Our stories were not meant to be left unprocessed and stuck in our nervous systems. Our bodies cannot bear the weight of untold stories for so long, and will eventually express the stories physically, mentally, and emotionally. If these stories compromise your well-being, have brought you harm, pain, wounding, suffering, or impact, know that you hold an innate worthiness to have say, agency, and autonomy restored to you.

The cells within our DNA are desperate to be witnessed, seen, and heard in the safety of another. From the ever-changing lines around our eyes and our mouths, to the shifting of the shapes of our bellies, the skin that encases our arms and legs; our bodies are longing for the stories within us to be known.

I believe that we each carry a story within the unique and individual holistic makeup of our being, our structural DNA. The very nature of our cells bear something of the generational and cultural stories of those before us. Our stories were being formed long before our entrance earthside.

Will you receive the invitation to consider your body and courageously share your story with another who will step into the depths of truth with you and hold you up within?

It is my desire to honor and care for the stories that have made you, to rage with you and grieve with you, to remind you of the goodness of your body and what it has done to help you survive, and to point you back to your beauty. I believe that hope can be rebuilt within you.

Interested in online story work coaching with Aly Thompson, LMFT?

Now accepting Coaching clients throughout the US and California!

What Is Story Work?

Story Work, also called Narrative Focused Trauma Care, was designed by Dr. Dan Allender, an innovator and thought-leader in the field of trauma and narrative story work. This modality is focused on creating a compassionate and safe space for stories of trauma and harm to be engaged on behalf of restoring wholeness and peace.

I have received a certificate of completion in Narrative Focused Trauma Care Level 1 and 2 (Clinical Track), as well as a certificate of completion for the Externship program at The Allender Center.

For more information about Narrative Focused Trauma Care, please visit The Allender Center website.