Somatic Therapy for Trauma, Anxiety, and Body Image

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Find steadiness in your body and ease in your nervous system.

Therapy using somatic techniques focuses on the connection between your mind and body. Instead of only talking about what’s happening, we also pay attention to your body and its sensations, because that’s where a lot of stress, trauma, and emotions are stored.

This approach can be especially helpful if you feel:

Stuck in anxiety or overwhelm
Disconnected from your body
Impacted by past trauma
Struggling with body image
Like talk therapy hasn’t fully helped

In simple terms, it helps you slow down and notice what’s happening inside your body

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Trauma

Your body goes into fight, flight, or shutdown—even when you’re safe
You feel stuck in patterns that come from the past

Anxiety

Your mind won’t switch off
You’re always anticipating something going wrong

Body Image Concerns

You feel uncomfortable being seen or judged
You feel disconnected from your body or caught in self-criticism

Stress & Burnout

You feel constantly drained
Even small tasks feel overwhelming

Feeling Overwhelmed or Stuck

You feel numb, frozen, or disconnected
You go in circles with the same thoughts or feelings

Experiences You May Be Living With

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In simple terms, it helps you slow down and notice what’s happening inside your body.

Together, we might gently explore:

Physical sensations (tightness, heaviness, numbness)
Breathing patterns
Emotional responses
Nervous system reactions (fight, flight, freeze)

You won’t be pushed or rushed. The process is slow, safe, and guided, helping your body release stress at its own pace.

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Listening to the Body Together

What Sessions Feel Like

01

Slow Down. Tune In.
We begin by gently slowing things down.
Instead of jumping straight into problem-solving, we take a moment to notice what’s happening in your body—your breath, tension, or any sensations that are present.
02

Notice & Understand Your Body’s Signals
You might begin to notice patterns like:
- Tightness when talking about certain experiences
- A sense of shutdown or overwhelm
- Subtle shifts as you feel safer
Your body holds important information, and this step helps you understand it without judgment or pressure
03

Release, Regulate & Feel More Like Yourself
As we continue, your body naturally begins to settle. You may start to:
-Feel less overwhelmed
-Experience more calm and clarity
-Build a sense of safety in your body
Over time, this helps you move through trauma and anxiety in a way that feels steady and supportive

Frequently Asked Questions About Somatic Therapy

You might notice tension, heaviness, or unease without a clear reason. Often, your body is holding onto stress or past experiences that haven’t been fully processed. Somatic therapy helps you understand and gently release what your body has been carrying.
Talking can bring awareness, but it doesn’t always reach the parts of your experience that live in the body. If your nervous system still feels on edge, insight alone may not shift it. Somatic therapy works directly with those physical responses so change feels more complete.
You might find your body responds quickly—tightening, freezing, or becoming anxious—before you have time to process what’s happening. These responses are automatic and learned. Somatic therapy helps slow things down so you have more choice in how you respond.

When stress responses stay in the body, they can keep repeating in familiar ways, like tension, avoidance, or overwhelm. Somatic therapy helps complete these patterns so your system can move out of that stuck cycle.
That’s completely okay. Many people feel disconnected from their bodies at first. Somatic therapy starts gently, helping you build awareness over time without pressure or expectation.
It involves slowing down and paying attention to physical sensations, movements, and responses in a guided way. This might include noticing tension, breath, or subtle shifts, helping your nervous system process and regulate more effectively.

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More Services to Support Healing

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Trauma Therapy

A space to gently process past experiences that still feel present, overwhelming, or unresolved.
We work at your pace to help you feel safer, more grounded, and less impacted by what’s happened

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Anxiety Therapy

I help you build practical skills to manage anxiety in the moment while also addressing the deeper patterns driving it, using approaches like Attachment Theory, Internal Family Systems, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.

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Body Image Therapy

Support in untangling the thoughts, feelings, and pressures that shape how you see your body.
The focus is on building a more compassionate, stable relationship with yourself.

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EMDR Therapy

A structured, evidence-based therapy that helps the brain reprocess distressing memories.
Over time, experiences that once felt intense can lose their emotional charge and feel more manageable