SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY


Are you frustrated because you keep trying to change and you’re stuck in the same patterns?

Do you struggle with body pain, anxious energy or feeling uncomfortable in your body? 

Somatic psychotherapy can help you hear what your body is saying, underneath your conscious mind. You may be so busy and preoccupied that it is hard to know what you’re really feeling. When you slow down and listen to your body with a gentle awareness, you can feel and hear yourself more clearly and move towards healing.

Somatic psychotherapy is a way of exploring life challenges by bringing compassionate awareness to body sensations, impulses, movements, and energy. It can reveal authentic feelings and new pathways that were previously hidden from our conscious mind. When we pause and listen attentively to our body, we cut through our mental chatter and preconceived ideas of how we think and feel about something. We come into our present moment and can make new choices, practice new behaviors and feel empowered. 

Because of past hurts and trauma, it can be scary to listen to your physical body. Together, we will respectfully follow what is evolving, building body resources along the way. You can develop more calm, creativity, self-expression, energy, joy and more. 

Somatic psychotherapy is a great option if you:  

  • Have tried talk therapy and didn’t feel satisfied with it
  • Love to do yoga, dance or other somatic practices
  • Like to go for a walk or exercise to clear your mind or get inspired
  • Long to express yourself more creatively and authentically

My Somatic Psychotherapy practice draws from: Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy, Dance/Movement Therapy, Authentic Movement, Somatic Attachment Work, Embodied Anti-Racism Work and a lifelong engagement with dance, movement and somatic practices. If you’d like to know about any of these, I’m happy to talk about them with you.  

“… movement has eliminated my disconnection to my body and consequently I am able to live more fully and more comfortably in my body. I am feeling more grounded and more aware of my strengths and resources available to me. …I have spent much of my life suppressing my authentic voice and it feels very good to be getting it back.”
~ C. Lockwood