Trauma Specialist
Certified EMDR Clinician
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy (PSI)
Somatic Experiencing Practioner (SEP)
Certified Accelerated Resolution Therapist
www.taniachoi.com
Trauma Treated Tenderly
PSYCHEDELICS
ME
WHY
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Because you want to tackle your main blocks in an efficient and impactful way.
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Because you don't have time and bandwidth for weekly therapy sessions.
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Because while you have resolved a lot of your trauma in your mind and emotions, you still have residual memories in your body.
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Because talk and other somatic modalities have plateaued in their efficacy.
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Because you are getting ready to launch into a new phase of your life and you want a new nervous system.​
WHY
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Because I combine medicine work with 15 years of somatic therapeutic experience.
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Because I make available the tools of EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, IFS and the PSI protocols within the medicine container.
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Because I use those same tools to prep for the journey to maximize the efficacy of treatment.
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Because I use EMDR in session or integration to reinforce all findings and reparative experiences.
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Because my medicine protocol targets dissociation,
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Because my medicine protocol uses the therapeutic relationship as a tool to repair and rewire attachement wounds in the container.​
MY STRUCTURE
WHY
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Because disarming, opening and rewiring your nervous system requires time.
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Because a medicine journey is not a one time event or several disparate events but a carefully scaffolded series of containers over time.
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Because you deserve a single therapist that is holding the larger picture of healing process and journey.
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Because each medicine is carefully chosen and scaffolded in terms of dosage and type.
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Because healing is cumulative
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Because your trauma/resource history should be stay in one place.
WHY
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Because your trauma is pre-verbal/non-verbal or inaccessible through memory.
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Because your nervous system is prone to excessive rumination and anxiety.
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Because your body is worn from years of PTSD or triggers and needs a somatic reset.​
The Safety
of Us
Our journey begins with us.
Having been a recipient of medicine alone, in a group container, with a individual guide and with peer guides; I stand amazed to experience the difference first hand.
Even with my very best intentions, I notice my nervous system goes deeper, easier and faster knowing that the person who holds me is holds my history, my resources and can pivot with a rich menu of trauma modalities.
Our medicine container is ONE container not a series of different ones, contexts and guides. It sits on the foundation of years of therapeutic trust and knowledge earned the old fashion way - through time.
The sole differentiating factor between medicine work and psychedelic assisted therapy - having your therapist as your guide combines the best of both worlds.
Somatic Experiencing
Somatic Experiencing (SE ) is what I call the somatic CBT ( Dialectical Behavoiral Therapy ) of the body. While one focusses on the mind, this modality instills a awareness of the triggers on a minute somatic level. While SE is woven into every part of my work, ( my Ketamine and EMDR ) my clients' SE practice is what reinforces, maintains and nourishes the work that we achieve in session.
Ketamine
The option to introduce Ketamine into our work can be as subtle as daily micro-dosing, micro-dosing DURING session and ultimately our 3 day Ketamine Intensive. This medicine's superpower is to relax the amygdala and look at triggers from a more observer space. Our first foray into relaxing that PTSD muscle, Ketamine is the perfect introduction to the psychedelic container with a shelf life of 1 hour and low side effects.
Recommended for cilents who loop, perserverate, OCD, and panic attacks. I also use this modality for clients who have done alot of PTSD processing and need a somatic clearing or reset.
EMDR
My brand of EMDR combines the traditional protocols with a more somatic focus. Accelerated Resolution Therapy ( ART ) combines both into a more intuitive field where we work more somatically, less in cognitive reframes and outside of the story. This unique hybrid allows me to let go of the story and focus on the narrative stored in the body. Clients leave more resourced an anchored than traditional EMDR and trauma clears in 1-3 sessions instead of the usual 3-5 or 5-10. This protocol is well suited for those who do not want to rehash the story, do no speak English, teens and men.
