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Somatic Zen

Counseling & Therapeutic Services
Located in Monroe, CT

Mindfulness Meditation Consulting

Drawing from over a decade of personal practice and training and certification from mindfulness leaders Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, I offer guidance in cultivating present-moment awareness, enhancing well-being, and improving relational dynamics through mindfulness, embodiment, and focusing techniques.

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Professional Individual Counseling

Utilizing a blend of mindfulness, somatic approaches, and developmental attachment theory, I provide a compassionate and supportive environment to foster self-awareness, emotional regulation, and personal growth, informed by 25 years of experience in education and behavior analysis.

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Professional Couples Counseling

With specialized training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy, I help couples navigate relational challenges by enhancing communication, resolving conflicts, and rebuilding intimacy through a mindfulness-based, somatic framework tailored to each couple's unique needs.

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Trauma
Treatment 

Given my training as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and various trainings in polyvagal theory, psychomotor development, and interpersonal neurobiology, my trauma-informed treatment approach centers on supporting one's nervous system in returning to a state of balance to promote a sense of embodiment and empowerment.

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Alternate Healing Modalities

As a certified Consulting Hypnotist and trained shamanic practitioner, I offer hypnosis and shamanic journeying to expand consciousness, alter subconscious patterns, and explore spiritual self-realization, providing transformative experiences for those seeking deeper healing and connection.

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Somatic Zen, PLLC

755 Main Street,

Building 2, Suite 2B

Monroe, CT 06468

203-628-2468

Somatic Zen is owned by licensed professional counselor

Michelle L. Caruso, LPC, SEP, MA ProC, MA SpEd of Connecticut.

 

Services provided include:

  • Professional Individual Counseling

  • Professional Couples Counseling

  • Mindfulness Meditation Teaching/Coaching

  • Trauma Treatment 

  • Alternate Healing Modalities Promoting Embodied Spirituality

 

Serving: Fairfield County, Litchfield County, & New Haven County

 

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