Russell Chamberlain
Owner — LifeSTREAM Therapy LLC
Provider — Energy Matters
Please check contact page links through Energy Matters for openings.
CLOSED to new LifeSTREAM clients.
I work with folks ages 13 – 64 and families. Clients under 18 must verbally consent to treatment.
The option to physically meet in person is important to me. Please note details on Covid-19 precautions for in person sessions here: Covid prevention information.
The “best” therapy is not about the stuff we’re doing, it’s about how we are being. Whether sitting in an office, walking outside or hanging with the herd, our quality of connection is the most important focus of our work.
Co-regulation is the outcome of reciprocal feelings of safety between ourselves and others. When this happens we:
- let go of yesterday and worries about tomorrow to be fully present in whatever is going on right now.
- heal, learn and grow.
- open up to give and receive love to experience the best of life.
Brain science as the foundation for growth & learning
The approach I use is based on Interpersonal Neurobiology and Polyvagal Theory. This offers a way to understand our nervous system’s automatic responses and and learn ways to change.
With this knowledge we stop judging ourselves and others in relationship and begin to discover and improve the patterns of our daily interactions with the world.
I use activities that foster choice, consent, voice, empowerment, trust and compassion. Being present, self compassion and mindfulness in action are the steps supported for change.
Am I about to be eaten or am I safe?
- Our bodies sense safety and risk without awareness or conscious thought.
- We constantly and unconsciously scan the environment and our body sends signals before any perception is possible.
- Every response is in the service of our survival.
- If my body does not sense danger or life threat (I’m not going to be killed and eaten) then I can and must connect with others.
I need connection
- Social Engagement is a necessity for all of us. We are wired, at birth, to seek connection.
- As we spend time together our usual ways of feeling safe or unsafe come up and becoming more aware of what “safe” feels like in our bodies leads to change.
