Ken is a Certified Somatic Therapist, offering Hakomi Therapy, a leading-edge approach to healing that is distinctly different than psychological counseling, yet completely complementary. It’s experiential rather than analytical, using present-moment awareness of the body as the primary gateway to deeper self-discovery. It’s an unbelievably gentle process, yet powerful by way of its depth of care. He also offers several forms of Massage Therapy.
Hakomi Therapy: Experiential, Body-Centered Healing
This is a unique and powerful dialogue process that works with people at the interface of body, mind, and emotion, providing a vehicle for healing:
- Emotional issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and low self-esteem
- Somato-emotional issues which may show up as chronic tension, migraines, fibromyalgia, gastrointestinal disorders, and other physical complaints
- Physical, emotional, and sexual abuse
- Behaviors and habitual responses that sabotage relationships and personal fulfillment
Massage Therapy
Ken also offers several massage and bodywork modalities, including relaxation massage, deep tissue massage, CranioSacral Therapy, and Myofascial Release, to release physical and sometimes emotional restrictions, promote deep relaxation, and enhance the health and well-being of the body and mind.
Training
Ken received his Hakomi Therapy training and certification from the Hakomi Institute in Chicago, and his Massage Therapy training and certification from the Kalamazoo Center for the Healing Arts. He’s received extensive additional training in somatic /experiential healing, including NonViolent Communication, Focusing, Vipassana meditation, Cornerstone crisis listening skills, CranioSacral Therapy, and Myofascial Release. Ken has been been practicing Somatic Therapy in Grand Rapids since 1999, and has a strong passion for helping people heal and transform their lives.
Hakomi Therapy is effective for:
- Healing the ravages of stress, anxiety, worry, and despair
- Shifting out of depression
- Discovering and cultivating joy and fulfillment
- Transforming anger
- Opening your heart
- Living more mindfully in the present moment
- Healing the emotional roots of chronic pain
- Dealing with grief in a healing and compassionate way
- Increasing self-esteem
- Healing the deep wounds of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse
- Repatterning self-defeating behaviors
Massage Therapy is effective for:
- Reducing physical pain and tension
- Experiencing greater freedom of movement
- Improving circulation, digestion, elimination, and immune response
- Promoting the repair and healing of soft-tissue injuries
- Increasing joy, pleasure and well-being
- Living more mindfully in the present moment
- Deeply calming the mind and nervous system
Affiliations
Recent Articles by Ken Porter
- Conscious Relationship: The Fire of Uncertainty - August 9th, 2009
