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Boxing and Mindfulness Therapy
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Women's Only Class Available
Introduction for newcomers before class
Open Class (all are welcome)
Email for details:
paulsthetherapist@gmail.com
$40 per person group class
$180 for 5 class package
Semi-private (2 clients): $160
Private: Just you and me $140
Classes limited to six people
Introduction; $25 for a 30-minute intro and walk-through. Your money back if it isn't for you.
*3 clients maximum for the pre-class intro
ABOUT
Paul Stubbs, LCSW
Paul has studied Okinawan karate, American Kempo, Krav Maga, Silat, Kali, the Marine Corps Martial Arts system and was a boxer. He doesn't call himself a fighter, as he never competed, but he's had a passion for the martial arts that began when he was 12 years old. A Veteran of the Army, Navy and Marine infantry, he found martial arts workouts, and specifically boxing helped him reduce stress and be present again when difficult memories from Iraq and Afghanistan became a problem. After he retired due to his injuries, he went to Graduate school and became a trauma-focused therapist helping clients who struggled with their own traumas to release them and live their own better lives.
What is BAM-T?
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Boxing provides a cathartic release that few other physical activities provide. Focus while punching, awareness of balance and deep breathing inherently creates a mindful activity. The control, discipline and empowerment can uncover your unique strengths and support deep therapeutic processing.
Paul works with new clients individually or in very small groups (3 max) to Introduce them to the program.
After making sure that he understands each clients' specific trauma during an initial 30-minute one on one, he walks them through what they will hear and ensures that they are doing the techniques in a way that is safe and will not injure them.
Each session starts with a guided meditation. Clients are guided through a visualization exercise for a few minutes and are invited to access an uncomfortable memory that they would like to reprocess to the extent that they are comfortable. Clients warm up and walk through the program, and then it is time to do something demanding and empowering that brings the client back into the present. He has recorded an audio program that gives prompts to throw, evade or block strikes. Like a typical boxing trainer, he will hold up the mitts for clients to strike, move the mitts toward the client for them to evade, or tap the client's arm when they are prompted to block.
Paul then takes them through the workout, which requires close attention and rapid reaction while holding trainers' mitts for clients to strike as he rotates among the group. After the rounds are complete, a cool down and checkout completes the therapy.
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Over the three years Paul has been doing this therapy, he has seen and heard from clients that it helped them with a variety of challenges including:
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PTSD
General Anxiety
Trauma
Depression
Addiction
Social anxiety
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Who is it NOT for:
People just looking for a boxing workout, this is therapy with a licensed counselor.
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Testimonials
"I am learning that I can trust myself, and most importantly that I am NOT powerless."
Female client, age 29
“You knocked something loose; I finally know I can hit back.”
Female client that is a human trafficking survivor
“That was the first time in years that I’ve been out of my head”
USMC Afghanistan Veteran
“Whenever I have a day that tries to take from me, I do this and I get it all back.”
Federal Law Enforcement Officer
Paul Stubbs, LCSW
4820 Rusina Rd Suite C,
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
Just west of Garden of the Gods
and I-25
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Paul Tel: 303-915-1797
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