When you think about the most common hobbies, like needlepoint and knitting, so many of them involve hunching over a tiny ...

Somatic symptom disorder – formerly called hypochondria – has physical symptoms that feel very real, but it's a mental health condition. (Photo Credit: E+/Getty Images) Somatic symptom disorder is ...

Somatic pain occurs when pain receptors in tissues (like the skin, muscles, and joints) are activated. Visceral pain occurs when pain receptors in the pelvis, abdomen, chest, or intestines are ...

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Somatic therapy is a body-oriented therapeutic approach that aims to resolve symptoms of stress and trauma. It may offer benefits for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other health ...

Somatic therapy focuses on the effects of negative emotions, particularly trauma, on the body. Somatic experiencing (SE) is a specific type of somatic therapy. SE cultivates bodily awareness as part ...

MANY MENTAL HEALTH therapies, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, focus on the mind with the idea that changing how you think can influence how you feel. But somatic therapy takes the opposite ...

Somatic therapy is surging, with the promise that true healing may reside in focusing on the physical rather than the mental. Credit...Illustration by Daniel Barreto Supported by By Daniel Bergner ...

There is an embodied revolution occurring in the field of psychotherapy, counselling, and mental health. Somatic psychology, which is the psychology of the body, prioritizes an individual’s living ...

People with somatic symptom disorder obsess over physical senses and symptoms, such as pain, shortness of breath, or weakness. This condition has been previously called somatoform disorder or ...