Somatic Therapy
Somatic Therapy weaves together body-based practices with methods that honor your emotional, physical, and spiritual wellbeing. Each session is unique—shaped by you, the moment, and what arises in your body.
Somatic healing is fluid and emergent, just like our bodies. Together we learn to track sensations, focus attention, and integrate body and mind. This integration helps you move through life with greater ease, trust yourself more deeply, and grow your freedom to respond rather than react.
What to Expect in a Session
- Attention & Awareness: Guided focus on sensations that feel supportive, and gently explore more challenging ones.
- Movement & Stillness: Breathwork, stillness, and sometimes gentle movement help integrate experience and release frozen responses.
- Feelings & Language: Build new ways to name feelings and reconnect with your first language—the language of feeling and sensation.
- Consent & Safety: You’ll never be asked to do anything that doesn’t feel right for you.
Online or In-Person
Somatic Therapy works beautifully online—you always have access to your body. Many people find online sessions more convenient and safe, allowing for deeper exploration.
Prefer in-person? I offer sessions in Tucson, Arizona, as well as two- and three-day intensives for those traveling from out of town.
My Training & Influences
- Somatic Experiencing (certified) – Peter Levine
- Therapy in Motion (certified) – Andrea Juhan
- Syzygy (certified) – Sylvie Minot
- Somatic Enneagram – Marion Gilbert (student)
- Sensory Motor Psychotherapy – Pat Ogden (enthusiast)
- Neuro-Affective Relational Model (enthusiast)
- Aikido (enthusiast)
- Life-long dance, yoga, and moving meditation
Additional influences: Psychosynthesis, Internal Family Systems, Jungian theory, and Narrative Therapy.
How Somatic Therapy Helps
People often experience:
- Less anxiety and stress
- Relief from depression
- Healthier relationships and boundaries
- Greater confidence and self-trust
- Support through grief and loss
- Freedom from stuck patterns
- Improved health and lifestyle choices
- Expanded capacity for success and fulfillment