About Core Energetics

Emotional expression is a body experience and your unique body holds every memory and event, both painful and joyous.

Did you know that chronic pain can be a symptom of an old, emotional wound? Did you know that your physicality is a direct reflection of your unconscious thought patterns, attitudes, and beliefs?

What is Core Energetics?

It is a dynamic modality of somatic psychotherapy that integrates body, mind, spirit, emotions, and will to help bring consciousness and transformation to the areas in your life where you feel stuck. Core Energetics is founded on several principles that guide its holistic approach to personal growth and well-being.

  1. The Mind-Body Connection:
    Core Energetics recognizes that the mind and body are inextricably linked systems. Emotions are not only experienced in the mind but also stored in the body. This modality uses both dialogue and body-centered practices to explore and address this mind-body interplay.

  2. Holistic Integration:
    By combining psychological insights with somatic experiences, it allows us to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of emotional and physical states.

  3. Authentic Expression:
    Core Energetics is a modality that encourages us to uncover and express our truth, whatever it may be. This involves breaking through our “Mask”, which represents the external facade or persona that we present to the world. This Mask often develops as a protective mechanism in response to societal expectations, past experiences, or perceived judgement. It conceals authentic emotion and vulnerability. In breaking through the Mask, we are able to connect with our authentic expression and personal truth.

  4. Energy Dynamics:
    Core Energetics aims to increase awareness of energy flow within the body. Emotional blocks and tensions are a disruption to our energy flow. By identifying and releasing stored emotional energy, we promote a more harmonious and vibrant body.

  5. Personal Responsibility and Empowerment:
    Individuals are encouraged to actively engage in their healing process, taking ownership of their growth and empowering themselves to make positive changes.

How Does Core Energetics Work?

When we encounter emotional stress or trauma, we develop a tunnel vision perspective with which we navigate the world. The body and mind work together to create a pattern of fixed behaviors, emotional responses, and muscular contractions in an effort to defend against painful triggers or experiences.

These defenses, though designed to be a safeguard, may actually be blocking your potential from within. Often these blocks repress our true feelings and keep us stuck in unsatisfying patterns. The body pays the price for this repression through loss of energy, physical pain, and emotional disconnection. When we block ourselves from feeling pain, we also block our potential to feel joy and fulfillment. Core energetics works through a combination of physical movement, breath work, and awareness techniques.

Why Work with the Body?

The body can be used as a road map to healing. It can help identify our blind spots. When we learn to listen to the hidden messages embedded in the body, we increase our awareness and understanding of our unique defensive strategies and how they keep us from moving forward in life.

Benefits of Core Energetics Therapy

93 % of human communication is non-verbal. This means the majority of what we communicate happens with our bodies, not our words. So when we start to tune in and listen to the messages that our bodies are sending, we find a more direct route into understanding our emotions, thoughts, beliefs, and behavioral patterns that unconsciously shape our world. When something is unconscious, we have little power over it. But when we become conscious about how and why our defenses manifest, we have the power of choice. We can choose to let go of what no longer serves us and live the life we truly want to live.

Other Benefits include:

  • Increased Body Awareness/More Body Positive

  • Reduced Stress

  • Stronger sense of self

  • More authentic and fulfilling relationships

  • Reduced muscle tension

  • More grounded and present in life

  • Increased sense of safety in the body

  • Tangible coping skills for moments of dysregulation

  • Access to more pleasure and joy in life

Team up with Caroline, a Core Energetics Practitioner, who will support you in seeking out emotions held in your body at the cellular level and connecting them to your past and present experiences. Move through your body’s blocked energetic patterns to understand and express held back feelings that unconsciously shape your world. With a deeper understanding of your feelings, your present can include new responses that help you move forward in life.

Additional Resources:

  • "Caroline has helped me change my life through Core Energetics. In the three years I’ve been seeing her, she has helped me work through blockages, gain powerful insights, and find acceptance of my many facets. She is kind, thoughtful, understanding, and pleasant. I always feel heard and safe. I’m so grateful for this work and for the most wonderful person to guide me through it. Thank you, Caroline."

    —S.J.

  • "As someone who was unsure about therapy all together, Core Energetics has truly opened my eyes to the ways in which our body & mind are connected. To be able to understand and move energy is a powerful thing! Caroline is so patient, kind, and comfortable. I did not think I would be able to share more than ‘I’m fine’ when asked. She is so intentional in her listening and though she pushes in ways that have helped me grow, it’s always been in a way that I have control of the pace! Cannot say enough great things about Caroline & Core Energetics."

    —K.H.

  • “I’ve been working with Caroline for a few years now. I always find valuable insights in our work together and she always listens with a nonjudgemental ear. She has helped me to notice patterns in my life that I was blind to. She has helped me create practices in my life that change those patterns.”

    —R.O.

  • “I’ve been seeing Caroline for a year now and I’ve never been happier with a therapist! I’ve been in therapy for about ten years collectively and she’s by far my favorite. She is professional and personable which is hard to find both of in a therapist. She is accommodating with scheduling and her space is very comforting and inviting! I am extremely pleased with the results I’ve achieved from working with her.”

    —J.S.

  • “I highly recommend working with Caroline. She is thoughtful, intuitive, and compassionate. She has helped me form a more positive relationship with my body. I am so thankful I found Core Energetics!”

    —L.D.

  • “I’ve been seeing Caroline for over 8 months now. She has helped me get through some very tough times in my life. My previous experiences with counseling have been catastrophic. Caroline is nonjudgemental and very patient with my healing. The core energetic and somatic method is almost magical. I have had pain that increases with challenges and frustration for over 10 years. Caroline helped me search inside and find what is bothering me. I work through it physically. I always leave my sessions in less pain.”

    —M.J.

  • “I am so grateful to Caroline for the endless ways she provided skillful support for an entire year for Next Generation Core Somatic Training. The students felt held by her compassionate listening, wisdom, and guidance, and the faculty knew she had their backs. She led high spirited warmups, facilitated people through challenging transitions, helped students get a handle on the theory, stepped in to provide examples, and created a safe, confidential space that allowed people to do the deep transformational work they came to do. Interning for Core Energetics trainings is not for the faint of heart, and Caroline stepped up to the challenge.”

    — Barra Kahn, Director, Next Generation Core Somatic Training