Experiential Therapy

We go to therapy to have an experience,
and we want to make it a good one.  – Diana Fosha.

Fellow uses experiential interventions to integrate mind, body, and emotional experience.

Experiential modes of therapy focus on the “here and now” of what unfolds in the therapy session. We may spend time talking about the past or future, but the goal is to check in and see how this narrative is experienced in the present. Experiential questions sound like this: “How is this for you now? What do you notice internally (bodily or physical sensations) as you talk about this? What feelings do you notice now?”

Experiential practices help us access the cognitive, physical, and emotional parts of ourselves and integrate them. Our high functioning lifestyles and culture tend to favor our cognitive experience (thinking, analyzing) over our emotional or physical. While this can be adaptive and functional, it can also leave us feeling disconnected from our bodies and emotions. Experiential practices are used in therapy to help people gain access to and deepen the emotional and physical parts of oneself.