring 2007
"Play Therapy for Adults, Working with the Sensory Voice"
Access Counseling, Boulder, CO fall 2008
"Hellinger Constellations with Couples, the Somatic Voice in Family Systems"
Access Counseling, Boulder, CO spring 2009
"Mindfulness and the Nervous System: Working with Trauma"
Longmont Brain Injury Support Group, Longmont, CO spring 2011
"Understanding Behaviors and Supporting Children with Sensory Processing Disorders"
STAR (Sensory Therapies and Research) Center, Denver, CO spring 2007
"Play Therapy for Adults, Working with the Sensory Voice"
Access Counseling, Boulder, CO fall 2008
"Hellinger Constellations with Couples, the Somatic Voice in Family Systems"
Access Counseling, Boulder, CO spring 2009
"Mindfulness and the Nervous System: Working with Trauma"
Longmont Brain Injury Support Group, Longmont, CO spring 2011
Mehrabian's Communications Model (93% nonverbal)
In spoken communication, the message pertaining to feelings and attitudes is generally:
55% body language, 38% vocal qualities, and 7% words
In spoken communication, the message pertaining to feelings and attitudes is generally:
55% body language, 38% vocal qualities, and 7% words
