Associate Marriage & Family Therapist,#137295. MA(SOM), MA(DMP)
supervised by brian lim, lmft# 105034
grishmag@axismunditherapy.org
office in walnut Creek, cA & Telehealth
Namaskaram (I bow down to the divine in you)
Welcome! It is tough to turn within, face self, and rise in awareness. Choosing this path of truth is for the brave and you are one among them!
“In is the only way out”- Sadhguru
Relational Weave
“In disconnection, we crumble. In connection, we transform”. – Grishma Gautam
“Dis-ease" is a collective creation rather than an individual manifestation. One’s patterns are not pathological but are “survival-adaptive reactions” to internal and external interconnected systems.
We are innately wired to live and heal in relationships as the pain and the medicine to our struggles unfold in the interconnectedness to self and the life around us.So, let me reach out my hand to accompany you on your path of embodying your fuller self while contextualizing experiences to move from helplessness to empowerment.
Why Somatic Psychotherapy
The body is our home, resource, and companion. The body is a map of the psyche, a manifestation of the mind, and a storehouse of memory. Trauma is remembered and translated into implicit body patterns which become the unconscious “software” for filters of perception and action that keep us stuck from experiencing life fully.
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate” – Carl Jung.
That which is not in our awareness cannot be in our reality, touched or changed. This is why no matter how much we understand intellectually unless it is experienced physically no change can be truly manifested.
“Experience is the only teacher we have. We can talk and reason all our lives, but we shall not understand a word of truth” – Swami Vivekananda.
Hence, we will use an experiential approach to study the present internal experiences to unveil the unconscious and align with somatic wisdom which organically reveals the next step in growth.
In attunement, we will co-create a nourishing environment to make space for that which long to be heard, seen, felt, and integrated. When a safe and loving space is experienced, the tendency of the organism is to naturally move toward wholeness and transformation.
I will join you in creative wonder to develop somatic awareness, expand existing gifts, identify patterns, resources, and non-judgmentally welcome all parts of self.
Will therapy fix me?
“Therapy isn’t about fixing. It is a sacred journey of self-discovery to return to our embodied home”. – GG
As humans, we are multidimensional beings and are way too complex for an instant linear “fix”. Firstly, you are not broken for me to fix you. You are a whole being who may have temporarily lost their way to innate intelligence. The body doesn’t hold just the pain, it also holds the medicine and resources for one’s own healing. No matter how broken one may feel, I believe we have an inherent healer.
My expertise is in guiding you and your expertise is in finding YOU!
I will be honored to walk with you, and I truly wish for you to live fully because…
In the end, only this matters the most:
How authentically did you live?
How passionately did you involve in the present?
How truly did you celebrate life?
How bravely did you stand?
How sincerely did you try?
How deeply did you connect? and
How profoundly did you love?
-Grishma Gautam
Main Qualifications:
M.A. Somatic Psychology (CIIS, USA),
M.A. Dance Movement Psychotherapy (UK)
Classical Hatha Yoga Teachers Training: 1750 Hours– Isha Foundation, India
Approaches: Somatic psychotherapy | Eastern spirituality | Holistic | Integrative | Relational | Decolonial | Experiential | Trauma-informed | IFS | Hakomi | Attachment | Psychodynamic | Social-justice.
Specialties: Depression | Anxiety | Self-worth | CPTSD | Cultural trauma | Personal growth | Existential | Attachment | Immigration |Life transitions.
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Starting is easy! Use the form on the right to begin our conversation. We'll start with a free, 30 minute consultation to see if we're a good match. If we're not, for any reason, I'll provide you with other referrals that may be a better fit - my commitment is to your well-being first!