Somatic Therapy
A space to slow down, listen inward, and explore what your mind and body have learned to carry.
A Space to Come Home to Yourself
Somatic therapy brings attention to both mind and body, creating space to notice what is happening beneath the words.
Our experiences don't only live in the stories we tell about them. They can also show up in the body- through patterns of tension, activation, disconnection, protection, and the ways we respond to the world around us. At a pace that feels supportive, we will work together to help build greater capacity to notice, respond, and move through experiences with more choice.
This work may support:
Trauma and unresolved experiences
Anxiety, overwhelm, or chronic stress
Feeling disconnected, numb, or stuck
Difficulty identifying or expressing emotions
Patterns of fight, flight, freeze, or shutdown
Relationship and attachment patterns
Greater connection to yourself and your body
Modalities
Experiential Therapy
Somatic Experiencing
EMDR
Internal Family Systems
Psychodrama
Psychodramatic Bodywork
Expressive Arts
Mindfulness Practices
Somatic approaches may be integrated into individual therapy, relational therapy, and therapy intensives depending on your needs, preferences, and goals.
How To Book
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Step 1:
Reach Out
Complete the contact form and share a little about what brings you here. I'll review your information and follow up with next steps.
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Step 2:
Schedule Your Session
Choose a time that works for you and reserve your first appointment or therapy intensive.
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Step 3:
Begin Your Journey
Complete your intake forms, and we'll be ready to start our work together from day one.
FAQs
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Somatic therapy is an approach that includes awareness of the body and nervous system alongside thoughts, emotions, and experiences. Sessions may incorporate conversation as well as attention to sensations, movement, emotion, patterns of activation, and other body-based experiences.
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Traditional talk therapy often focuses primarily on thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and the stories we tell about our experiences. Somatic therapy includes these while also paying attention to what is happening in the body and nervous system. At EMBER, the two aren't necessarily separate—conversation and somatic work can be integrated throughout a session.
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Somatic approaches are often used in trauma therapy because experiences of threat and stress can affect both psychological and physiological patterns. The work can support greater awareness of nervous system responses and create opportunities to experience difficult material with more capacity, connection, and choice.
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Somatic Experiencing is a body-oriented approach developed specifically for working with trauma and stress. It emphasizes awareness of nervous system responses and bodily sensations while gradually building capacity to move between activation, regulation, and connection.
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There isn't one prescribed way a session has to look. We may talk, notice sensations or emotions, explore movement or impulses, use grounding or experiential practices, or integrate approaches such as Somatic Experiencing or EMDR. What we use depends on you and what feels useful in the moment.
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Yes. Somatic approaches can be integrated into individual, couples, family, and other relational work, as well as therapy intensives.
Bringing attention to nervous system responses and embodied patterns can offer another way of understanding what happens within ourselves and in relationship with others.
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Somatic therapy is integrated into individual, relational, and intensive therapy rather than offered as a separate service with its own rate. Rates vary based on the type and length of session.
Visit the Investment page for current rates and payment information.
