Your experiences are real.
Your needs are important.
You belong.
Relational Somatic Therapy for Trauma
An Experiential Approach for Sensitive and Anxious Adults with Complex, Developmental, and Attachment Trauma
Does any of this sound familiar?​
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You're not sure who you are underneath all the masking you do to fit in or appease others
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You try to make everyone happy and end up neglecting your own needs​
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You feel like an imposter in social situations or at work
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You’re a perfectionist and fear people will leave you if they get to know the real you
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It’s hard to trust or rely on others even though you long for intimacy and a sense of belonging
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You are not alone. This is what many of my clients say when we first start working together.
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I often meet people when they feel most stuck or most convinced that they'll never feel better. Some of them have been in talk therapy for years, only to feel trapped in their worries and insecurities.​​​
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They worry that they'll never have satisfying relationships. That they'll always feel misunderstood, alone.
But as we continue, they feel grounded and more confident in their interactions with others, they trust themselves, they start to feel more clear on what feels authentic and aligned in relationships or at work, and they feel capable of putting themselves out there in order to experience satisfaction in life.
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I want this for you too!
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Somatic therapy gets to the root of your stuckness. This approach addresses the physiological and emotional learnings that shape your thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and relationships. By helping your body feel understood, safe, and supported you can feel more capable, confident, and empowered. You can experience more satisfaction in life and more fulfillment in your relationships.
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I’m so glad you’re here. I specialize in supporting sensitive and anxious individuals with trauma around relationships, connection, and belonging using a somatic approach. Depending on how familiar you are with the clinical terms, this might be complex, developmental, attachment, or racialized trauma. ​​​
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Regardless, if you long to feel more at home with yourself and with others, you're in the right place. You deserve support.
As a somatic therapist, I don’t just listen to your problems and give you advice. There might be some of that, but I’ll also help you:
Feel present and safe in your body​
Imagine feeling at home in your body. Together we can help you develop a compassionate friendship with your body, where you'll be able to read your internal signals and respond in a way that feels supportive.
Understand who you are
Trauma keeps us preoccupied with protecting ourselves, leaving little space to be creative, curious, or feel connected to others. You might be wondering, who am I underneath all this trauma? Our work will give you clarity on just that.
Get comfortable with expressing your needs​
How comfortable are you asking for what you need? You might worry you are asking for too much, or that others will become tired of you if you need more. Through somatic therapy you can become more confident in expressing what you need. You'll feel more capable of taking the risks that are necessary to be in fulfilling relationship.
Feel less overwhelmed by your feelings​
You might feel like you are often drowning in your emotions. Or maybe you're super detached from them because they are too difficult to bear. Somatic therapy can help you practice being with your emotions in a way that's like standing on the shore and looking out over the water. You'll be able to dip your toes without getting pulled in.
Experience feeling physically and emotionally supported​
You've been doing so much on your own for so long. You might even feel lonely in the relationships where you're "supposed" to feel connected and supported. I'm here to support you AND help you find an embodied sense of support you can take with you everywhere.
Connect with others while staying centered in your own experience and needs​
Do you lose yourself in your relationships? Or do you withdraw in order to self-protect? You don't have to choose between yourself and your relationships. You can have it all. Somatic therapy is a safe place to practice this balance.
Together, we’ll bear witness to how your mind and body work to keep you going. We won’t JUST explore what you’re thinking, but also what you’re feeling, down to the sensory experience of your internal world and the external world.
Traditional talk therapy separates the mind and body, and can devalue the wisdom of the body. Somatic therapy helps the body and mind reconnect and partner in healing.
Sessions are experiential. In addition to talking, we may use mindfulness, movement, touch, and music to experiment and shift things, depending on what feels right for you. Sessions are slow, spacious, and emphasize keeping you present. This ensures that the integration of the brain and nervous system happens in a way that is not disruptive to your life.
Since somatic therapies work with the body & nervous system, you won’t have to talk about painful stuff the whole time if you don’t want to. You would be a good candidate to work with me if you are open to exploring experientially. Mindfulness, movement, and touch are inherently healing, but they work differently in everyone.
Who I Work With
I work with clients who have developmental, complex, attachment, and racial trauma, and other forms of relational trauma. I specialize in multiracial/mixed race identity and belonging and tend to also attract clients who share the experience of living “between” cultures such as immigrants, third culture kids, genderqueer individuals, and BIPOC who work in primarily white spaces. I also have a lot of experience helping people with chronic pain and chronic illness. Many of my clients are therapists, entreprenuers, and creatives. I welcome those who are neurodivergent, ENM/polyam, and kinky. If you don’t see yourself on that list you are still welcome to reach out if what I’m sharing resonates with you.
Fee & FAQ
Sessions are 60-minutes long and cost $220, but I also offer some reduced fee spots ranging from $100-200. Please don't hesitate to schedule a consultation if my fee is beyond your budget.
Some clients prefer longer sessions to settle in. I offer 90-minute sessions as well as therapy intensives; 2-3 hour sessions where we focus on one core issue.
I do not accept insurance. If your insurance plan offers out-of-network benefits I can provide you with what's called a 'superbill' which you can submit to your insurance company for partial to full reimbursement.
For answers to other questions you might have about my fees, scheduling, or using insurance benefits check out my very thorough FAQ page.
Getting Started
Here's what beginning together will look like:
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We’ll meet for a free 20-minute zoom consultation
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We’ll schedule your first 3 sessions
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We’ll each consent to moving forward with certain goals or intentions in mind
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We’ll meet at the same time weekly or every-other week (depending on your goals and needs) until you feel complete.
What are sessions like?
My clients describe me as warm, approachable, and having a sense of humor. ​I view our work as a collaboration and myself as a guide who walks alongside you. As much as I will support you in feeling the things that have been difficult to feel, there may also be times when I invite you to play or be silly in our sessions.
Liberation and decolonization are deep values of mine that I work to live out through my role as a therapist everyday. I am very intentional not to project any "shoulds" or shame on you. One thing being a somatic practitioner has taught me is how damn wise our bodies really are. My training in trauma treatment helps me help you see that too. I've had many clients express that they have learned more about themselves in one session with me than months/years of working with other therapists.
Every session has it's own vibe. There may be times when we are talking more; there may be times when we are not talking at all and using more somatic methods. At the beginning of each session I offer the option for a brief mindfulness practice to help you ground and center, though sometimes folks are ready to just dive in and that's fine too. I find sessions are usually most fruitful when we can focus on one, maybe two things, and go deep with them. Sessions are not you telling me about your week, but us exploring your body and emotions in an experiential way.
Learn more about somatic therapy here.
I consider it a true honor to support my clients and I'd be delighted to do the same for you.
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