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About Cynthia M Clingan

Cynthia Clingan is a licensed professional clinical counselor in Columbus, Ohio who offers somatic psychotherapy, spiritual coaching, and meditation and mindfulness instruction.

Love Trumps Hate

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Cynthia M Clingan

To all of you Dears who are struggling right now, I thought I might provide this list of things I have found enlightening and inspirational this week. I have found myself first in shock, and then surprisingly motivated and energized, … Continue reading →

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My SE Experience: Part 5

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Cynthia M Clingan

Life goes on, as does my continued progress in healing with Somatic Experiencing, which I’ve been sharing in this ongoing series of posts (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4). My capacity continues to grow. When I use the word “capacity”, … Continue reading →

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Meditation and Trauma

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Cynthia M Clingan

I was checking out the groups on the Insight timer app on my phone after meditating yesterday, and there was a thread in one of them where a bunch of well-meaning people were offering a lot of advice to someone suffering … Continue reading →

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More Playing, Less Working, Please!

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Cynthia M Clingan

One of the neat things that is starting to really come into focus as a result of my own healing through Somatic Experiencing the last couple of years is the dilemma about productivity. Lots of things are coming into clearer … Continue reading →

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Starting the New Year Right

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Cynthia M Clingan

Everyone is familiar with the resolution madness that occurs with what I heard recently called the “Caucasian New Year”. November and December are the biggest months for retail, but I bet for gyms it’s January and February. I can barely … Continue reading →

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My SE Experience: Part 4

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Cynthia M Clingan

I this series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3), I’ve been relating my continuing experience of personal transformation through Somatic Experiencing (SE). It’s been a little over 2 years since I learned about SE and started using it with clients, … Continue reading →

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My SE Experience: Part 3

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Cynthia M Clingan

As my personal work and my work with clients in Somatic Experiencing continues, the significant and dramatic changes also continue to amaze me (also see Part 1 and Part 2). This work includes not only addressing things we might commonly refer to … Continue reading →

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My SE Experience: Part 2 (Slow Down to Speed Up)

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Cynthia M Clingan

In the previous post (Part 1), I talked about what it’s like to have completed a significant amount of Somatic Experiencing (SE) work. There’s much less constriction, more freedom of movement physically and in the mind, and less energy output … Continue reading →

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My SE Experience: Part 1

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Cynthia M Clingan

Some time ago I promised to write about what I have noticed in terms of improvements resulting from my personal work with Somatic Experiencing. There are so many changes that I think I just got stuck trying to figure out … Continue reading →

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The Rewards of Somatic Experiencing

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Cynthia M Clingan

I’ve been trying to figure out how to explain the changes I notice in myself and in others as a result of somatic experiencing work. It’s difficult to convey the changes because many are visceral, felt sensations: no more perpetual … Continue reading →

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