Many years ago, a dear friend recommended a Hakomi counselor to me. Hakomi therapy is very body and feelings based. She told the counselor, “Be ready – he lives in his head.”I did not deny that.
Having been raised in the ’50s and ’60s, men did not tend to be aware of emotions. Be strong! Don’t cry! Man up! Bite the bullet!I made progress with this counselor.
However, that progress always seemed fleeting when my traumatized 5-year-old emotional self would assert himself underneath the surface of what happened to be going on in my life at the time.The Hoffman Process has allowed me to identify the different aspects of myself with greater clarity and understanding.
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