Dr. Perkiss is a licensed clinical social worker providing psychotherapy to individuals, couples, families, and groups. Her work as a somatic psychotherapist has focused on chronic and serious illness, grief and loss, and developmental trauma. In addition, she provides supervision and training to mental health professionals and those in the Somatic Experiencing® Professional Training Program. Dr. Perkiss has over 40 years of experience as a psychotherapist and trainer, and has been studying and practicing Somatic Experiencing® since 2006 with a particular interest in the use of Somatic Experiencing® and art therapy.

Chapter 15: Grace in the broken parts: Embodied art therapy methods for working with chronic pain and medical trauma

Jennifer Tedesco and Cindy Perkiss

You can connect with Cindy through the Somatic Experiencing International Practitioner Directory: https://portal.traumahealing.org/ or email her at cperkiss@aol.com.