Healing Sexual Trauma with Erika Shershun: Episode 113 of the Soles to Soul Care Podcast

In Healing Sexual Trauma with Erika Shershun: Episode 113 of the Soles to Soul Care with Eve Menezes Cunningham podcast, I’m delighted to introduce the somatic psychotherapist who specialises in helping trauma survivors reclaim the life they were meant to live. When you think about what YOU’ve survived, how does it feel to imagine, however outlandish it may feel, that you CAN heal? When you read or hear those words about the life you were meant to live, how does it feel to reconnect with potentially forgotten dreams and goals? le grá (with love), Ev3 Erika’s the author of the Healing Sexual Trauma Guided Journal: Writing and Somatic Practices to Help You Process, Heal, and Feel Safe, the Healing Sexual Trauma Workbook: Somatic Skills to Help You Feel Safe in Your Body, Create Boundaries & Live with Resilience, and the PESI Sexual Trauma Clinical Training. The workbook is available in Spanish (Tengo Un Trauma Corporal?), Polish, Russian, and Romanian, and the journal is available in Turkish. Her approach is trauma informed, rooted in somatic principles, drawing on neuroscience and integrative modalities such as EMDR, Brainspotting, energy psychology, mindfulness, self-compassion and parts work. Erika values diversity, offers individual online therapy sessions in California, and provides coaching to clients outside of the state. You can contact her at HealingSexualTrauma.com, ErikaShershunTherapy.com, or follow her @erikashershun. Sexual Trauma Clinical Training: Interventions to Cultivate Safety, Release Shame and Guilt, and Nurture Boundaries is available at PESI.com HealingSexualTrauma.com ErikaShershunTherapy.com @erikashershun   / erikashershun   https://feltsenseresonance.com Donna Eden’s five-minute energy tune-up Bradley Nelson emotion code https://discoverhealing.com/gb/the-em... Louise Swartswalter Mind Gems: www.brainsoulsuccess.com If you enjoyed this, check out: Episode 48: Cattitude: Purr! Hiss! Freeze! Episode 64: Trauma not ‘post’ traumatic stress but ongoing? Episode 55: EFT Tap Along for Stress Awareness Month Book your free telephone consultation and access 100s of body-mind practices at https://solestosoul.ie/free-downloads CHAPTERS (00:00) Healing, growth and advice for a younger self (02:22) Erika’s books and journey into trauma work (07:55) Discovering somatic healing after years of therapy (13:02) Post-traumatic growth and self-care (16:36) Grounding practices and toe tapping (26:06) Self-compassion, spirituality and healing tools (35:22) Self-agency, choice and nervous system healing (39:02) Co-regulation, connection and cats (42:04) Hope, healing and final reflections HASHTAGS #healingsexualtrauma #traumarecovery #youcanheal #youarewhole FREE RESOURCES AND TELEPHONE CONSULTATION Access free resources, the Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD podcast (new episodes come out every Tuesday) and my free weekly newsletter, Míle Buíochas Mondays, with polyvagal-informed journal prompts and more at https://solestosoul.ie If you're a potential client or supervisee, you're very welcome to book a free, no obligation telephone consultation by completing the short form on the Contact page. For media comments, commissions, or to hire me for your event, email [email protected]. I'd love to hear from you. Learn to love and care for all your parts, including trauma and AuDHD, from the soles of your feet to your soul! WANT TO SUPPORT THIS WORK? The Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD Podcast with Eve Menezes Cunningham is free (and ad- free) to all. I want to help as many people as possible heal your trauma and befriend your ADHD or AuDHD (autism and ADHD) brain and with my private practice consistently pretty much at capacity, offering free resources like this help me to reach more people. You can support me in continuing to be able to do this by rating ***** wherever you watch or listen, engaging (wherever you listen or watch) with your feedback and questions, sharing and/or by making a one time payment of any amount your choosing at https://ko-fi.com/evemc WANT TO CONNECT WITH ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA? Say "Hi" and share your questions or comments: YouTube @evemenezescunningham Insta @evemenezescunningham @polyvagalpurrs @solestosoulcare Facebook @solestosoulcarefortraumaandaudhd TikTok @evemenezescunningham Substack @evemc Bluesky @eveimc DISCLAIMER The content I share is not a replacement for one to one trauma therapy, AuDHD coaching (etc). While you can do an enormous amount to support yourself, please always seek appropriate medical advice.