Mind-Body Health - Sean Downes, LCSW

The mind-body connection

When you feel stressed or unhappy, the way you think about the world around you and your place in it becomes distorted. You may feel disconnected from the pleasures of daily life and become easily frustrated by day-to-day tasks and responsibilities. This sets up a negative cycle as you spend more time immersed in negative thoughts and worry and your feelings of tension, isolation and loneliness grow.

Mind-body integration

Mind-body practices help break this cycle of negativity by helping you understand how your emotional, cognitive and physical well-being are connected and how each affects the others. Mindfulness training allows your mind and body to relax, restore and heal.

Through safe and integrative experiences, you can transform your life in ways that are lasting and positive. On this journey you may discover new possibilities in your life, a new sense of autonomy and new-found resilience. As you naturally realize your own capacity to effect healing and change, you can live your life with a greater sense of purpose.

Some of the mind-body practices we may draw on to help you on this journey include:

Meditation
Yoga
Relaxation
Guided imagery

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“I have known Sean Downes for over ten years. He is a dedicated and caring professional whose innovative approach to counseling/therapy combining talk and movement (often with yoga) has enhanced the lives of many patients of mine. He is an excellent resource and a trusted colleague.“

Dr. Mark Unverzagt

About Sean Downes, LCSW

Sean Downes, LCSW is a psychotherapist in Bend, Oregon offering psychotherapy at his downtown Bend practice with a focus on EMDR as a certified EMDR therapist and also CBT, DBT, and Existential Therapy modalities. Sean is a licensed psychotherapist with a Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work and is also an RYT 200 Certified Yoga Teacher.

Sean uses a unique and integrative approach that combines talk therapy and mind-body awareness, helping each individual balance their own core energy with their unique brain chemistry. This approach has provided tangible benefit for those struggling with Anxiety, Depression and Trauma.

What follows are healthier relationships, positive life goals and effective choices that turns lives around. Benefits from this approach are genuine, with clients often experiencing a brand new outlook on life, an increase in self-confidence, self-awareness & self mastery, happiness and joy.