Somatic Therapy

What This Approach Is

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Somatic therapy works with the connection between your mind, emotions, and physical body. Instead of focusing only on thoughts or insight, it helps you tune into sensations, tension patterns, and the subtle signals your body communicates.

At its core, somatic work helps you notice where past experiences are still living in the body — tightness, bracing, shutdown, overwhelm — and slowly create more capacity, safety, and presence within yourself. You don’t have to “perform” anything or push past your edges; the work happens at the pace of your nervous system.

People choose somatic therapy because it brings relief from patterns talk therapy can’t always reach. It helps you experience change from the inside out.

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Who This Approach Helps

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• Anxiety and chronic tension

• Stress that feels stored in the body

• Trauma or attachment wounds

• Emotional overwhelm

• Disconnection from the body or intuition

• Difficulty relaxing or grounding

• Fatigue, burnout, or shutdown responses

 

What Sessions Focused on This Approach Look Like

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My somatic work is gentle, present, and deeply attuned. We slow down enough to notice what’s happening in your body — not to analyze it, but to understand it. You might tune into your breath, where your energy rises or collapses, or the subtle ways your body protects you.

Everything is guided by your comfort and capacity. I weave somatic cues into conversation, not as a separate practice but as a supportive layer of awareness. You can expect warmth, directness, and a grounded pace that honors your system. This work blends easily with IFS, attachment theory, mindfulness, and existential insight.

The sessions are about reconnection — coming home to your body in a way that feels safe, doable, and compassionate.

 

Benefits You Might Experience

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• More regulation and ease in your nervous system

• Relief from tension, overwhelm, or shutdown

• Greater connection to your body and intuition

• Reduced reactivity and increased emotional resilience

• Understanding of how your body holds past experiences

• A deeper sense of presence and groundedness

 

Common Questions

Can somatic therapy work virtually?
Yes. With careful pacing, clear guidance, and attuned presence, somatic work translates beautifully to online therapy.

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Will I have to do intense body exercises?
No. Somatic therapy is subtle and gentle — often involving breath, attention, or noticing sensations.

 

Do you combine somatic work with other modalities?
Always. I use a very eclectic blend of modalities in my work. 

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