Practice Emotional Health & Stability
What is Somatic Healing?
When your body reacts to a stressful or traumatic experience, even without your conscious awareness, your nervous system can send signals to muscles and sensory areas– these reactions can cause the body to store energy or tension in the body, which can remain there until it’s processed or released. Somatic Healing is a therapeutic approach developed by Dr. Peter Levine, designed to help individuals process and heal from trauma and emotions stored in the body. It focuses on the body’s sensations rather than the “mental story”, using subconscious awareness of physical experiences to release tension. This method encourages clients to tune into their bodily sensations, allowing them to safely and gradually release unresolved stress, trauma, and survival responses. Through Somatic Experiencing, the nervous system can return to a state of balance, promoting emotional resilience, healing, and overall well-being.
The goal is not to erase past traumas or beliefs, because then you may repeat history. We want to create awareness of that trauma and the techniques you can use to detach from it, so that you can show up differently in the world.
What Can You Expect From Somatic Healing?
My program leads you through multiple sessions (either in-person or remote) where I will teach you different tools of self-regulation such as breathwork, gentle movement, self-touch, assisted touch, vocal expression, and guided visualization. Once we have established which techniques you resonate with most, we will continue to practice them together so that they become muscle memory and are easy to access during your most dysregulated moments. I believe this is the most effective method of Somatic Healing because it allows self-empowerment.
SOMATIC HEALING HAS SHOWN TO:
Improve emotional regulation
Reduce stress & trauma responses such as anxiety and PTSD
Restore physical health
…You’re in safe hands…
Somatic healing moves through stages of connection and exploration; physical sensation > feeling attached > thought attached > root belief stored. Together we will create a safe space and include titration or pendulation techniques to ensure that we are moving at your preferred speed of integration and refrain from causing any overwhelm or hyper-arousal. Throughout each session we will use grounding techniques to keep you centered and present. I promise you will finish our time together feeling renewed and capable of reaching your fullest potential.