Helena Swanstrom Somatic Therapist

16/02/2026

Viktigt och roligt att det nu presenteras fler studier kring kropps/nervssystemsinriktade terapimetoder!

PDF | Child maltreatment (CM) has been linked to diminished psychological safety and a sense of disrupted body boundaries – factors that can contribute... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

03/02/2026

In my latest blog post I contemplate about our inner knowing/intelligence that is at risk to be compromised if we trust Artificial Intelligence (AI) with knowing better than ourselves...and how discernment need to be on board ☯️

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Why outsource what’s already within you? I dont think anyone has missed how AI today has become an included part in many different areas both online and elsewhere. I can defenitely see how many things can be more efficient using this tool, and I use it too sometimes, for example when I’m working...

31/01/2026

Stolt och glad över min vän och kollega Kattis som startat en podd i tillsammans med Jenny Norrman ett angeläget ämne som berör och inspirerar 👏🏼🥳 LYSSNA där poddar finns och tex här;

Podcast · Kattis Jonsson Ludvigsson & Linda Norrman · En podd om hur vi börjar i kroppen när vi tar hand om stress och trauma. Här får du lyssna på experter och helt vanliga människor om vad trauma är och hur vi läker för att leva ett levande liv. Vi kommer att prata om Somatic Experienci...

15/01/2026

Getting to know yourself from the inside - Interesting article about interoception, or your ability to sense internal cues.

Disruptions in interoception may underlie anxiety, eating disorders, and other mental health ailments

28/12/2025

In my last Newsletter for 2025 I share how contemplating the past year might inspire to release stuff you’re ready to let go of - and to make room for something new..or for the meantime allowing some emptiness…

New Year Newsletter 2025 As this year comes to a closure I just wanted to reach out and greet You before kicking off the start of 2026 and maybe inspire You to an End Of The Year Contemplation.. I like to end the year by thinking about the year that has passed and also how to make room for new thing...

19/11/2025

Yesterday 32 students graduated the 3 year long Somatic Experiencing Training in Stockholm with amazing teacher Efu Nyaki 🐯 and I’m happy and so proud of all of them 🥳 I’m also grateful for all the learnings and my own growth thanks to their trust in me as one of their assistants ♥️

For sessions or more info please go to www.helenaswanstrom.com

06/11/2025

I highly recommend listening to this episode (40 min) where Thomas Hübl shares his teachings on trauma healing, ego integration, and embodied trust.

He explores how trauma disconnects us from inner coherence, and why it’s important to understand and accept the intelligence of our defense patterns instead of simply trying to get rid of them.

Listen as a podcast; 👉 https://podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/point-of-relation-with-thomas-huebl/id1673178121?i=1000733832115

Or watch the video version of this episode on YouTube:
👉 https://youtu.be/w7lY4t0n2E4

This week, Thomas shares a teaching on trauma healing, ego integration, and embodied trust. Through the lens of traditional spiritual practices and the Tao T...

16/10/2025

Så tacksam att jag i mitt arbete får möta så många olika fantastiska människor som är nyfikna på sig själva och vill växa och utvecklas ❤️

Såhär skrev en klient;
"Jag tog kontakt med Helena för att jag sökte någon som kunde hjälpa mig att förstå trauma samt hur jag bär den i kroppen. Jag kände starkt att många nycklar framåt var att komma ner i kroppen och våga vara i den. Helena utstrålande en sån mjukhet och trygghet, från fotot på hennes hemsida till de ord hon bemötte mig med när jag mailade henne.

Under de året jag gått kontinuerligt hos Helena har jag lärt mig möta mig själv med mer värme och vänlighet. Att komma till våra samtal har varit som att omslutas av en mjukfilt, tryggt och inbjudande. Inbjudande för hela mig. Jag har känt mig sedd och förstådd. Jag kan bara med varma ord rekommendera alla som söker något liknande kontakta Helena och själva uppleva vad hon kan erbjuda.”
- Kristina

08/10/2025

Landing home after 5 inspiring days with teacher Svagito Liebermeister ~ guiding us, a group of therapists, to refine our skills in supporting our clients ~ and of course ourselves ~ back to presence and aliveness ~ through awareness and meditation ☯️

26/09/2025

Warmly recommend this approach if you feel called ~ look out for workshops all around Europe and contact me if you’d like more info or book a session ☯️
More info also on https://www.starsapphire.eu/

18/09/2025

Excited to share this opportunity to listen to Monique Pfalz - for free - sharing her ongoing research using Somatic Experiencing as a tool 🤩

GRATIS SEMINARIUM ONLINE 3 NOVEMBER 18:00 - 19:30: om forskning inom SE -- ges på engelska

On November 3rd between 6 and 7:30 pm, Monique Pfaltz will give an overview of ongoing and planned research on Somatic Experiencing (SE) at Mid Sweden University, conducted in close collaboration with SE trainers and teachers from Sweden, Norway, and Switzerland. She will first share results from an initial project that investigated the immediate effects of a single SE session on perceived safety as well as on physiological measures such as heart rate and heart rate variability. The study also explored how these effects might differ depending on participants’ histories of childhood abuse and neglect.

In the second part, she will introduce a randomized controlled trial currently underway, which examines the impact of a 15-session SE intervention in individuals with developmental trauma who are experiencing symptoms of (complex) posttraumatic stress. The presentation will conclude with reflections on challenges encountered, lessons learned so far, and directions for future research.

There will also be space for questions and answers after the seminar. Link to the seminar will be published close to the date.

22/08/2025

Rekommenderas varmt 🌸