Somatic Therapy Bay Area: Healing Through Mind and Body
Life’s challenges can leave you feeling stuck in stress, pain, or past trauma. My somatic approach helps restore balance through body awareness, breathwork, and gentle guidance. Take the first step in your healing process today.
Why Somatic Therapy Helps
Somatic therapy focuses on the mind-body connection. Many people carry unresolved trauma, chronic stress, or painful memories in the nervous system. These experiences can show up as physical symptoms, emotional distress, or challenges in daily life.
Somatic Psychotherapy and Somatic Trauma Therapy use gentle practices like breathwork, body awareness, and noticing bodily sensations. This helps release the effects of trauma and support emotional regulation.
If you struggle with past trauma, childhood trauma, panic attacks, or post-traumatic stress disorder, somatic modalities can bring relief. Unlike traditional talk therapy alone, this mind-body approach works with physical sensations as part of the healing process.
Through this work, people often find more balance, greater self-compassion, and personal growth. Somatic therapy helps create space for positive change in both relationships and everyday life.
Who I Help & What I Do
I offer somatic therapy in the San Francisco Bay Area and online for people facing life’s challenges. My work supports those who want healing, balance, and growth. Here’s how I can help:
- Individuals: Support through unresolved trauma, chronic stress, panic attacks, anger management, and emotional distress.
- Professionals: Guidance for managing work stress, life transitions, and building resilience with a mind-body approach.
- Trauma Work: Somatic Trauma Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy, Yoga, mindfulness-based counseling, and other therapeutic approaches for traumatic experiences.
- Mental Health Support: Tools for emotional regulation, personal growth, and recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Special Concerns: Help with body image, attachment issues, chronic pain, and physical symptoms linked to stress or trauma.
My Somatic Therapy Approach
Every person has a unique story, and each healing process is different. My somatic approach blends traditional talk therapy with somatic modalities that support both the mind and body.
I draw from Somatic Experiencing and my yoga teaching background and experience doing yoga for 25 years. When needed, I also integrate Art Therapy and mindfulness practices. These therapeutic approaches help address the effects of trauma, emotional distress, and chronic stress in a safe and supportive way.
In sessions, we slow down, notice bodily sensations, and use breathwork to calm the nervous system. This builds body awareness and creates space for healing unresolved trauma, childhood trauma, and traumatic experiences.
I believe lasting change comes from connecting with yourself in a deeper way. My role is to guide, listen, and walk beside you as you explore new ways of being.
Specialized Somatic Therapy Services
- Trauma Work: Healing unresolved trauma, childhood trauma, and past traumatic experiences through Somatic Experiencing and Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy.
- Stress and Anxiety Relief: Support for chronic stress, panic attacks, anger management, and emotional distress with tools for emotional regulation and calming the nervous system.
- Relationship Issues: Individual therapy and guidance for attachment issues, communication, and building healthier connections.
- Body Connection: Addressing body image concerns, chronic pain, and physical symptoms through a mind-body approach and body awareness practices.
- Personal Growth: Somatic Psychotherapy and Individual Therapy for life transitions, personal growth, and greater self-awareness.
- Flexible Access: In-person sessions in the Bay Area or Online Therapy.
Why Choose Somatic Therapy with Me
- Personalized Care: Every session is designed around you, respecting your unique needs and pace of healing.
- Compassionate Presence: I hold a safe, nonjudgmental space where you can release, rebuild, and grow.
- Experienced Guidance: With over 20 years of practice, I bring both professional skill and deep empathy to the work we do.
- Mind-Body Connection: I help you reconnect with your body’s wisdom, allowing you to process emotions in ways that feel natural and grounding.
- Sustainable Change: My focus is on lasting transformation, giving you tools you can carry into daily life long after sessions.
Benefits of Somatic Therapy Sessions
- Reduced Chronic Stress: Feel lighter as your nervous system learns new ways to regulate.
- Relief from Physical Symptoms: Ease tension, pain, or other body signals linked to unresolved trauma.
- Improved Emotional Regulation: Gain tools to navigate anxiety, panic attacks, and emotional distress.
- Healing from Past Trauma: Gently process traumatic experiences, including childhood trauma, with supportive somatic modalities.
- Better Body Awareness: Develop a stronger connection with your bodily sensations and signals.
- Support for Mental Health: Address anxiety, anger management, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Deeper Personal Growth: Move through life’s challenges with more clarity, resilience, and self-trust.
Take the First Step Today
Healing starts with one choice. If you’re ready to ease stress, release past trauma, and strengthen your mind-body connection, I’m here to support you.