somatic Therapy
Most traditional therapies ask you to talk about what happened. Somatic Therapy helps you listen to the story your body has about what happened.
Trauma, chronic stress, and the weight of holding it all together don't just live in the mind — they live in the body. In the jaw that won't unclench, the chest that stays braced, the shoulders that never quite come down. Talking about these patterns can build insight. Working with them somatically is what actually shifts them.
WHAT SOMATIC
THERAPY IS
Somatic therapy is a body-centered approach to healing that treats the nervous system — not just the thinking mind — as the primary site of change. Rather than focusing exclusively on thoughts, beliefs, or the narrative of what happened, we track what's happening in the body in real time: sensation, breath, posture, movement, activation, and stillness.
This isn't about performing relaxation or learning to breathe correctly. It's about building a genuine relationship with your own nervous system — learning to recognize the states you move through, developing the capacity to come back to yourself, and slowly releasing the holding patterns that have been running in the background for years.
As a somatic therapist in Carmel-by-the-Sea, I bring this lens to all of my work. Every session is informed by an understanding of how the body holds experience and how it heals.
Who Somatic Therapy Is For
Somatic therapy tends to be a good fit if you've spent time in talk therapy and feel like something is still missing. If you understand your patterns but can't seem to change them. If stress lives in your body in ways that feel physical — chronic tension, fatigue, a low hum of anxiety that never fully resolves.
It's also well-suited for women who are highly self-aware and ready to go deeper than insight alone. Who want a therapeutic relationship that honors both the precision of nervous system science and the fullness of their inner life.
In-person sessions in Carmel. Telehealth available throughout California and Idaho.
Book a free consult here.