Healing is not only cognitive. For many people, stress, trauma, anxiety, and depression also live in the body. Northwoods integrates expressive and somatic therapies alongside evidence-based psychotherapy and psychiatric care to support regulation, self-awareness, and steadier day-to-day functioning.
Expressive therapies use creative process to support insight and emotional expression. Somatic therapies focus on the body’s role in stress and recovery, helping clients notice patterns, build grounding skills, and increase tolerance for difficult emotions.
In residential care, these modalities can be especially helpful for clients who:
Based on clinical needs and appropriateness, expressive and somatic options may include:
Expressive and somatic therapies can be valuable across diagnoses, but they are often helpful for clients experiencing:
If you’re considering residential mental health or dual diagnosis treatment and want to understand how whole-person services fit into care, we can talk it through. Our admissions team can explain how expressive and somatic therapies are used alongside evidence-based treatment, and whether this approach may be appropriate for your needs or your loved one’s.
