Somatic Experiencing®
Overcome chronic stress, anxiety, and trauma and learn to thrive.
Somatic Experiencing® is a body-centered therapeutic healing modality created by Dr. Peter Levine. This internationally recognized “bottom-up” approach focuses on helping to release stored tension, stress, energy, and trauma that are held in the body. If you feel overwhelmed by big emotions, intense energy, chronic pain, or the ongoing challenges that life brings, Somatic Experiencing® can help you learn to ride the waves of life with greater ease.
Somatic Experiencing® restores your connection to your body, bringing you home to the present moment and your innate power.
Somatic Experiencing® offers a gentle, body-based approach to healing chronic stress and trauma. If you feel overwhelmed by the challenges of big emotion, intense energy, chronic pain, or by the ongoing challenges that life brings, Somatic Experiencing can help you learn to ride the waves of life with greater ease.
Somatic Experiencing® focuses on nervous system regulation. If your nervous system is dysregulated, you may feel overwhelmed, anxious, stressed, angry, depressed, or shut down. When emotionally dysregulated, you may flip between anxiety and feeling shut down much of the time.
The goal of SE is to help you achieve emotional regulation, which helps you to be better able to manage the stresses of life without being overwhelmed by them. Somatic Experiencing® helps you become literate in reading the signs of your body so you can feel more embodied and empowered, experience life beyond survival mode, build confidence to advocate for your needs, have agency over your life, and build a strong and resilient sense of self that enables you to move through the ever-changing tides of life with greater ease.
With Somatic Experiencing®, you are able to develop a higher level of tolerance for intense and painful emotions and physical sensations. The more you can learn to navigate the intensity of emotion and sensation, the more capacity and agency you have access to in your life. Somatic Experiencing® helps you to reclaim your vital life force energy so you can move forward in an empowered and unhindered way.
How I Work
I combine the foundational work of Somatic Experiencing® with practices taken from my 24 years of healing practice, including: shamanic soul and power retrieval, energy healing, mindfulness practice, parts work, and inner child healing. Sessions are tailored to your unique needs each time we meet.
In-person sessions may also include SE Touch work.
SE Touch is a therapeutic touch modality used with Somatic Experiencing® to support the nervous system in releasing stored stress and trauma.
SE Touch is non-manipulative - it differs from massage therapy in that the touch is stationary and is designed specifically to be an external support to the nervous system, aiding in emotional regulation. In addition, SE Touch can help the body to release stored energy from overwhelming experiences, assist in co-regulation with the practitioner’s nervous system, reduce stress hormones, and help the client to feel the “container” of their body, helping to build a sense of trust and resilience.
I offer in-person and virtual Somatic Experiencing® sessions.
Somatic Experiencing® helps you establish a sense of inner safety and supports your ability to tend to your needs in mindful, nourishing ways.
Somatic Experiencing® can help you with:
chronic emotional dysregulation (oscillating between anxiety and shut down)
Procrastination and lack of motivation
feelings of overwhelm and agitation
Recovery from surgery
recovery from shock trauma (accidents, natural disasters, attack, etc.)
Recovery from emotional and developmental trauma
feeling a sense of urgency but are unable to take action
anxiety and panic attacks
self-blame and self-hate
feelings of powerlessness
despair and hopelessness
Reconnect to your body and your innate power
Managing chronic pain
insomnia and sleep issues
Navigating grief, loss, and life transitions
depression/shut down/emotional collapse/numbness
Boundary issues
Reclaiming resilience
experience chronic illness or fatigue
struggle with feeling irritable, angry, or resentful
Issues with Focus
Syndromes, such as autoimmune conditions, cancer, and other complex conditions
Learn how to regulate your nervous system
work with codependency and relational issues
feel safer in your body and in the world
have done talk therapy and are ready for a body-based approach
I offer in-person and virtual Somatic Experiencing® sessions.
Somatic Experiencing® Session Rate
One Hour Session $120
Please reach out to inquire about our reduced-rate packages.
The Key To Healing Lies Within The Wisdom Of Your Body
Emotional regulation does not mean we always feel good.
It means that we can ride the waves of life without becoming overwhelmed by them.
