Karen Hultin

I am a registered social worker, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner® and a Tao of Trauma & Co-regulating Touch/Table Work Practitioner. I am located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. I hold space for challenges that folks face connected to experiences with developmental, relational, and complex trauma including stress; grief & loss; anxiety and depression; difficult life transitions; and, challenging relationships. I draw from my curiosity and compassion to hold space, explore, and co-create healing conversations with body and mind. I have training in attachment theory, human development, complex and developmental trauma, the neurophysiology of trauma, and healing through somatic touch and table work. I integrate Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems-Informed (IFSCA) and Attachment-focused principles to invite a compassionate, strengths-based, & resilience-promoting perspective to the folks with whom I share space. I also offer co-regulating touch / table work -- a holistic body/mind method that addresses ways in which emotional pain and stress are held in our bodies, supporting people to find nervous system settling and coherence. It is a safe and effective way to work with early prenatal/perinatal and early developmental traumas. I have completed trainings in touch skills and developmental trauma with Alaine Duncan, Kathy Kain, and Steve Terrell. Together, we will explore: turning inward, establishing a sense of safety, co-regulation and settling of the nervous system; listening compassionately to emotions; connecting with inner wisdom and the innate capacity we have for healing; deepening relationships; and, reconnecting to life energy, playfulness, and joy. To those who are pursuing SEP training, I am able offer Personal Sessions at the Beginner and Intermediate levels.