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Derek Rutter

Derek Rutter

Derek Rutter, LCMHC, LCAS, SEP, is a therapist at One Breath Counseling in Asheville, North Carolina, specializing in somatic parts work for trauma, addiction, and attachment wounds.

Sep 15, 2026

11:45
insight.
11:46
Right.
11:47
So, you know, there's so much to be said about that.
11:50
But in response to your question, I might remind someone that pain is an inevitability.
12:04
It's probably worth being curious about what aspect of the pain we are creating and what of it is out of our control.
12:13
And to the pains that we are creating, maybe we should look at that.
12:18
Maybe there's something actually to be relaxed or settled or just not enacted that can make it easier.

20 MINS LATER

32:50
And that discomfort is just, again, a label instead of the part that just wants to surf, that wants to be comfortable.

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