Somatic Therapy
I offer somatic therapy in Seattle through online, in-person, and hybrid sessions that integrate body awareness and nervous system regulation. If talk therapy has ever felt limiting or uninspiring, somatic therapy can help you reconnect with your body, restore your energy, and bring more vibrancy into your everyday life.
What Is Somatic Therapy?
Somatic therapy is a trauma-informed, body-centered approach that supports emotional healing, nervous system regulation, and greater self-awareness by helping individuals reconnect with the wisdom of the body. Unlike traditional talk therapy, somatic therapy integrates the following activities to process emotions and decoding the language of your nervous system.
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Breathing and guided reflection
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Noticing internal sensations
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Gentle movement and stretching
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Tracking bodily comfort and discomfort
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Releasing activation stored in the body
Because trauma is stored in the body, somatic therapy helps us access that non-verbal data and decode the language of the nervous system to better respond to your baseline physical needs.
What Happens in Sessions?
Each somatic therapy session typically begins with a traditional verbal check-in, followed by a grounding breathing exercise to help you settle into your body.
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As you share your thoughts and feelings, I’ll gently guide us through simple somatic practices to support the processing of emotions and sensations that may arise in your body. This might include a body scan, grounding movement, soothing self-touch (placing your own hands on your body), vocal release, or guided meditation.
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If somatic therapy is new to you, I will move slowly and offer plenty of support. You’ll learn foundational somatic skills like interoception, proprioception, exteroception, and kinesthetic awareness—ways of noticing and tracking what’s happening within your body and in your environment.
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We’ll end each somatic therapy session by reflecting on what emerged, how it relates to your goals for therapy, and anything you’d like to carry forward into our next session. Please note: the somatic therapy I provide does not involve any physical touch between therapist and client.
Why Somatic Therapy?
Many people are drawn to the grounding, healing power of reconnecting with their bodies that somatic therapy offers. While traditional talk therapy focuses on thoughts and emotions, somatic therapy includes the body as an essential part of the healing process, when talking about your feelings doesn't feel like enough.
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Somatic therapy helps you notice and work with physical sensations, tension, movement, and stillness to process stress, trauma, and emotional patterns stored in the nervous system. My training allows us to explore a range of body-based practices—like breathwork, grounding movement, self-touch, and guided body awareness—based on what feels most supportive for you in the moment.
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Not into meditation? That’s okay. Prefer stillness over movement? We’ll honor that. You never have to do anything that feels uncomfortable. Your pace, preferences, and consent are always central—and no prior experience with somatic work is required, just a willingness to tune in and be curious.
Support for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and Burnout
Many of my clients come to somatic therapy when they experience symptoms in their body that are hard to manage — or when talk therapy no longer feels like enough.
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You might benefit from this work if you’re:
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Living with anxiety or chronic stress, and feeling stuck in overthinking or hypervigilance
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Moving through depression, grief, or numbness — and longing to feel alive again
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Carrying the impact of developmental, complex, or collective trauma
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In the middle of a major life transition — becoming a parent, changing careers, ending a relationship, coming out, or starting over
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Experiencing burnout, especially as a caregiver, healer, creative, or highly sensitive person
Together, we use the arts not as a way to escape, but as a way to come home — to your body, your inner knowing, and the life that wants to move through you.
Is Somatic Therapy Right For You?
My practice centers women and queer folks navigating change, healing, and creative reawakening. I bring a trauma-informed, body-based, and anti-oppressive lens to this work — honoring your story, your survival, and your sovereignty.
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Whether you’re moving through anxiety, depression, trauma, or simply feeling called to reconnect with your creative self, you are welcome here.
