Somatic Therapy for Trauma
An Experiential Approach for Sensitive and Anxious Adults with Complex, Developmental, and Attachment Trauma
Your whole life, it’s felt like you just can’t relax.
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Your jaw and shoulders are always tight.
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You’re constantly in your head, worried about how other people see you.
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You stay up late scrolling on social media, and it seems like everyone else is doing better than you.
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Past relationships haunt you - you’re not sure where you went wrong.
You feel broken, and it’s affecting all areas of your life:
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You try to make everyone in your family happy and end up neglecting your own needs.​​
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Every time a friend tells you no, it feels like the ultimate rejection. You knew you were being too needy, and now they totally hate you.
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You’ve been too nervous to date because you’re afraid that once someone gets to know the real you, they won’t want to stick around.
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You feel like a total imposter at work. Constructive criticism always feels like evidence that you’re not good at your job – but you don’t really feel like you’re good at anything.
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It feels like shame, anxiety and fear are constantly following you around, and you just want to feel light and carefree.
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You've tried it all:
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Weed and retail therapy aren't helping.
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You've read every self-help book and listened to every podcast under the sun.
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You’ve even stalled out in talk therapy.
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You're ready for some serious healing, but you’re afraid to start, because what if it doesn’t work?
But what if you did start? And a few months later...​
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You've made peace with friendships that ended horribly and are making new friends that feel like a perfect fit.
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You finally signed up for that speed dating event and you don’t feel like you have to perform or pretend to be likeable - because you KNOW that you are.
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You see your mom and you don't regress into your teenage self or get rattled anymore by the fact that she has no respect for your boundaries.
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You speak up in meetings and you finally asked for - and got - that raise you wanted!​​
Trauma and anxiety fucking suck. You're SO ready to get unstuck from where you're at. And that's where I come in.​​
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I know you've probably looked at a million other therapist websites by now.
Trauma, identity, relationships, and belonging – these topics are my zone of expertise.​ I have specialized training to support individuals living with complex trauma, racial trauma, mixed race identity concerns, neurodivergence, and chronic pain.
What do sessions look like?
I use an experiential somatic approach in my practice. This means you aren’t just venting about your week, and you don’t have to recite your most traumatic experience in order for me to help you.
Instead, each session, we will explore the cognitive, emotional, and/or physiological aspects of what comes up for you in relation to your main goal(s). We’ll work in real time to befriend your body, unpack the roots of what you’re struggling with, and explore what kind of resources your body needs to feel safer to be a more authentic, courageous, and resilient version of yourself. Sessions may include talking, movement, mindfulness, and therapeutic touch.
You don’t need to be able to do a body scan or tell me exactly where you feel anxiety in your body to begin somatic therapy. I’ve got plenty of tools to help you baby step your way toward deeper awareness and capacity for change.
The Details​​​
There are two ways to work with me:
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We meet on an ongoing basis (usually weekly, though every-other-week can be considered depending on your needs and finances) until your goals are met or you feel complete. We generally will meet for 60 minutes, but occasionally folks prefer 75 or 90-minute sessions.
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We work together in a therapy intensive. That usually involves an initial one-hour session, followed by additional sessions that are 2-4 hours in length (we can work out the exact number of those sessions together).
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My rate is $220/hour. I do not accept insurance but can provide you with a fancy receipt called a superbill that will have everything you need on it to submit to your insurance company for reimbursement, if they cover out-of-network treatment. I offer a limited number of sliding scale spots.
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