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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 Somatic Therapy Sessions?
The somatic therapy I provide is informed by Polyvagal Theory, Somatic Experiencing and the Hakomi Method. My work does not involve any physical touch between therapist and client.
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Each therapy session 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 guide us through somatic practices like a body scan, grounding movement, rhythmic self-touch, vocal release, or guided visualization to support the processing of distressing emotions and sensations that may arise in your body.
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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.
How Does Somatic Therapy help Parents With Trauma?
Many parents who've lived through difficult experiences find somatic therapy empowers them by helping make sense of the physical activation that arises during moments of stress, even when they try their best to stay calm and present. This approach may resonate with you if your thoughts may not always align with how your body and nervous system react when your child is emotional, distressed or activated themselves.
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Somatic therapy recognizes that trauma lives in the body—in tension we carry, in how we breathe, in protective patterns our nervous system learned long ago. Together, we gently work with these physical experiences so you can untangle reactions that were helpful in past from cues that are relevant in the present.
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You're in control here. Don't resonate with visualization? We won't use it. Need stillness rather than movement? Absolutely. As a parent healing from trauma, you've likely had enough experiences where your boundaries weren't honored—this space is different. Your comfort, your pace, and your "yes" matter most. No prior experience needed, just a willingness to explore.
Is Somatic Therapy Right For You?
My practice centers parents who refuse to pass on parenting strategies, family traditions and dysfunctional dynamics to their children. I bring a trauma-informed, feminist, 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.
Support for Trauma, Anxiety, Depression and Burnout
Many of my clients come to somatic therapy because they experience symptoms in their body that are hard to manage like panic, dissociation and overstimulation.
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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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Experiencing burnout, especially as a caregiver, healer, creative, or highly sensitive person
Together, we engage Somatic Therapy as a way to come home — to your body, your inner knowing, and the safety and calm that is innately present within you.