Ep. #208: Digital Minimalism, Parts Work + Healing Through Kink with Somatic Therapist Andrea Glik

Living Open | Modern Magick and Spirituality for Mystics and Seekers

Andrea Glik, LCSW is a somatic trauma therapist, supervisor, and educator. Andrea specializes in treating trauma, nervous system dysregulation, and PTSD, prioritizing women, survivors, and queer & trans folks. She utilizes neurobiological, body-based and feminist therapy practices to help clients feel safe in the present and come home to themselves. Andrea practices online, lives on stolen Osage & Sioux land, and can also be found on Instagram @somaticwitch and at andreaglik.com.

In this episode, Eryn and Andrea talk about:

• Andrea’s journey to becoming a therapist
• Somatics & healing through the body
• Digital minimalism & the nervous system
• The intermittent reinforcement of social media
• Using phones to cope & finding other coping mechanisms to support
• Body image and moving to support ourselves
• Parts work & our protector parts
• How to start caring for and connecting with your child self
• Queerness, coming into her queerness, and internalized homophobia
• Healing through kink, BDSM, and sexual fantasy
• Taking your power back through kink
• Shame around sexual fantasy
• Translating fantasy into in-person
• Pleasure in trauma healing
• Doing nothing!

Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/andrea-glik

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Andrea’s interview on Consensual Non-Consent
• Digital Minimalism book
• Andrea’s Digital Minimalism workshop