Trauma Healing Through Somatic Work and Hypnotherapy with Jessica Benstock

I’m so excited to share this interview with somatic therapist and hypnotherapist Jessica Benstock! Jessica was my guide and mentor through an incredible trauma-informed somatic certification called The Phoenix Path last year. Her depth of knowledge and experience with multiple healing modalities is amazing. In this episode, Jessica shares: Her journey into hypnotherapy, shamanic work, meditation and somatic therapy Perspectives on watching somatic work become more mainstream over the last 10+ years How she brings together techniques from different healing approaches Using parts work, somatics and hypnotherapy for trauma healing Why she was drawn to help others through deep emotional and somatic work Tune in and be a part of this enlightening and empowering conversation! You can read the full podcast transcript for this episode below: Full Transcript0:00Right.0:00Welcome to the Fully Expressed Podcast with Karenna.0:02I am so excited for today’s conversation because I have a very special person coming on to the podcast.0:12As many of, you know, I went through a somatic trauma informed somatic certification last year called the Phoenix Path.0:19And my mentor and teacher had is with us today.0:24Jessica Benstock.0:25Jessica is not only such an amazing human on all ends.0:29She has truly, I feel like, I mean, yes, Jess is just simply, I don’t know, you just live so much of everything that you teach and the capacity that you hold is absolutely incredible.0:45And the depth and the teachings that you’ve brought to the Phoenix Path has been absolutely amazing.0:50So for everyone that’s listening, I do have Jessica Benstock on here with me, Jess.0:55Hi, Jess.0:56How are you?0:57I’m so good.0:58I’m so good.1:00Yeah, I truly meant like having you here is such a special thing for me because the Phoenix Path truly was like the solidifying piece to like a lot of my healing journey as just an individual, not even for what I was truly going for, which is what I, what I loved about the Phoenix path, right?1:18So for those listening, what the reason why I chose the Phoenix path as the Somatic trauma informed certification that I wanted to go through was I didn’t want someone just to teach me the, the teachings.1:30I wanted to experience the teachings and actually go through it so I can actually experience it as a client and truly actually embody what I was learning.1:37And that was one of the biggest gifts that the Phoenix back gave me.1:42And I really think it’s a testament to just like where you’re at and how much you’ve embodied and how much you’ve been able to show.1:48And so I just am so grateful for that program and that opportunity to work with you for like it was six months in total, but we had a month in between.1:56So we felt like 6 to 7 months, almost like a whole year.2:00Yeah.2:00It’s funny how it’s the Phoenix path is like half a year, but scaled out, especially because they have the retreat at the beginning and the retreat at the end feels a lot longer and it feels like that to me too.2:12I’m always surprised when we get to the end of a session and I’m like, oh, that wasn’t a whole year, but that definitely felt like a whole year, right?2:19It did and, and as much as it felt like, how do I say this?2:23