Is this you?
- You've done talk therapy and want to add body-based work
- Your therapist has said body-based work is appropriate now
- Sex feels disconnected, painful, or impossible since the trauma
What the research says
Bessel van der Kolk's work, Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing, and Pat Ogden's Sensorimotor Psychotherapy are the foundational frameworks for body-based trauma recovery.
How tantra approaches this
Tantra adds nothing to acute trauma processing — that is clinical work. Tantra adds value in the integration phase, after stabilization, when body-pleasure and intimacy are being reclaimed. Always coordinated with a clinician.
Recommended practices
- Resourcing practice (beginner, ~10 min) — Builds the felt-sense capacity to return to safety in the body.
When to see a doctor instead
Sexual trauma is clinical territory. Always work with a trauma-trained therapist.