Somatic Therapy
The body knows how to heal
Whether you're struggling with mental illness, relationships, trauma, or life transitions, somatic therapy is a powerful tool for unlocking your healing energy and wisdom.
Unlike traditional talk therapy, which focuses primally on changing beliefs and behaviors, somatic therapy addresses the stores of pain, trauma, and emotional patterns embedded in the body, leading to changes in how we feel and see.
Somatic therapy is a safe, empowering, and collaborative therapy that puts you in control of your healing by shifting you out of unhelpful patterns while you access life-forward energy.
I combine extensive training in Sensorimotor-Psychotherapy, Somatic Focusing, Embodied Mindfulness, Internal Family Systems (IFS) with over 15 years of practice and experience. I work through a trauma-informed lens and am deeply relational. I work with an awareness of how socio-political factors can enhance and hinder opportunities for healthy development and healing.
Conditions Treated:
Depression, Bipolar, and Mood Disorders
Anxiety and Panic Disorders
Relationship & interpersonal challenges
Drug and alcohol addiction
Childhood trauma & adult children of dysfunctional families
Identity struggles (ie. gender, sexuality, race, culture, spirituality)
Life transitions, loss, and grief
General Therapeutic Approach
I am a relational therapist, which means I actively focus on building and maintaining a trusting, collaborative partnership with you. This is the foundation for meaningful and effective therapy, and what allows us to address your needs and goals.
As a humanist, I’m interested in who you are and what you care about. This includes all important aspects of your identity, as well as your passions and your dreams. You are more than a set of problems. I want build on your strengths and hopes.
My approach is also spiritual, in the sense that we are all embedded in something much larger and mysterious. By learning to live in alignment with this greater context, we develop trust in something beyond our individual will power. This allows change and insight to arise naturally in a field of reciprocity, with an appreciation for life and greater grace as we face existential realities.
